So why does L'Arbre à Café propose today a knife, and not the least since it is made by the company Perceval, Entreprise du patrimoine Vivant based in Thiers, and made with the wood of Geisha coffee trees from one of the most beautiful and prestigious plantations, the Finca Deborahled by the excellent Jamison Savage ?
The Arbre à Café knife is in fact a simple story as we like them at L'Arbre à Café:
- A history of heritage: HippolyteCourty comes from three generations of cutlers, the famous one in Paris, and has worked there himself. Courty Cutlery Hippolyte Courty has worked in Paris, written for specialized magazines and was even a jury member for the MOF cutlery competition. So when it comes to knives, Hippolyte and L'Arbre à Café are no beginners.
- A story of excellence: choosing the Perceval company based in Thiers, the capital of French cutlery, was the assurance of handmade, artisanal work, with perfect design and ergonomics. What other wood to choose than that of the excellence of coffee growing. A biodynamic plantation, a prestigious coffee tree and a delicious coffee.
- A gastronomic history: before inventing the gastronomic café with L'Arbre à Café, Hippolyte worked for a long time as a gastronomic critic, and especially Yves Charles, the owner of Perceval was himself a restaurant owner, one Michelin star, in Paris. This is where Yves and Hippolyte met.
- A story of neighborhood: chance or determinism, L'Arbre à Café is located in front of the Maison Courtine (not Courtyne), the former restaurant of Yves Charles...
- A collaboration: a coffee roaster, a cutlery maker, a planter
