A delicious cup of coffee in Thailand
Coffee. I can't do without it. The smell of a fresh cup of coffee makes me long for the bitter brown liquid.
Fortunately, I'm not the only coffee addict. Coffee is even one of the most traded commodities in the world. Millions of people start the day with a bowl of comfort.
The coffee culture in Thailand has developed greatly in recent years. Although the country is traditionally known for its tea, coffee has quickly gained ground and is now an important part of daily life for many Thai people. This has led to a thriving coffee scene in cities such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket, which are home to both local and international coffee chains and independent coffee houses.
Thai coffee plantations
Thai coffee plantations are mainly located in the north of the country, especially in the Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son regions. The highlands in these areas provide ideal conditions for growing coffee, and it is often the local hill tribes who nurture the coffee plants. Many coffee plantations in Thailand are small-scale and focus on sustainable and organic production. Arabica beans are the most common type of coffee produced in Thailand, although some plantations also grow Robusta beans.
Thai coffee culture is unique in its combination of traditional influences and modern trends. One of the most famous Thai coffee drinks is "Oliang" or "O-Liang", a strong, sweet iced coffee often served with condensed milk. It is usually prepared with a traditional Thai coffee filter, also called a “tungdtom”, where the ground coffee is poured with water and passed through the filter.
In urban areas, Western coffee trends have also become popular, such as espresso, cappuccino and latte. This has led to a mix of traditional and modern coffee houses. Many of these coffee shops offer a cozy and relaxed atmosphere where locals and tourists alike can enjoy their favorite coffee drinks and often light meals and snacks.
In addition to coffee, coffee-related events and festivals are also on the rise in Thailand. For example, coffee tastings, workshops and competitions are organized to increase the appreciation for Thai coffee culture and to support baristas and coffee producers.
Coffee culture
To data from the Association of Dutch Coffee Roasters and Tea Packers (VNKT) 79% of the Dutch drink coffee regularly. Of these, 35% drink the coffee black, 53% add milk and 43% drink the coffee sweetened.
Coffee is synonymous with conviviality. I once read that the quality of coffee is even (partly) responsible for the atmosphere, performance and job satisfaction in the office. In recent years, a real coffee culture has emerged, which chains such as Starbucks have cleverly capitalized on. Coffee has become an experience.
Traditional Thai coffee
Asia and also Thailand is playing catch-up. Ten years ago, there was hardly a coffee shop in Asia. Starbucks, ubiquitous in Thailand, opened its doors in 1998 and now has more than 115 stores (2007). Other Western coffee chains have also settled in Thailand, such as the Italian one Illy and also Italian Lavazza.
The quality of coffee in Thailand varies. Sometimes you are offered instant coffee in a restaurant. Not really tasty. Yet Thailand does have a coffee culture. Because there are more and more (Western) coffee shops in the tourist places, the traditional Thai coffee sellers are disappearing. When ordering coffee from a Thai coffee vendor, don't be surprised if your coffee is poured into a plastic bag full of ice and served with a straw. Traditional Thai hot coffee is usually served in a small glass that is filled to the brim.
Hill tribes
Coffee is also popular with the locals in Thailand. In Northern Thailand, coffee is grown by the Hilltribes. The hill tribes in Northern Thailand can be divided into two groups: lowland and highland. The lowland Hilltribes are similar to Thai farmers and mainly plant rice and maize. The tribes living in higher areas used to live off poppy cultivation, which is used for the production of opium. The Thai government and the Royal Family offer the Hilltribes alternatives and support them in growing coffee beans.
Coffee can be distinguished in two main types: Arabica and Robusta. The difference between the two types of coffee beans is mainly in the taste and the caffeine content: Arabica beans have a milder taste and contain about 70% less caffeine than the Robusta beans, which provide a spicy taste. Most of the coffee that people drink in the Netherlands is a mixture of the two blends.
Arabica and Robusta
The Robusta bean does not need to be grown at height, grows quickly and is easy to produce. The coffee is cheap and not very flavorful (usually used for instant coffee or to mix with Arabica). Arabica is grown at high altitude (1600 m) or more. The low temperatures in the mountains slow down the growth of the plant, allowing it to develop complex sugars. The Arabica bean is a hard, tasty bean and is regarded by the coffee industry as the best quality. A coffee plant (evergreen) needs to grow for about 5 years before it is suitable for full production.
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Doi Chang Coffee
There are two coffee chains in Thailand where you can get a cappuccino or espresso made from DoiTung of Wow coffee beans. They support the Hilltribe coffee farmers and the coffee is perfect. Doi Chang Coffee is also a Hilltribe brand and has a partnership with Canadian entrepreneurs. They take care of the marketing and worldwide distribution of the coffee.
The Aribica beans, grown in Northern Thailand, are known for their refined taste. This can be characterized as a mix of caramel and spices. The taste lingers on your tongue. For the real enthusiasts, order an espresso in a small glass. Before you consume the coffee, you should first clean your mouth with a small glass of carbonated water. Then enjoy the pure taste of this excellent coffee.
Don't be shocked by the price for a good cup of coffee. Arabica coffee growers pick the beans by hand. After all, they grow in places where vehicles or machines cannot reach. The beans ripen in different stages, so a coffee picker has to check the plants regularly before the beans can be picked.
If you want to order coffee in Thailand, the following Thai words will come in handy:
- kaafae rawn (hot coffee)
- kaafae yen (Ice Coffee)
- oh-liang (traditional iced coffee with sugar, without milk)
- kaafae tung (traditional filter coffee with milk and sugar)
- mai sai nam-taan (without sugar)
- sai nam-taan (with sugar)
- sai tung (coffee to go)
- kaafae dam (black coffee)
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That HillTrives Coffee is really a very nice coffee. Personally, I don't like the other Thai coffee much. I'm talking about expresso coffee here, the standard Thai coffee is not drinkable anyway. And the solution version is a real cup of slobber.
At least…. thats my opinion.
Coffee is certainly popular in Thailand, and the Thais are very creative in finding ways to increase coffee consumption. For example, there is coffee with ginseng that, according to the advertising in general and my girlfriend in particular, would make you lose weight quickly, and there are coffees that stimulate the young gentleman again. One of them bears the funny name 'Biggolo', no relation to the cringe-inducing movie 'Duce Bigalow European Gigolo' I presume. (http://khealthy.com/viewProduct.do?clubId=1838&shopCategoryId=11228&productId=30504)
Call me stupid, but I thought it was a very entertaining movie. Not in the least because the film captured a certain era of my beloved city of Amsterdam.
Thai commercial for slimming coffee. That's a different coffee than those dull Douwe Egberts commercials I remember from NL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3SHmwK4OF4
In a gray past I was able to interview Dr. Ernesto Illy. He proudly told me that every coffee bean in the factory in Trieste is checked. I ventured to doubt that. He explained that the beans in the factory move along hundreds of narrow conveyor belts. If the color is wrong or the bean is too light, a jet of air sprays the bean off the belt. “And do you know where these rejected beans go? He asked me. “To the Netherlands, because they don't know what real coffee tastes like there”.
I have tried all instant coffee in Thailand. The Khao Shong is undoubtedly the best. I have had an espresso machine for three years now. I use Moccona; a pack of 250 grams ground for about 80 THB. In the evening I drink decaffeinated. Because it is difficult to obtain in Thailand, I bring it from NL.
In Thailand I often drank better cappuccino than in Italy.
Those sorting machines do exist. Even rice is sorted this way.
The black, yellow and pink rice grains (weeds that grow between the rice) are removed.
Google “Buhler sortex” and you will see it happen.
Dear K. Peter
I found it a very informative piece to read. my thanks for this.
I liked the best sentence.
"When you order coffee from a Thai coffee seller, don't be surprised if your coffee is poured into a plastic bag full of ice."
In Braband and Limburg she would say do mej ok a cup of coffee.
Do you happen to know where that expression comes from?
it's that simple: a bag is a cup, right?
The expression bag coffee comes from the German language "Tasse kaffee". Many farangs in Thailand simply order coffee, so that the Thai does not know whether it is an iced coffee or a hot coffee. They often ask a farang whether it is a Kaffae rohn or a kaffae Yen, otherwise it can indeed happen that you get a coffee with ice cubes (kaffae Yen)
Where does the word bag come from? In Limburg it is the word for cup and a teske is a cup. In Kerkrade one might say teje, with the s and j being pronounced separately: tes-je.
Limburgish from the eastern regions such as Kerkrade, Vaals, Simpelveld is an old Low German dialect…so in fact a German dialect…in any case still more related to German than to Dutch. We also know various cases, which are not learned with a system, but are still common.
Isn't a bag a Flemish word? And yes as far as I know it is a cup. When I'm in Antwerp and I'm asked if I want a bag of coffee, I get the coffee neatly in a cup. But the Flemish among us really need to know
Indeed. A cup of coffee is just a cup of coffee. I have a Belgian cookbook and there they also talk about a cup of milk or 2 cups of water
My experience in Belgium is that they just ask if you want a coffee creamer
Maybe Aad's reaction is not written with the coffee but with drinking something else?
At Big-c I bought coffee last week 2 in one (only coffee with milk), it takes some getting used to
but better for the line. The brand is Essenso microground coffee, and available in 2 types of packaging.
Can I recommend you. Been drinking this coffee very regularly for a few years now. And then the version without sugar. I think sugar is too sweet
I'm surprised no one talks about the “Thai” (?) Coffee chain : Black Cayon Coffee!!
Delicious coffee and snacks etc!
In shopping malls .. just look around!
Maybe better than StarBucks!
Black Canyon Coffee (hot coffee) is the champion in my taste along with Illy. Both coffee shops can be found sparingly. Very unfortunate.
Starbucks pours hot water with a coffee-like taste (I can't make more of it). I don't drink sugar and milk drinks (such as cappucino) (that's not coffee in my opinion).
Indeed Cat,
Black canyon takes the cake:
Delicious coffee in all sorts and what disappoints me at Starbucks: pay first and wait, we'll bring it to your number.
I'm not in kindergarten nondejuu anymore!
I always go to Black Canyon branches in Thailand. Excellent coffee 🙂
Also great food at Black Canyon! My favorite is the Kung Tempura…delicious!!
The Thai Arabica coffee is delicious, as a coffee lover it is at the top of my list. For sale at Boot coffee in Baarn: pride of Thailand organic coffee. Temporarily sold out, but very tasty. In Thailand, the coffee is often better than in the Netherlands.
My experience:
Black Canyon Coffee (as far as my taste is concerned) serves the best coffee. That store chain is also located in Indonesia and a few other countries in Asia. In Indonesia I also visited a few coffee shops of Black Canyon and could drink the same good coffee there.
94Coffee is a Thai chain, but the coffee is not equally good in every shop.
Illy is consistently of (high) quality but is of European origin. Starbucks (I'm talking about Americano) is mainly hot water with a taste... That's more for sweet drinks... 🙁
Many coffee plantation owners are Thai or Thai-Chinese. There are also mountain villages that are populated by Thai people and produce very good coffee on a small scale. An example is Ban Huay Khrai, one of many villages in Wiangpapao township, located in Chiang Rai and halfway along the main road to Chiang Mai. The organically grown coffee is sold under the name Mewana and is exported to Germany, but also sold in Bangkok. The coffee has received the highest award for quality and taste in recent years. Excellent green tea is also grown here. Currently, the area is becoming more famous among the Thai from the big cities to come here to hike, help pick coffee or tea and follow the process. Westerners are also welcome and if you want to know more, Facebook: Ban Huay Khrai Homestay.
I once bought two blue packs of Douwe Egberts from Central.
I never opened the second one.
Nowadays I drink Oriental Kenya blend from Aroma.
It tastes excellent to me.
Straight from my head 245 Baht for 250 grams.
More than the 80 baht Moccona mentioned above, but coffee has to be good, otherwise I might as well just drink water.
I am a green and roasted coffee bean trader in Chiangmai.
and also export coffee to the different countries.
For those interested, take a look at my website:
www. alti-coffee.com
Recently we also sell our coffee in capsules which are compatible
with the well-known Nespresso capsule machines and of course cheaper.
(not yet on our website)
Do you also have coffee pads for a Senseo machine
Dear Ton,
That's not real coffee, is it?
And I'm from Brabant, so Philips doesn't want to lose weight!
Oh nice, I'll check out your website soon.
I always thought coffee smelled great but never tasted, very strange, thought it tasted like firewood but in Thailand the cappuccino looked so good that I tried it again.
Delicious, drinking coffee every day in Thailand.
So I had to turn almost 60 to learn how to drink coffee, thanks to Thailand
Hi albert
I am interested in the coffee cups
When will they be on the site??
Now September 2020 still not on the website
Website is down. Is there another way to see what capsule coffee is available?
Thank you.
Prices for a cup of coffee vary enormously. The most expensive coffee can be found at Starbucks, which links drinking a cup of coffee to a kind of status level. Starbucks customers are often middle-class people and university students (who sometimes occupy a table for an entire afternoon to prepare certain assigned tasks in groups). Over 100 baht for an American flavored cup which I find a bit bland.
Amazon can be found all over Thailand along the highways. You usually pay 45 baht for an Americano and you can choose from an assortment of pastries. The setting is cozy, a kind of jungle-like decor with many plants and mostly fountains and waterfalls. Literature is always available. For those who like strong coffee, the Americano is the right product.
It sounds unlikely but the best coffee I've had here is a 7-11. More and more 7-11 shops are being equipped with a coffee shop counter (not the self-service coffee that you can find in all 7-11 shops) where you can order and take away the standard and the “special select” coffee. pouch. I thought the price was 30 bath. I really liked the coffee, by far the best coffee I've had in Thailand.
The coffee from Mac Donalds is very good and worldwide senior coffee 2 pieces for the price of 1.
The best coffee for me in thailand is at Benjamit market Soi Bhokhouw and the best price.
Have been a coffee drinker since childhood and now own a coffee shop in Cha-am. The coffee we serve comes from a small roastery in hua hin and I and most of my customers like it very much. On the other hand, I also find the coffee from the amazon coffee shops very good.
I can say that I am a real coffee expert, until last year I always brought a nice stock of LavAzza qualita oro from the Netherlands, these cans are available in Thailand, by the way.
but THB 660 is a bit too much for me.
Until I ordered a cup of coffee in the flora park near kabin buri on the higway 304, here is a small artisan coffee roaster that freshly grinds the beans espresso, what a quality, the best cup of coffee in years.
The blog dictator is a sadist. With temperatures approaching 30 I would now like to get a kaafae yen from a street cart. 🙂 I prefer not to drink Kaafae rón with these temperatures.
I came across the first coffee shops in South Korea more than 37 years ago. In Seoul you had real cafes where people met each other and drank a cup of coffee and where excellent music was played. So that is around 1981!
Recently I saw a nice video of serpentza, that is a young man who makes a lot of vlogs about China. He also made a video about the coffee in China and according to him it was often better than, for example, in the USA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fheYvabcBJM
I prefer to drink coffee at home here in Thailand. In the morning I start with Khao Shong: Smooth & Creamy Coffee Mix Powder and during the day the instant coffee from Moccona (red). I don't like strong coffee and find it difficult to order good coffee outside the house. When I order Nescafé, I am already paying attention to whether it is not made too strong. Where I use a small teaspoon of powder, somewhere else people often put three times that in a much smaller cup… that makes my hair stand on end. Then it also helps not to use a lot of sugar.
As mentioned, Amazon also has a nice Latte.. I think it's still reasonable. And the last time I was there you could also buy a stroopwafel (!!)!
Funny about that stroopwafel.
My experience is that there is little demand for it, the same brand as Amazon.
We then used them at a party with biscuit bites!
In Restaurant Bunsom only quality coffee is served from 35 Baht, cappucino 40 Baht and other choices. (Thai Arabica coffee)
Also available in “iced” version. A glass of water is a matter of course.
Tomorrow, the king's birthday and Saturday, Buddha day, it will be busy again.
Also tomorrow afternoon no herring party from 15.00 p.m.!
Address: Huay Yai, Tesabal Road, Soi 17 (15 minutes from Jomtien )
Indeed .. bal thai ... Benjamit also roasts their own coffee .. very tasty .. certainly by far the best in pattaya ...
Yes OR they can do it here.
BUT there are also very, very bad experiences.
Lumpy old instant 'coffee' WAY too much in 1 cup, then lukewarm water and one of those sachets of disgusting and heart turned milk 'powder'
But then you HAVE already ordered and paid. Made many a plant 'happy'.
For me, and my doctor says I have blood group DE (for non-nlers: Douwe Egberts nl coffee brand),
is a high favourite: 3 in 1 from SUPER. 3 bath. No unpleasant aftertaste and can be purchased at any Lotus or Big C.
BUT…………about taste…………..
KhunBram.
All 3 in 1 is between 45 and 55% sugar. At home I use THE mocona outhouse Amazon at PPT
Know that it is like swearing in church for some, but nowadays good coffee is also available in a McDonalds / McCafe, find the espresso excellent there.
I like to drink Turkish coffee at home. The beans come from Doi Chang. I roast in a skillet because I prefer to roast the beans lighter than usual. Then grind and sieve, because for a good cup the powder must be as fine as flour.
Too bad that only Arabica is grown in Thailand because Mocha is my favorite. Well, maybe one day I will order these online in Vietnam.
Since the first publication of the above article, a lot has changed with regard to Thai coffee culture. In 2019, even in the most remote places you get a great cup of coffee and many coffee shops are distinctive in the nature of the location, housing and decoration / design of the coffee shops.
As a true coffee lover, I really get my money's worth and I really enjoy discovering another, often special coffee shop.
The taste of coffee is very personal.
I prefer to drink cappuccino.
Many coffee shops almost turn it into a café latte.
As already written, coffee at Starbucks is nothing more than an experience. Too expensive as well.
The amazon coffee is also opening shops at a rapid pace. Previously often at the ptt petrol stations, but now also in bigC, central PLAZAs, etc.
Also at many locations near boat stops, China town, victory monument etc.
Making a good cappuccino is tricky. But if it is not with properly frothed milk, it will be returned and a new one will be made.
The manual is then removed from the drawer and then it works.
Since we visit a fair number of amazon's frequently, they now know how I like to drink it.
Sometimes new employees first try to tell you that this is a correct cappuccino.
It is often too rushed.
But with the most frequent, I don't even have to say what we order.
And that is Americano ice and cappuccino.
Often with 2 stroopwafels.
I had a delicious cappuccino in Pattaya in Terminal 21.
The cup said Estados cafe
Can someone tell me where I could order that coffee
eg
Thea
Okay the Arabica bean is the tastiest, we now know that and if you have drunk a Robusta once, you know why.
There are many places here in the north of Thailand where the beans almost splash off the trees in beautiful red colored berries. Most of them will basically taste good.
It has been said before that drinking coffee comes with a personal preference. In the Netherlands I was a loyal Illy espresso drinker, much more expensive (6 €) than DE but more than worth the money.
Here I like the Doi Chang coffee, but 280 Baht (8,5 €) for 250 grams is a bit too much, we will not talk about the Illy for 600 Baht (18 €).
So the taste, most beans here are unfortunately roasted almost black or very bitter to even a burnt taste. If you have already found a perfect roast somewhere, the next pack is unfortunately almost burnt again, not a constant quality. It is probably roasted so dark because most Thais only drink iced coffee with milk and spoonfuls of sugar. Often much too bitter for a cup of espresso.
Nowadays I make my own mix of an Italian roast and a dark roast from Aka Ama. I support the local coffee planters and have a kilo of delicious coffee beans for less than 700 Baht.
Put 2 sachets of ORIGINAL SUPER COFFEE 3 in 1 in a bag with a little sugar and you'll never go to another coffee shop again. And this for only +/- 7 baht. Bye bye St……
This isn't coffee anymore. This kind of drink mix sachets already contain a lot of sugar and a lot of powder creamer, and minimal coffee. BAH, is a better name instead of SUPER.
Since I last commented on this article, I too have learned something. Because I don't like strong coffee, it sometimes helps if you say mai koi khem or mai khem. That means: not (so) strong.
I have been cycling to Pak Nam Pran with a namesake of mine for over a year now. There we drank coffee in a resort in the beginning, but those people failed to make a weak coffee. The spoon almost stood upright.
One day we discovered Baan Pal. That is a restaurant near Kao Kalok. The coffee is not only much tastier, it is reasonably cheap (40 Baht) and you always get a glass of water with it. Also you can get delicious cake there.
The restaurant was always packed with cyclists arriving from Hua Hin before Covid. The groups are a lot smaller now, but the coffee is still great there.
The most expensive coffee is called "Black Ivory Coffee" and is produced in Chiang Saen, N-Thailand.
In addition to the food, elephants are fed coffee beans. After 24 hours, it comes out with the stool.
Of the 30 kilograms of coffee beans, only 1 kilogram remains, which are carefully cleaned and roasted.
The stomach enzymes provide a special coffee flavor.
In exclusive hotels, a cup of Black Ivory coffee costs € 34
That's for people who don't know what to do with their money anymore.
We have acquaintances in Changmai. Her father and stepmother grow coffee in the mountains. The father has passed away and the stepmother does the coffee plantation with help. She sells many coffee beans around Changmai to coffeshops. And supplies a lot to a customer in Germany. I think the name of the coffee is Arabic. But it is delicious coffee. When we are in Changmai we get a nice supply to take home.
My Thai wife is originally from ChiangMai with family in GhiangRai. When she has been there she always brings a supply of HillTribe coffee to NL. We always drink that coffee when we can really take the time to enjoy it.
Question to Marijke: Do you know how we can get in touch with that customer in Germany?
After years of trying and drinking all kinds of coffee, we have been drinking Omgoi coffee, dark roasted beans, at home for several months now.
It is a Northern Thai coffee from the Chiang Mai area. I am picky not only with coffee, but so far this is the best coffee for us.
Grind and set yourself with the expresso machine.
It is on sale at Central Festival Shopping Mall in Chiang Mai, THB 289 for 500 grams, a reasonable price.
If you like a good cup of coffee, not a sloppy cup of coffee, then you have to try this coffee.
Greetings and enjoy,
Yak
In 2022, 11 years after the above article was written, I drink great coffee daily in and around Chiang Rai at one of the many dozens of coffee shops. For many, still only from 30 baht for a solid bowl. Last month in Bangkok, I decided to give Starbucks another try, but I should have known better: I've rarely been served such tasteless, "watery" coffee. Take a few sips and leave the rest.
Incidentally, for lovers of black coffee: it is rarely on the 'menu' as such. You have to order 'Americano' - that's a strong espresso with boiling water added.
we do like a cup of coffee, and in the afternoon we went to a bar in Pattaya close to the dolphin fountain on the roundabout where we asked if they had coffee. There was rumbling in the cupboards under the bar and a coffee machine was installed. down and an affirmative yes followed. The brother (we found out later) of the owner had to get coffee on the scooter and the device was cleaned at the same time. By the way, a nice cup. The following days when we went for coffee at the same bar, we called to the brother if we could get coffee and he immediately got on the scooter, without discussing it. And then we ordered at the bar. They then searched for the brother, but we then indicated that he had already left to get coffee.
I always order my cofee from Doi Chaang coffee via Lazada.
I make my own coffee the old fashioned way and I love it.
And for 2 kilos of arabica I pay a 1000 bath delivered to my home. I think Doi Chaang Coffee is the best coffee I can find here in Thailand.
I read: “Doi Chaang Coffee is also a Hilltribe brand and has a partnership with Canadian entrepreneurs. They take care of the marketing and worldwide distribution of the coffee”.
This is not correct: there is no worldwide distribution, because the Canadians do not want this.
They prefer to limit exports to their chosen countries, and there are very few of them!
I sent them an email about this a few years ago for possible distribution in Belgium/NL/Luxembourg/Germany and received the answer that I wrote above…
Especially when I'm on foot somewhere, sights, markets, etc. I prefer oh-liang. Unfortunately you see real oh-liang less and less often; nowadays it is increasingly being replaced by Kaafae yen, which is definitely not the same.
Because we don't have a coffee machine in Thailand, I usually drink instant coffee, Nescafé Red Cup or Moccona there. Unfortunately, both are also less and less easy to find, increasingly replaced by 3 in 1 dredging. For me, adding milk or creamer is the best way to spoil coffee.
To be clear, we do not live in Thailand, hence no coffee maker.
I'm also a coffee addict. Now in the Netherlands I am experimenting with good arabica espresso beans in my Jura machine.
We have just returned from Thailand and have looked around in several larger supermarkets such as BigC, Tops or Lotus for good coffee beans for my Jura machine, because it will certainly come with us when we move next year. But you don't really see any good beans, but I also have to admit that I don't really know the brands.
I do like to have a cup of coffee at an Amazon tent or at the Coffee Club. So tips for good quality beans are welcome
Coffee is delicious in the Netherlands, but in warm Thailand I can't drink it and I think it's too hot for coffee there.
In Thailand, only drink water and beer.