Reader Submission: This can happen to you in Thailand
Ruud writes about his unexpected meeting in a coffee bar and he is amazed by so much kindness. The ease with which a Thai speaks about himself also surprises him.
Coffee is good for your health
The Dutch love coffee, we drink about 150 liters of coffee per person per year. Those who enjoy their cup of comfort every day can rub their hands because coffee is also good for your health.
Landed on a tropical island: An ordinary day
Every morning I hop on my scooter and drive 20 minutes from my house to Bubba's Coffee Bar. Driving inland I see a large contented, shiny gray buffalo, who has just enjoyed his morning bath, I smell the wet mud.
Drink coffee and stay young longer!
Good news for coffee aficionados: coffee keeps you young for longer at a cellular level, according to a major study. Women who drink two to three cups of coffee a day have longer telomeres than women who don't drink coffee. The condition is that you drink the coffee black, so without sugar and milk.
Featured: Alti Coffee in Chiang Mai
It is that the Zeeland Dutchman Albert Rijk posted a reaction to this blog on a recent story about coffee drinking in Thailand, otherwise we, outside his friends and customers, might never have known that he is the founder / owner of the Alti Coffee, a coffee roasting company annex coffee shop in chiang mai.
The coffee is ready… in Bangkok
Coffee is drunk in many places in Thailand. Gringo reviews nine trendy coffee houses in Bangkok that are worth a visit.
Coffee beans from elephant dung
What do coffee and elephants have to do with each other, one might ask? Very expensive coffees have been on the market for some time now, only affordable for (wealthy) aficionados. The most expensive coffee in the world so far has been Kopi Luwak. Now a new type of coffee has come on the market under the name “Black Ivory Coffee”.
Reader question: Are there also Magimix Nespresso coffee machines for sale in Hua Hin?
I am a real coffee lover and have been drinking Nespresso coffee for years, you know with those cups. Is there a Magimix Nespresso coffee machine for sale in Hua Hin?
Who can tell me if there is a shop in Bangkok that sells senseo pads?
Is drinking coffee healthy?
Is drinking coffee healthy or not and what is my own habit of drinking coffee now that I live in Thailand? Gringo take a closer look at drinking coffee.
A $50 cup of elephant coffee
Some will be horrified, but coffee lovers are enthusiastic. Elephant coffee. You must have something for it.
Statement of the week: It is normal that you have to pay if you keep a table occupied!
In Bon Café in Bangkok, a visitor had to pay 2.000 baht for the two hours that he had occupied a table. It caused quite a stir on social media. Hence the statement of the week: It is normal that you have to pay if you keep a table occupied!
Drinking coffee extends your life
Good news for the coffee lovers among us. If you drink more than five cups of coffee a day, you will live longer. This is shown by an epidemiological study. According to that study, a daily high coffee intake reduces your risk of mortality by several tens of percent.
Who oh who can help me with an address where I can buy Nespresso coffee cups?
Reader submission: Douwe Egberts coffee at Makro
Quite some time ago, I thought I saw the name Douwe Egberts flash by as I passed a coffee and tea rack in Makro.
Am planning to send a Senseo coffee machine to Thailand. Do I have to add 10 bags of toads right away, or are these also available in Thailand?
Coffee, coffee, nice cup of coffee…
Coffee seller Damrong Maslae (43) is determined. He does not bow to the demand of the American coffee giant Starbucks to remove its Starbung logo. Starbucks has been hunting him since last year. Damrong will appear in court on November 4.