Rue de Montpensier, a century-old roasting factory
In its roasting house on Rue de Montpensier, behind the Palais Royal garden, Verlet is the oldest establishment to master artisanal roasting of all its coffees. Every day in the Parisian workshop, the beans are roasted to perfection according to their nature and the weather. The goal is to find the perfect balance. This subtle roasting technique, inherited from the 17th and 18th centuries, is characteristic of French taste. Its color is the famous "Monk's Robe." If too green, the diversity of coffee aromas would be compromised and acidity accentuated; if too roasted, the aromas would be extinguished and bitterness would emerge.
Verlet constantly stores a selection of about thirty pure origin coffees in its cellars and is also happy to welcome some rarer or ephemeral harvests, such as Bourbon Pointu from Reunion Island in the west of the Indian Ocean, or the exceptional Saint Helena from the famous island lost in the South Atlantic. Safely preserved in their canvas bags, they are still scentless, and seem almost flavorless in their discreet tones of pale green, beige, and very light yellow, depending on the terroir.
Chaque jour dans l’atelier parisien, les grains sont cuits à cœur en fonction de leur nature et du temps qu’il fait.
Chaque jour dans l’atelier parisien, les grains sont cuits à cœur en fonction de leur nature et du temps qu’il fait.
Attirés par l’odeur du café qui brûlait, Jean Cocteau et Colette, familiers du Palais Royal, venaient frapper à la porte de Verlet.
Attirés par l’odeur du café qui brûlait, Jean Cocteau et Colette, familiers du Palais Royal, venaient frapper à la porte de Verlet.
