What Ten Belles is known for
Coffee roastery and bakery opened 2012 beside the Canal Saint-Martin by barista Thomas Lehoux with Anna Trattles and Alice Quillet of Le Bal Cafe; helped drive Paris's specialty-coffee wave, later adding a bakery (2016) and Left Bank shop (2019).
Ten Belles operates three locations across Paris — in the 6th, 10th, and 11th arrondissements — and describes itself on its own site as a combined sourdough bakery and specialty coffee roaster rather than a café with pastries added on. Its signature espresso blend, Le Mixtape, combines beans from Brazil and Colombia and is described by the company as built for 'a classic espresso profile,' a deliberate choice toward a familiar flavor rather than an unusual or experimental single origin. The shop's stated mission centers on sustainability across its supply chain — the site frames its work as 'regenerating people, place and our planet' — tying bread and coffee production to the same ethical sourcing standard rather than treating them separately. Menu offerings extend to sandwiches built from the same bakery output. What distinguishes Ten Belles from single-purpose coffee bars is this dual identity: the same counter serves both a baked-goods program and a roasted coffee program, with the bakery output — sourdough specifically — treated as a co-equal specialty rather than a side offering, an uncommon combination among Paris's specialty coffee shops.
Best for — The Le Mixtape espresso blend and sourdough baking across three Paris locations.
Where next
- Big Buck's OBX — United States
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