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    Meet the Aussie who introduced Paris to the flat white

    Tom Clark opened Coutume in early 2011. Now it’s a chain of 15 cafes, with more than 100 employees. Oh, and there’s a wholesale roasting business, too.

    Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent
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    Early in the 2000s, Tom Clark was an Australian law student on a university exchange in Paris. He was living the dream – not many classes, lots of time to enjoy that Parisian buzz and joie de vivre – but one thing bugged him. It was impossible to get a good coffee.

    Tom Clark, co-founder of the Coutume café chain, believes the French obsession with food and drink hadn’t extended to coffee before. Nathan Laine

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    Hans van Leeuwen
    Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondentHans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at hans.vanleeuwen@afr.com

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