GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Shop
If A.P.C. made chocolate, it would look like Plaq’s — minimalist, traceable, and wildly addictive. The bean-to-bar atelier on rue du Nil strips chocolate down to its essence: just cacao and unrefined cane sugar, the pure expression of carefully sourced beans from Tanzania, Peru, and Belize.
Founders Sandra Mielenhausen and Nicolas Rozier-Chabert come from the world of luxury goods and marketing, but the shop itself practices restraint: white walls, clean lines, and the scent of roasting cacao wafting from the back. Watch the process unfold (roasting, grinding, tempering) before tasting the sleek bars, pralines, and seasonal creations. Standouts include their Kamili 74% dark chocolate with French almonds and Sicilian hazelnuts, and the Idukki 58% milk chocolate with notes of caramel and spice.
“Plaq à tartiner” is like Nutella’s grown-up cousin: praliné-forward, just four ingredients, and made for spooning straight from the jar. They also make drinking chocolate from Maya Mountain beans. It’s citrusy and intense, served thick enough to forget about any grey day in Paris. –Victoire Loup
→ Shop: PLAQ (2nd arr) • 4 rue du Nil • Mon-Wed & Sat 11h-19h30, Thu-Fri 11h30-18h30, Sun 10h-18h30.