Located steps away from the southwestern corner of the Luxembourg Garden, Un Grain Décalé serves coffee and sells roasted single-origin coffee beans.
I stopped by to purchase a bag of roasted beans and inquired as to what espresso was being brewed that day. Coffee from Burundi was one of the two choices offered, and I requested a cup of that.
The coffee shop is narrow. There were a lot of customers, so I felt lucky to get the small table at the front, where I had a view of passersby on the sidewalk. I took small sips from the espresso and found it to be rather harsh to my taste, but I nonetheless ordered a 250-gram bag of the roasted bean to take home.
Back home, I ground the beans finely and brewed espressos with my 9Barista stove-top espresso machine. Try as I may, I could never detect the caramel note indicated on the bag. I still found, cup after cup, that the flavor was rather aggressive, and not at all soft (or sweet) as the note on the bag indicates.
I recall having purchased Burundi from another roasted coffee outlet a long time ago and I remember that my experience with the taste of the coffee was the same.
On another note, Un Grain Décalé has a warm atmosphere and I think that travelers who visit the Luxembourg Garden will enjoy stopping here for coffee, tea, or another beverage served with a pastry.
Un Grain Décalé
3, rue Vavin
75006 Paris
