Paname Tap House (CDG)
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If ever there was a time that required fashioning a counter in a futuristic, railway station, I’d look no further than this airport bar. And yes, it is a bar. But you know what else? It may have been 10:40, but that doesn’t mean that they needed to have the TV screen menu just showing “Boissons Chaudes” (with the occasional flip to artsy allusions to bar life) and to have the La Strada, decorated in the jolliest set of coffee mugs I’ve ever seen (perhaps in tow with Choopy’s in Antibes) front and center. Nevertheless, someone didn’t subvert need for desire: coffee and pastry are need, beer and wine are desire. Besides, you’ve already survived waded through the desirous waters by emerging from the extime DUTY FREE PARIS tunnel of temptation. After all that walking and all that security, all there’s left to do (now smelling like whatever was spritzed on to tester strips as you passed through) is to refuel, that’s caffeine and carbs. It’s circular bar wall and halo of vertical slats mimic Terminal 2’s grand flat ceiling fixture. To be honest, this light, interrupted only by decorous wrought iron detailing, looks like the bottom of a cartoon UFO. Interestingly, if you study the bar a bit more, its halo—also accented with lime light—isn’t suspended, but supported by black metal rods bloom out from its center, in an industrialized form reminiscent of a morning glory. While this version of the flower is stripped of its petals, the structure of a corolla still beckons light and welcomes all who journey. This Paris original, with hardworking staff constantly creating radii and sipping souls gathered round, offers an often untapped experience: a pause during that transient moment when you’re beamed down and have to choose which direction to turn.
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Drink: Espresso
The most important thing is that I didn’t want to spit it out. I wouldn’t have been surprised if I’d wanted to. A cardinal rule: no trust can be place in airport coffee. That is not to say that airport coffee can’t be good, but it’s an airport which means they have a secure and never ending customer base. Tack on the fact that they will probably never seen you again (unlike a community cafe) and the incentive to perform is just not there. The menu screen did have an interesting pronouncement on it, however:
“Notre cafe est torrefie de facon artisanale en Ile de France et provient d’une agriculture ecologique.”
“Our coffee is roasted in France and comes from an ecological agriculture.”
Do with this information what you will, but I didn’t catch which coffee they’re using so I can’t confirm it. What you don’t have to worry about with this (my guess would be Brazilian) coffee is that it is dosed in real time from the Anfim grinder, and the espresso produced has a decent crema and does not assault the palate.
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Price: Espresso=2.95€
Hours: Everyday {8–22}*
*As I say with all airports, I can’t fully confirm the hours. All I can be certain of is that it is open and serving coffee at 10:40 on a Tuesday.
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Extra Notes:
After reading their website I discovered that this location just opened this year! I’m one of the first (in the grand scheme of millions that will) to ever visit it.