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If you happen to venture onto the Rue des Tournelles, a calm street a few blocks away from the busy traffic circle around the historic Place de la Bastille square or the gracious Place des Vosges, you will be met by Yellow Tucan<\/a>, a cafe that opened last fall. With large windows ensconced in a gracefully weathered wooden fa\u00e7ade, the coffee shop\u2019s namesake bird makes his first appearance on the glass front, greeting customers as they enter. Yellow Tucan\u2019s tailored menu is anchored by coffee from Berlin\u2019s excellent Five Elephant<\/a> coffee\u00a0roastery, which one may pair with\u00a0a changing assortment of cakes and pastries sourced from Broken Biscuits<\/a>. Rounding out the offerings are Halles Saint-Antoine fresh juices, Kodama<\/a> teas, quiche, and organic Catherine Kluger<\/a> granola. <\/p>\n In lieu of air conditioning, the iced coffee is bright-tasting and particularly refreshing in the summer heat, while espresso-based drinks with Beillevaire<\/a> whole raw milk from Normandy or the chocolat chaud<\/em> from master chocolatier Jean-Paul H\u00e9vin<\/a> are good options for a hot beverage. Visitors are free to sit outside on one of the two benches in front of the cafe, or to lounge indoors where there are plenty of small tables perfect for conversing with friends, spending time with a good book, or even working on a laptop thanks to the free wi-fi and outlets. The overall effect of the dainty vases of fresh cut flowers (even outside), framed photographs, and the yellow, white, and green palate brings harmony to the sun-filled space. If you look closely enough at the surroundings, the Yellow Tucan mascot is whimsically perched in various corners, sometimes hidden in plain sight.<\/p>\n A self-described fan of coffee shops, Yellow Tucan proprietor Vincent Rouvi\u00e8re always enjoys discovering new places to drink coffee in his home city of Paris and during his frequent travels around the world. Indeed, Rouvi\u00e8re says he’s searched for good coffee everywhere from Seoul to London\u2014and enjoyed exploring the neighborhoods surrounding these cafes as much as visiting the shops themselves. One day par hasard<\/em>\u00a0(by chance) he stumbled across a for rent sign on an empty commercial space in the well-known Parisian district of Le Marais. More on a lark than anything else, he called the phone number listed on the sign to see if the spot was still available to let. <\/p>\n By Rouvi\u00e8re\u2019s recollection, everything fell into place quite quickly following that initial call. A few weeks of negotiating the terms of the lease later and the storefront was suddenly his. \u201cI had never worked in a coffee shop,\u201d said Rouvi\u00e8re. Lack of experience notwithstanding, there was no other choice but to dive headfirst into the challenging work of opening a cafe. Yellow Tucan welcomed its first customers in September 2017 after several busy months of building renovation, menu planning, intensive barista training, and bringing to life the design and cheery d\u00e9cor. \u00a0<\/p>\n Vincent Rouvi\u00e8re<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Prior to the opening of Yellow Tucan, Rouvi\u00e8re was a serial entrepreneur, immersed in the world of startups in France and involved in a wide range of businesses including a car service using solely electric and hybrid vehicles, and bringing international fashion design talents to present their collections and network in Paris. When asked what it was like to become a new cafe owner after wearing so many other hats, Rouvi\u00e8re responded with a laugh, saying, \u201cI love entrepreneurship and different projects. However, before Yellow Tucan I never had a physical storefront on the street! It is a different experience.\u201d Nevertheless, according to Rouvi\u00e8re, the lessons learned from his previous endeavors, in addition to the impressions formed from the many different cafes he toured as a customer, motivate him to provide friendly service and high-quality products. For Rouvi\u00e8re, \u201cYellow Tucan was intended as a place for calm, a location to work, chat, think about projects, soak in the atmosphere of Parisian life, and meet people.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked about the name, Rouvi\u00e8re chuckles. \u201cThe toucan is beautiful, elegant, colorful, and friendly, which seems appropriate for a cafe where people can be social. Also, they are native to Central America, and can be found in places like Costa Rica, where some of the world\u2019s best specialty coffees are produced.\u201d\u00a0Fittingly, Rouvi\u00e8re\u2014the man behind the tucan\u2014is as genial as the cafe\u2019s namesake: customers can expect good coffee and friendly service in French (or English).<\/p>\n Michelle Hwang is a writer who splits her time between California, Paris, and Seoul. Read more\u00a0Michelle Hwang for Sprudge<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post For Coffee In Paris, Follow Your Nose To Yellow Tucan<\/a> appeared first on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: Coffee News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you happen to venture onto the Rue des Tournelles, a calm street a few blocks away from the busy traffic circle around the historic Place de la Bastille square…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26],"tags":[63,27,65,33,61,32,59,31,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"yellow](\"http:\/\/sprudge.com\/file\/2018\/08\/yellow_tucan_back_shelf_michelle_hwang-e1534860259346-1044x780.jpg\")
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<\/p>\nYellow Tucan Coffee Shop is located at 20 Rue des Tournelles, Paris<\/a>. Visit their official website<\/a> and follow them on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/div>\n