New Parisian Tea Lounge Means a New Excuse to Eat Macarons
What's cuter than a 20-room artsy boutique hotel in Paris? How about a 20-room artsy boutique hotel in Paris with a dedicated tea lounge, serving up perfect pastel macarons from famous French pastry chef Pierre Hermé? At the Hôtel des Académies et des Arts in Montparnasse, you will find such a jolie thing as this in the Chez Charlotte lounge, which has just opened to serve those selective in their tea-swilling.
With gourmet teas, like "the du Tigre, which is a Taiwanese smoked tea, or Fleur de Geisha, a tea inspired by the Japanese Hanami tradition of viewing cherry trees in blossom," the number of offerings from Le Palais des Thés probably outnumbers the guests staying in the hotel. To satisfy your stomach along with your palate come the usual tea cakes, but we'd set them aside in a second for a sample of one of the macarons.
Luckily, the tea service is a la carte (tea is 4.50 Euros), leaving us plenty of pocket change for the 8 Euro selection of Pierre Hermé Macarons. As the only hotel in Paris to serve these, expect a nice range of flavors like pistachio, black currant, "...balsamic vinegar, white truffles with grilled hazel nuts, chocolate and foie gras, wild roses with fig and foie gras, as well as black truffle."
Chez Charlotte is open seven days a week from 2:30pm - 6:00pm and reservations are not needed. This means we can hop on any cheap flight to Paris this summer with the promise of this veritable macaron lounge lingering just on the other side of the Atlantic.
[Photo: Hotel des Academies et des Arts]
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