The decaffeine fiend in France

Whether to feed the fiend or not, that is the question. For me, decaf is the way I travel and in France over the years it has been hard to find, and when I have seen it on the menus I was not always confidence that it would be caffeine-free. Rather like a non-smoking section on a plane back in the day (what day?) or a non-smoking section of a restaurant in France only a few years ago. So, when traveling I would go weeks without a decaf coffee and it would be the first thing I would drink when coming off the plane - right to Starbucks - in the USA. I have noticed a sea change in France regarding caffeine more recently, finding it more often on menus, particularly coffee shops, and even in the supermarket. Now, our house is properly stocked with decaf espresso ready for the melango espresso pod machine. A little milk and we're good to go, without the fiend of caffeine.