Find content
Male
I don't get all the attacks that I see aimed at Starbucks. At home I drink freshly ground Kenyan AA from a French press, but if I'm outside with family or friends we'll stop by a Starbucks and I'll enjoy that just as equally.
They serve a pretty good cuppa and provide a pretty relaxing and comfortable atmosphere to enjoy it in.
Here in Thailand their business is booming, and I doubt that would be the case if the coffee they made wasn't up to snuff. In Australia it was a different matter, they went into an already entrenched cafe culture.
The same thing is happening in France now, but they've learned from their mistakes and are now trying to adapt their stores and their coffees to the local drinking trends and culture.
http://www.nytimes.c...astes.html?_r=1
Posts I've Made
In Topic: Is It Safe To Drink Tap Water In Bangkok ?
2012-03-27 10:15:45
beano2274, on 2012-03-27 10:02:53, said:
To use for cleaning food is okay to drink is not okay.
Khlong Prapa is the Khlong used for this water if I remember correctly, and a few months ago a body part was fished out of it.
Khlong Prapa is the Khlong used for this water if I remember correctly, and a few months ago a body part was fished out of it.
Raw water, is not going to start off smelling off roses regardless of what source or country it's coming from. A body . . . . a single body . . . . I doubt very much that that is going to in any way affect the 5 million cubic meters of water produced by the MWA daily.
Correction, with stats in hand from http://www.mwa.co.th...bkplant_eng.pdf:
Max.Capacity per Day (m3)
Source of Production
Bangkhen WTP - 3,600,000
Samsen WTP - 550,000
Thonburi WTP - 170,000
Mahasawat WTP - 1,200,000
Grand total of: 5,520,000 cubic metres
In Topic: Is It Safe To Drink Tap Water In Bangkok ?
2012-03-27 09:47:08
DP25, on 2012-03-27 09:40:35, said:
I have never once in years of living and cooking daily in Bangkok ever used bottled water for cooking, washing fruit, or cleaning dishes. I don't know any Thais that do either. You really think restaurants are using bottled water? Or the street stands? Of course not. Everyone is ingesting tap water in Bangkok every single day, even if you think you aren't. It's fine.
Righto.
Just from the sheer amount of people using it should be a pretty good indication of the quality in itself. Who's ever seen any negative news reports tv/newspaper/internet of sickness cause by the water coming out of the taps in bangkok.
In Topic: Is It Safe To Drink Tap Water In Bangkok ?
2012-03-27 09:38:50
craigt3365, on 2012-03-27 09:24:37, said:
Sorry to disagree, but please read the previous threads for more information. Most reports from world organizations say it's not world standard-top class stuff. Hard to find that in most countries anyway! And a lot boils down to the delivery pipes from the water authority to your house. One small leak can allow all sorts of nasties to leak into your water supply.
The water is not tested according to world standards and comes, basically, from the Chao Praya. Nuff said?
The water is not tested according to world standards and comes, basically, from the Chao Praya. Nuff said?
andrew gave a link to WHO/THAILAND, what you gave were links to threads with posts from forum members. Links from reputable organisations that state the water that's directly leaving the MWA is less than world standard would be more compelling for your case.
But as I said the piping from the MWA to the tap is another matter.
