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May 2014

CAFÉ HENRY BLANC

  • Brazil in a coffee cup

 

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Onde tomar brasileiro café em Marselha? Where can you find good Brazilian coffee in Marseille? We’ve tracked down some Yellow Bourbon for you.


Brazil, the world’s foremost coffee pro­ducing country, has its own coffee-drinking rituals. In the morning it’s always drunk with milk – the famous cafe com leite. During the day, it’s served as cafezinho, strong and black. Marseille-based family firm Henry Blanc, founded in 1980, roasts and distributes the magical brew to cafés, hotels, restaurants and businesses. In 1988 a meeting with Torréfaction Noailles led to a new concept for sophisticated coffee shops. In 2002 CEO Jean-Luc Blanc, son of Henry Blanc, installed the whole business, from roasting and bagging to capsule manufacturing and storage, in a 3000m2 building in La Capelette. Michèle Blanc has inherited the family’s passion at full strength: “We select 100% Arabica Brazilian coffees such as Santos Orione and Yellow Bourbon, a Fazenda Rainha appellation that grows at altitude in the São Paulo region. For some connoisseurs its mild acidity and honey-and-maple-syrup aromas make it the ideal first taste of the morning. For others it’s an afternoon coffee, to be savoured like a good cup of tea.“ Taste it at Torréfaction Noailles in the Terrasses du Port shopping centre!

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