Hello, My name is Monica and I am a coffee addict. Oh, I’m also lactose intolerant (non dairy). When we started planning for Paris & Amsterdam I was mostly concerned with how I was going to get my latte fix without dairy.
The easy answer is Starbucks. It always is. But I gave it up for lent and we traveled in March. I am really glad for this though because I found some wonderfully delicious lattes in Paris.
Quick side note: I feel like now is the time to tell you that I am an Oat Milk convert. It is just so delicious in coffee and hot chocolate so you can imagine how excited I was to find it gaining traction in Europe!
Here are three places that I tried as well as three more listed at the bottom that I didn’t get to visit but know that they have dairy-free or vegan drink options!
The Hardware Société
I found recommendations for this adorable place all over the interwebs for their delicious food. Which we did have before visiting the Sacre Couer but you will see all about that in my next Paris post coming next week. I did not know that they had non-dairy options for the coffee though! There is a lot of English spoken at this cafe but in general I try to ask for soja or vegetarian laite (vegetarian milk).
Kozy Paris
This cafe is very close to the Ecole Militaire which leads to the giant lawn before the Eiffel Tower. We were on our way to take our last morning pictures in front of it and I was Grumpy (see the capital G) and needed some coffee. We walked right by and I made us turn around. If all else failed I would just have to drink a black coffee (ewww) luckily for me they 1) spoke some English, 2) had oat milk! Yay!
Cafe Kitsune
This cafe is all over the internet too but not because they have non-dairy options but they are super instagrammable and delicious. They also have oat milk and soy milk as an option! I ordered my usual latte with oat milk!
I know that this post is pointing out where to find non-dairy options but know that they all offer normal milk options as well and are all delicious!
I thought I’d also share some other notable mentions that I did not get to try:
- Shakespeare & Co. – A Bookstore with a cafe. I wanted to go here so bad but it didn’t fit into our plans.
- Kb Cafe Shop – I found this place online while looking for non-dairy cafe options.
- Vegan Folies – This place is special because its completely vegan and they have coffee & sweets! I really wanted to get here but didn’t have the chance. If you go please let me know how it was!