The Coffee Cafetiere - You Won't Miss it till it's GONE!

[Stubby]

 

Hi Folks, Happy New Year 2018.  I hope it's a good one for us all. Alas, mine's got off to a smashing start—in a bad way!

 

 

OK, so the reason for this post is that I just broke the glass bowl of my Bodum cafetiere. I'm guessing I'll just have to go out and buy a new one. Before I do that, though, I thought it might be worth asking around. If anyone here knows of anywhere in Chaing Mai where I might be able to buy a replacement bowl, please let me know.

I suppose I'll just have to gag on the instant stuff in the meantime. Oh well... high-class problems on the scope of things

 

Anyway, thanks in advance,
 

Stubby

Edited January 1, 2018 by Stubby

[jij]

If your referring to the Bodum French Press, then HIllkof has a few different sized replacement pieces. 

Edited January 1, 2018 by jij

[Stubby]

4 minutes ago, jij said:

If your referring to the Bodum French Press, then HIllkof has a few different sized replacement pieces.

Hi jij. Yes, that's the one. I've never heard of HIllkof but I've since found it on the map. I'll head over there and take a look

[chingmai331]

Who needs all that stuff to make a cup of coffee?  I use coarsely ground beans, boiling water and a tea strainer. Mix the grounds with the water, stir and pass thru the strainer into the cup. Yeah, some few dregs on the bottom but they don't bother me.

Instant coffee strictly 'EMERGENCY ONLY'.

[Stubby]

3 minutes ago, chingmai331 said:

Who needs all that stuff to make a cup of coffee?  I use coarsely ground beans, boiling water and a tea strainer. Mix the grounds with the water, stir and pass thru the strainer into the cup. Yeah, some few dregs on the bottom but they don't bother me.

Instant coffee strictly 'EMERGENCY ONLY'.

All what stuff? Doesn't take any effort to add coffee, hot water, and then pour into a cup after standing for 3-minutes. It's funny how some folks major in minor things :)

[Stubby]

5 hours ago, chingmai331 said:

Who needs all that stuff to make a cup of coffee?  I use coarsely ground beans, boiling water and a tea strainer. Mix the grounds with the water, stir and pass thru the strainer into the cup. Yeah, some few dregs on the bottom but they don't bother me.

Instant coffee strictly 'EMERGENCY ONLY'.

I've just been out to buy some instant coffee to cover things till I get the cafetiere sorted out. Well, I only forgot to pick up a jar didn't I. And with no tea in the cupboards, there was only one thing for it. Real coffee, boiling water, and a tea strainer. I eat my hat! 
 

Aside from a little residue, it's the same brew as I make with the cafetiere. So back to chingmai331's post, it seems that he/she was right. It can be done and it is a little less fuss. For me, though, it was being able to brew without the equipment that impressed me most. I still enjoy the "perfect brew" but the cheeky shortcut above is a bloody good second best. In fact, I would never have thought to try it myself.

 

So thank you for the backup plan chingmai331.
 

Stubby

Edited January 1, 2018 by Stubby

[krabi local]

I broke a couple of cafetière jugs so bought a stainless steel one from Lazada.

It’s excellent and double walled so keeps coffee warm longer.

[chingmai331]

Right Stubby.  One big advantage of the strainer method is transportability.  On my journeys i carry my ground coffee, a big stainless cup and the strainer.  No breakage, no hassles with airport staff and if in China, for example, i know i can get my morning started immediately in the room.  The French press (as you favor) makes a good brew but i have found that without a kitchen (my current life) the glass jar is messy to clean, and the glass can break.

 

I do recommend that you find Hillkopf coffee and ogle all the coffee goodies on offer.  And many nice beans, ground to your order.  Local beans avoid tax, support the hill tribes and are fresh. 

Find on google maps the Mercedes-Benz dealer just north of the moat and directly across the small soi...Hillkopf coffee.

[atyclb]

robinson has several bodum and bodum like french presses. some generics are inexpensive 100-200 baht range.  dont know if robinson is in cm

[Stubby]

55 minutes ago, chingmai331 said:

Right Stubby.  One big advantage of the strainer method is transportability.  On my journeys i carry my ground coffee, a big stainless cup and the strainer.  No breakage, no hassles with airport staff and if in China, for example, i know i can get my morning started immediately in the room.  The French press (as you favor) makes a good brew but i have found that without a kitchen (my current life) the glass jar is messy to clean, and the glass can break.

 

I do recommend that you find Hillkopf coffee and ogle all the coffee goodies on offer.  And many nice beans, ground to your order.  Local beans avoid tax, support the hill tribes and are fresh. 

Find on google maps the Mercedes-Benz dealer just north of the moat and directly across the small soi...Hillkopf coffee.

Fair points, well made. I don't travel around so the kitchen setup is fine for me. And so is the tea-strainer brew. I can't drink it to the last drop though because of the fine slurry at the bottom. But other than that it's a great tip  

 

I have found the Hillkoff place but it wasn't where you say. Then again my map reading skills leave something to be desired. The one that comes up when I google is over the river bridge along the superhighway then the next turning on the left. I don't really mind where it is as long as I find the joint. 

 

Stubby

[Stubby]

13 minutes ago, atyclb said:

robinson has several bodum and bodum like french presses. some generics are inexpensive 100-200 baht range.  dont know if robinson is in cm

Yes, we have Robinsons here atyclb. I doubt they'll sell just the glass bowl though. I'm going to find Hillkoff first and take things from there. Thanks for posting.

 

Stubby

[sfokevin]

Here is a nice one that look indestructible... 

 

https://www.lazada.co.th/350-cafetiere-7144342.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlist.list.12.7ff159af56igkv

[sfokevin]

Hillkoff is north of the moat and walkable... 

 

Hillkoff
https://goo.gl/maps/XX5qRZBy38r

Edited January 2, 2018 by sfokevin

[atyclb]

23 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Yes, we have Robinsons here atyclb. I doubt they'll sell just the glass bowl though. I'm going to find Hillkoff first and take things from there. Thanks for posting.

 

Stubby

 

 

from what i know of original bodum would say the cost to buy a generic complete french with glass component that fits bodum plunger is less than a replacement bodum glass alone.

[KC 71]

I broke a couple of cafetière jugs so bought a stainless steel one from Lazada.
It’s excellent and double walled so keeps coffee warm longer.

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[KC 71]

I broke a couple of cafetière jugs so bought a stainless steel one from Lazada.
It’s excellent and double walled so keeps coffee warm longer.

Sent from my iPad using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

[KC 71]

I broke a couple of cafetière jugs so bought a stainless steel one from Lazada.
It’s excellent and double walled so keeps coffee warm longer.

Sent from my iPad using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

[KC 71]

Had problems posting photo,soz


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[Stubby]

2 hours ago, sfokevin said:

Here is a nice one that look indestructible... 

 

https://www.lazada.co.th/350-cafetiere-7144342.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlist.list.12.7ff159af56igkv

Looks good, fair price too.

[Stubby]

2 hours ago, atyclb said:

 

 

from what i know of original bodum would say the cost to buy a generic complete french with glass component that fits bodum plunger is less than a replacement bodum glass alone.

Thank you, I will bear that in mind. After all, it's only a holder for the drink so I can't see why the brand should matter. I'll explore my options.

[Stubby]

2 hours ago, sfokevin said:

Hillkoff is north of the moat and walkable... 

 

Hillkoff
https://goo.gl/maps/XX5qRZBy38r

Thanks, Kevin. I'm going to head over there this afternoon sometime. It looks like it's in the direction of the YOK store.

[Stubby]

I may look at the coffee varieties when I find Hillkoff. At the moment I buy Douwe Egberts 500g for about 160B. It's a fairly decent brew and I doubt anywhere could beat it on price. It'll be interesting to go to a specialist coffee shop for the first time though. Reminds me of the old Tobacconists that we used have in UK high streets. 

 

Stubby

[ResandePohm]

20 hours ago, chingmai331 said:

Who needs all that stuff to make a cup of coffee?  I use coarsely ground beans, boiling water and a tea strainer. Mix the grounds with the water, stir and pass thru the strainer into the cup. Yeah, some few dregs on the bottom but they don't bother me.

Instant coffee strictly 'EMERGENCY ONLY'.

What a Philistine you are. Do you also warm up the cold leftover coffee the next day?

The best coffee I have ever tasted is filtered using a medium roast Brazilian bean properly ground (hard to find here in Thailand). No milk or sugar just plain black. Filtered using a new filter paper each time I brew. Never, never use these plastic reusable filters.

Hate the Thai made coffee called Amercano which is nothing more than Espresso with added water. Terrible stuff!

But I suppose if you added milk and a pound of sugar lke they serve it here you could drown the taste.

[tifino]

... been getting real lazy these days, as it's getting more difficult to get the raw broken rough coffee,

that matches the using of the old style coffee filter bag tool 

 

so now have good access to supplies of bagged coffee - much like how you get a teabag

The Thai brand is something like KhaoThai?  much the equivalent of Malaysian/Indonesian bagged coffee from Kopiko, AikCheong & GoldKili's 'Kosong' line.

 

Perfectly compatible aka for us lazy ones, that it goes straight into a Coffee Plunger pot. 

One bag alone, will provide a relatively strong enough dose for up to 4 mugs 

 -  Which makes it an economical solution to having lots of daily coffees... 

 

I keep mentioning the 'lazy' word... but really it all come from a lateral thinking way of managing my daily intake of caffeine.

With the above method I can cut my caffeine, and still be able to 'eat my cake' of having 4 cuppas per day

 

The ultimate advantage is that one doesn't have to later on clean up swathes of used coffee grounds, and it is all still in the bag.

[Stubby]

3 minutes ago, tifino said:

... been getting real lazy these days, as it's getting more difficult to get the raw broken rough coffee,

that matches the using of the old style coffee filter bag tool 

 

so now have good access to supplies of bagged coffee - much like how you get a teabag

The Thai brand is something like KhaoThai?  much the equivalent of Malaysian/Indonesian bagged coffee from Kopiko, AikCheong & GoldKili's 'Kosong' line.

 

Perfectly compatible aka for us lazy ones, that it goes straight into a Coffee Plunger pot. 

One bag alone, will provide a relatively strong enough dose for up to 4 mugs 

 -  Which makes it an economical solution to having lots of daily coffees... 

 

I keep mentioning the 'lazy' word... but really it all come from a lateral thinking way of managing my daily intake of caffeine.

With the above method I can cut my caffeine, and still be able to 'eat my cake' of having 4 cuppas per day

 

The ultimate advantage is that one doesn't have to later on clean up swathes of used coffee grounds, and it is all still in the bag.

Hahaha LOL :) Brilliant post, and useful for the more idle coffee drinkers. 

[tifino]

...idly enjoying my 'way' since 1996...

at that time I had dwindling supplies of the filter(s) since first returning to Australia

 

 

the hardest work now is just limited to opening the Bear/Carnation etc Condensed coffee Milk can 

 

and, the Aeration method ( learnt from time in Malaysia - the Kopi Tarik method) 

which aerates, yet somehow makes the resultant drink more smooth/creamy, amongst all the froth generated

 

https://youtu.be/bMhoGgpC5_o

https://youtu.be/bMhoGgpC5_o

Edited January 2, 2018 by tifino

[sfokevin]

2 hours ago, Stubby said:

Thanks, Kevin. I'm going to head over there this afternoon sometime. It looks like it's in the direction of the YOK store.

Yes it is just down the street from Yok... next to The Mercedes dealership... Btw the Yok in that area is a very small store only carrying the basics... nothing like the large store on the ring road...

[Stubby]

I found Hillkoff thanks. Trouble was it was shut like many other businesses around town. That'll teach me! I'll pop over tomorrow and update the thread when I get back. If anyone wants me to check out anything while I'm there (products/prices) just let me know.

 

Stubby

[amexpat]

7 hours ago, ResandePohm said:

Hate the Thai made coffee called Amercano which is nothing more than Espresso with added water. Terrible stuff!

I drink it black and love it.  Horses for courses. 

[chingmai331]

'Condensed milk'?  Don't fool yourself, it's probably 100% palm oil, coloured white plus added sugar. That stuff is difficult to avoid since now it is found in nearly all biscuits, crisps, chips, pies, cakes and  shop coffees, esp iced coffees. 

Common coz it, palm oil, is a very good substitute for butter fat, aka cream,  but far cheaper.

 

And plz, calling me a philistine is truly out of order.  True, i don't give a damn how you make or drink coffee, tea, mate, or any other hot drink but i like to keep my life simple, honest, cheap yet satisfying.