Stubby Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jij Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) If your referring to the Bodum French Press, then HIllkof has a few different sized replacement pieces. Edited January 1, 2018 by jij Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingmai331 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 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'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 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 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krabi local Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingmai331 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 robinson has several bodum and bodum like french presses. some generics are inexpensive 100-200 baht range. dont know if robinson is in cm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfokevin Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Here is a nice one that look indestructible... https://www.lazada.co.th/350-cafetiere-7144342.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlist.list.12.7ff159af56igkv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfokevin Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) Hillkoff is north of the moat and walkable... Hillkoffhttps://goo.gl/maps/XX5qRZBy38r Edited January 2, 2018 by sfokevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC 71 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC 71 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC 71 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC 71 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Had problems posting photo,sozSent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 2 hours ago, sfokevin said: Hillkoff is north of the moat and walkable... Hillkoffhttps://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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResandePohm Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 ... 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) ...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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfokevin Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amexpat Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingmai331 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 '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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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