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14 Rue Chappe
Fri-Mon: 9am - 4pm. Tue-Thur: Closed
Metro Station: Abbesses - Bus Stop: Chappe

Clove Coffee Shop

More Of An Art Form

Tucked away on a quiet street in the bustling Mont- chase. If you look closely at the brick wall, you’ll find small
martre district, you’ll find Clove Coffee Shop, a relative pots displayed in the spaces where the bricks have broken
newcomer to the Paris coffee scene. away. On sunny days, the light streams through the front
Partners Florent Marcault and Ella Fatima McElroy had windows and projects the name of the cafe on the stone
been working together in coffee and decided they wanted columns inside.
to open their own cafe the New Years Eve before Covid hit. Florent and Ella’s attention to detail extends beyond
This slowed down their plan, but Ella says it gave them time the space to the coffee and pastries. Clove sources coffee
to save and envision what they wanted the space to be. “We from Swerl in Sweden, The Picky Chemist in Belgium, and
really wanted to make a coffee shop that had our own vision Dak in Amsterdam. They even adopted different water
and style,” she shares. Instead of focusing on profit at the filter systems, so they can adapt the water based on the
detriment of customers, products, and employees, they coffee. Drinks are served in ceramic cups that Ella, a cera-
wanted their approach to be “more of an art form.” mist, crafted for each beverage. The cups range in size and
You feel this approach as soon as you step into Clove, in colors, from specked off-white to a dark brown with a
which opened late 2022. The coffee shop’s aesthetic is matte finish.
minimalistic but warm. The black coffee gear sits atop white If you’re unable to get a table at Clove, you can take
countertops that are offset by an exposed brick wall. Wood your coffee to go and continue up the hill to take in views
shelves hold coffee and an array of ceramic cups for pur- of Paris from the steps of The Basilica of Sacré Coeur.

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