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I struggled to find decent espresso in Paris and went for a walk, bypassing anywhere that has a full automatic machine. I found a cafe with a nice looking machine and went in and ordered.

They grabbed me the next coffee off the line of pre-made Nespressos that were sitting in a bench out back.

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I am firmly planted in the Nordic coffee tradition (living in Scandinavia) but the most over the top place to appreciate coffee was in Substance Cafe in Paris. It's like a japanese ramen bar but instead of pots in the middle there's kettles and a menu of coffees they have on offer.

Ran into people competing in barista championships there, so yeah, you can get decent coffee there.

This is purely subjective of course, but my story: I'm danish but abroad, but I had heard so much about "the coffee collective" that I went out of my way to go there and try it. I was absolutely stunned by the experience. This was the worst disgusting sour ... "drink" I had ever had. Being of the scientific persuasion I had repeated the experience twice more before bailing.

Yeah, so I respectively disagree. The best coffee I've ever had was from Caffè Artigiano in Vancouver.

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