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[ExoticMatter]

Cheers for the info everyone I am an avid coffee drinker and insist on carrying a 'french press'  machine everywhere we travel.
Stuck in the UK at the moment but next time back will track em all down

Aside from Laos further afield I was most impressed by Indonesian island's coffee, every island was different and all were good(Flores,Bali,Java,Sumba etc) so many!! mmm

[SpoliaOpima]

A new cafe called Roast has recently opened in SeenSpace on Thonglor Soi 13. They have two huge Geisen drum roasters and roast fresh on the premises a couple of times a week. Excellent coffee, and available as beans to take away. Not quite as good as Doi Chaang but better than most other brands. Not cheap. Hillkoff has good beans for a decent price if you can find it. D'Oro too. I found both at the gourmet grocery in Paragon near the cineplex.

[ljerams]

Anybody know where I can buy Doi Chaang beans in the Laksi area?

[atyclb]

Re; Laos Coffee

Have tried several times at coffee trade shows. Taste not to my liking. I wonder if they use the bare pavement to dry beans? The smell of the ground will be absorbed in the beans and damage the flavor.

Have seen this in Bali arabica beans becaue they also lay the beans on the bare ground. Bali arabica (recent production) as they are known for robusta, has great potential, if they alter their methods.


Thai coffee is typically bitter and many use sugar to offset. Probably soil related?

[theseahorse]

SpoliaOpima, on 2011-05-22 04:32:07, said:

A new cafe called Roast has recently opened in SeenSpace on Thonglor Soi 13. They have two huge Geisen drum roasters and roast fresh on the premises a couple of times a week. Excellent coffee, and available as beans to take away. Not quite as good as Doi Chaang but better than most other brands. Not cheap. Hillkoff has good beans for a decent price if you can find it. D'Oro too. I found both at the gourmet grocery in Paragon near the cineplex.

Interesting to hear you say that you feel the 'Roast' coffee isn't as good as Doi Chaang. I really like what Roast do and have never been too keen on Doi Chaang and having tried a few of thier roasts, gave up on them. I generally drink espressos or espresso based coffee and found the Doi Chaang roasts I tried either a bit bland or over roasted and extrememly bitter.
Which of the Doi Chaang range do you prefer? I'd like to use Doi Chaang, but have never found a coffee I like from them.

[zeusbheld]

great thread, the kind of information i've been looking for. have to try Ratika in particular as they're nearby.

i'm considering getting into roasting my own at some point but not yet. right now i want to find a good burr grinder (blade grinders suck). i just bought a vintage Chemex on eBay, it's not here yet. (the old Chemex pots are Pyrex and better built than the current ones).

[ljerams]

Try Central Lardprao for a burr grinder or Fashion Island.

I have tried Hilkoff peaberry from Ratika which was quite nice. Their blends are quite cheap.

[Jayman]

I am a huge fan of Vietnamese grown coffee after I went there about a year ago.  Trying to find it in Thailand became so hard that I started ordering it to the US and having it hand carried here.

I use an aeropress and freshly ground all my beans.  I finally had the great fortune of meeting an expat that imports HUGE amounts of Vietnamese grown beans to Thailand and roasts them in country.  I have been buying all my beans direct through him and I'm never disappointed.  They are always freshly roasted and the price is reasonable compared to the options for imported beans.  His name is Nick and if you are interested them shoot me a PM and I can put you in touch with him.

[ljerams]

What do you consider to be a reasonable price? Less than Baht 200 for 250 grams or higher?

[balo]

I am also interested in the Vietnamese espresso beans. But not if its too expensive . I normally pay 150 baht for a 250g bag.

[Jayman]

I consider 600thb per kilo reasonable as they are freshly roasted and packed and you can choose your roast as well as if you want 100% arabica or a combo of arabica and robusta.  You might be able to get a bargain on higher quantities but I have never bought less that 1kg at a time and they comes in both 250g and 500g bags.

[ljerams]

Thanks.

My Doi Saket single estate beans cost Baht 750 but I know that the Verizon Shops are rather expensive. Nice coffee though.

[balo]

Jayman, on 2012-02-13 22:18:36, said:

I consider 600thb per kilo reasonable as they are freshly roasted and packed and you can choose your roast as well as if you want 100% arabica or a combo of arabica and robusta.  You might be able to get a bargain on higher quantities but I have never bought less that 1kg at a time and they comes in both 250g and 500g bags.

So will he deliver in Bangkok Sukhumvit area. I am ready to buy .

[SpoliaOpima]

theseahorse, on 2012-01-23 13:22:01, said:

SpoliaOpima, on 2011-05-22 04:32:07, said:

A new cafe called Roast has recently opened in SeenSpace on Thonglor Soi 13. They have two huge Geisen drum roasters and roast fresh on the premises a couple of times a week. Excellent coffee, and available as beans to take away. Not quite as good as Doi Chaang but better than most other brands. Not cheap. Hillkoff has good beans for a decent price if you can find it. D'Oro too. I found both at the gourmet grocery in Paragon near the cineplex.

Interesting to hear you say that you feel the 'Roast' coffee isn't as good as Doi Chaang. I really like what Roast do and have never been too keen on Doi Chaang and having tried a few of thier roasts, gave up on them. I generally drink espressos or espresso based coffee and found the Doi Chaang roasts I tried either a bit bland or over roasted and extrememly bitter.
Which of the Doi Chaang range do you prefer? I'd like to use Doi Chaang, but have never found a coffee I like from them.

Sorry I've taken so long to respond, just saw this post today.

I like Doi Chaang's Single Origin Peaberry, delicious. There are some other signature roasts I also like, that I've only seen for sale in Chiang Mai. Their kiosk at Phrom Phong BTS station in Bangkok sells very nice Arabica beans at a good price.

To me Roast is pretty ordinary, compared to Soi Chaang I view it as the difference between a passionate amateur with limited knowledge about roasting (the roasters arrived at Roast weeks *after* the cafe opened), and the accomplished pros at Doi Chaang. .

Of course if you prefer Roast, nothing wrong with that. I find Doi Chaang's acidity, body and flavour far more balanced,

Doi Chaang has attracted international attention btw.

http://www.coffeerev...cfm?find=chaang

http://www.coffeehab...ffee-revisited/

http://dailyshotofco...-coffee-review/

[theseahorse]

SpoliaOpima, on 2012-02-23 17:50:14, said:

theseahorse, on 2012-01-23 13:22:01, said:

SpoliaOpima, on 2011-05-22 04:32:07, said:

A new cafe called Roast has recently opened in SeenSpace on Thonglor Soi 13. They have two huge Geisen drum roasters and roast fresh on the premises a couple of times a week. Excellent coffee, and available as beans to take away. Not quite as good as Doi Chaang but better than most other brands. Not cheap. Hillkoff has good beans for a decent price if you can find it. D'Oro too. I found both at the gourmet grocery in Paragon near the cineplex.

Interesting to hear you say that you feel the 'Roast' coffee isn't as good as Doi Chaang. I really like what Roast do and have never been too keen on Doi Chaang and having tried a few of thier roasts, gave up on them. I generally drink espressos or espresso based coffee and found the Doi Chaang roasts I tried either a bit bland or over roasted and extrememly bitter.
Which of the Doi Chaang range do you prefer? I'd like to use Doi Chaang, but have never found a coffee I like from them.

Sorry I've taken so long to respond, just saw this post today.

I like Doi Chaang's Single Origin Peaberry, delicious. There are some other signature roasts I also like, that I've only seen for sale in Chiang Mai. Their kiosk at Phrom Phong BTS station in Bangkok sells very nice Arabica beans at a good price.

To me Roast is pretty ordinary, compared to Soi Chaang I view it as the difference between a passionate amateur with limited knowledge about roasting (the roasters arrived at Roast weeks *after* the cafe opened), and the accomplished pros at Doi Chaang. .

Of course if you prefer Roast, nothing wrong with that. I find Doi Chaang's acidity, body and flavour far more balanced,

Doi Chaang has attracted international attention btw.

http://www.coffeerev...cfm?find=chaang

http://www.coffeehab...ffee-revisited/

http://dailyshotofco...-coffee-review/

Thanks for replying.

I generally find Roast much better than elsewhere here, but nothing compared to the quality I got before moving to BKK. I usually drink espresso based drinks and find most brands just over roast cheap beans to get the strong flavour. This is a common problem both here and abroad, but when finding a good roaster who knows what he's doing then you get beans that are naturally strong without the need to almost burn them.

I haven't tried Doi Chaang for a while, but will pick some beans up tomorrow when passing through Prom Phong.

[Furbie]

ableguy, on 2010-10-29 18:12:49, said:

sharonb, on 2010-10-28 22:44:33, said:

There is a place called Coffee Gallery
Huge variety
It's at CDC
Kaset-Navamin

have been searching the web for a supplier of Vietnamese coffee but no luck the only one I found was in the USA and they dont ship here, V coffe is the best I ever tasted

Really?  I don't think I've ever had good Vietnamese coffee.  If it’s not loaded down with sweetened condensed milk, it’s awful.  Maybe I’m drinking at the wrong places.

As with other posters, I like the Lao coffee.  I have seen Dao Gold at Emporium.