Could Israeli coffee tempt the Parisian palate?

By Nofar Sinai

After two years of rapid expansion and new branches popping up all over, some of Israel's biggest coffee houses are considering heading overseas.
The first to make the move is Sara and Kobi Shemer's Arcaffe, which opened a branch last week in Paris's prestigious department store Galeries Lafayette. The 90-square meter branch cost 250,000 euros (about NIS 1.4 million) to establish. The Shemers made about one-third of the investment, a third came from Galeries Lafayette itself, and the remainder was ponied up by French baker Eric Kayser.

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