Café Lomi

Overview

Lomi was founded in 2010 by Aleaume Paturle (nicknamed 'Lomi') and Australian barista Paul Arnephy, who had run the Alto mobile cafe operation together before splitting off into a dedicated roastery. The roastery moved to its current 3 ter Rue Marcadet space in the 18th arrondissement in 2012 after the local council offered the lease as part of a Goutte d'Or revitalization push. The space combines a public cafe, a glass-walled testing lab, the production roastery, and one of the city's first dedicated barista training centers.

Known for

• Co-founders Aleaume Paturle and Paul Arnephy (Latte Art award winner)
• Founded 2010, current Rue Marcadet roastery-cafe-training center 2012
• Local council offered the 18th arrondissement space as a neighborhood revitalization tenant
• Roasts beans from ~20 origin countries; serves 60+ Paris cafes wholesale
• Public training center — one of Paris's first SCA-style barista programs

Why it matters

Lomi anchored specialty coffee in the 18th arrondissement before that side of Paris had any third-wave presence at all. The combined roastery/cafe/training-center model was the template most subsequent Paris roasters copied — and the council partnership that put Lomi in Goutte d'Or was the first time a Paris arrondissement explicitly courted specialty coffee as neighborhood infrastructure.

Production

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head roaster

Paul Arnephy

color sorting

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roaster machine

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filter equipment

V60, Chemex, cold drip

cupping frequency

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roastery location

3 ter Rue Marcadet, 18th arrondissement, Paris

espresso equipment

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annual volume tonnes

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Café

3 ter Rue Marcadet, 75018 Paris

Sources

• https://parisbymouth.com/cafe-lomi/
• https://thecoffeevine.com/reviews/cafes/france/paris/cafe-lomi-paris-fr/
• https://www.theinkcollective.net/insideink/pret-a-partir/cafe-lomi-paris
• https://www.untappedcities.com/cafe-lomi-roasting-excellent-coffee-on-the-edge-of-montmartre/
• https://www.timeout.com/paris/en/restaurants/cafe-lomi