Quality local tea/coffee beans?

[JoePai]

13 hours ago, ClockTower said:

Thanks for that.  I see they have Hillkoft Italian Espresso 500g for 220 baht.  This looks like a good place to get beans.

Funny you should pick that bean - what I order every time ????

 

[norfolkandchance]

10 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

to each their own, I always associated the smell with beheadings..

Did you dress up in Arabic cloths to watch one at Friday prayers?

[spacex]

Anyone found a local distributor for coffee from Laos?  Ever since the border closure I haven't been able to get an order in and I've had to fall back on Red Cliff.  I found the Laos coffee far tastier to my liking then Thai coffees.

[Speedo1968]

On 9/28/2020 at 6:27 AM, Oxx said:

Whilst not on Lazada, Starbucks sells great coffees, and they've got retail outlets across the country.

Thanks for the suggestion about Starbucks but I prefer to drink "coffee"

[Speedo1968]

Any one here drink yerba mate or knows where to buy ?   Including a good cow horn and decent straw.
Spent a number of years in Paraguay and got to really enjoy the taste especially when drunk with cool water; also good in Winter with warm water.
I worked with cattle and horses, an early morning start, the locals drinking with herbs to stop them feeling hungry during the day.

Found a wonderful "real" coffee shop in Hove near Brighton UK that also had yerba mate, you could also have them blend your own selection of coffee beans.

[from the home of CC]

5 hours ago, norfolkandchance said:

Did you dress up in Arabic cloths to watch one at Friday prayers?

nah, when they told me they take foreigners to the front of the crowd and because of that I would have to wear a rain coat (to avoid bloodstains) I decided to pass...

[Speedo1968]

On 9/27/2020 at 3:53 PM, CanuckThai said:

What's the name of the shop?  Sounds interesting

Not sure if you can see whole image, please let me know if you cant.    Sorry for "extra'" images.

Type in to Google the following:-
kunpoh coffee roaster

 

Not sure where you live whether it is North or South of Khon Kaen, let me know and I can give you directions.

It's a bit set back from the main road so can be easy to miss.
I don't have my own transport so travel to KK by train or bus.
The owner speaks little English.   Normally they are closed Saturday and Sunday.   Not sure of opening time but in afternoon they close around 5pm latest.
Laid back place, new, clean, very pleasant people, have a number of regulars, the owners still learning etiquette of coffee drinking e.g. cool water before drinking black coffee ( served now though not previously ) still don't provide plain tea with cuppuccino, have only a few cakes and biscuits no other food.
The coffees however are excellent.

https://www.zolitic.com/north_east/KhonKaen/24932

This site gives more info.

I think phone number is 098 663 9651

 

 

 

[CanuckThai]

6 minutes ago, Speedo1968 said:

Not sure if you can see whole image, please let me know if you cant.

Type in to Google the following
kunpoh coffee roaster

 

Not sure where you live whether it is North or South of Khon Kaen, let me know and I can give you directions.

It's a bit set back from the main road so can be easy to miss.
I don't have my own transport so travel to KK by train or bus.
The owner speaks little English.   Normally they are closed Saturday and Sunday.   Not sure of opening time but in afternoon they close around 5pm latest.
Laid back place, very pleasant people, have a number of regulars, the owners still learning etiquette of coffee drinking e.g. cool water before drinking black coffee ( served now though not previously ) still don't provide plain tea with cuppuccino, have only a few cakes and biscuits no other food.
The coffees however are excellent.

 

 

Thanks for the tip.  I'm always on the hunt for good/interesting coffee, especially up this way (closer to Kalasin than KK).  I'm in KK quite often and can ask around.  Even better knowing the vendor is a roaster. 

Thanks again!

 

[norfolkandchance]

1 hour ago, from the home of CC said:

nah, when they told me they take foreigners to the front of the crowd and because of that I would have to wear a rain coat (to avoid bloodstains) I decided to pass...

I liked to keep out of the limelight. Just kept the SID Still going to add to my income.

[from the home of CC]

Just now, norfolkandchance said:

I liked to keep out of the limelight. Just kept the SID Still going to add to my income.

I saw a guy fall apart mentally over a 8 month period drinking that stuff, not sure if it was a permanent effect or not lol..

[onebir]

On 9/28/2020 at 6:48 AM, Sweet Swede said:

Black tea however I have not found any good tea during my 25 years here, not even on Internet.

Yunnan Province, more or less next door to Thailand in China, has two kinds of good blackish tea Puerh Er and Dian Hong. (for PuEr you want Shu/Shou Cha, which has fermented more than Sheng Cha.

 

Idk if Lazada (etc) has it, but in case it's listed in Chinese:

Puerh Er Shou Cha -  普洱熟茶

Dian Hong Cha - 滇红茶

(Puerh Er Sheng Cha -  普洱生茶, kind of 'light' black tea a bit like Oolong worth trying for comparison)

 

There are a couple of lesser-known black teas from other parts of China that're good. (And several that seem to be terrible, like Inner Mongolian tea bricks!)

[onebir]

5 hours ago, Speedo1968 said:

Any one here drink yerba mate or knows where to buy ?  

 

I saw that on Taobao in China; not sure if Thai equivalents also have it.

[onebir]

On 9/28/2020 at 8:09 AM, ezzra said:

I'm sure that some will scoff at it but i found Vietnam own G7 Original 3-in-1 Instant Coffee quite enjoyable and good teasing and reasonably priced even with the sugar and creamer added...

G7 also does sachets of pretty good instant without the additives:

https://lenscoffee.com/g7-black-gourmet-instant-coffee/

Wow:

Quote

Our taste tests of over 40 brands, our customer comments, and G7 Black's rise to Asia's top-selling black instant coffee support that this is the best black instant coffee in the world.

I'd just stick with "pretty good" (good enough to drink black, neat and strong, eg 1 sachet in a 200ml cup, unlike most instant). In Chinese walmart it's about $2/15 sachet box.

[Cheesekraft]

11 hours ago, onebir said:

Yunnan Province, more or less next door to Thailand in China, has two kinds of good blackish tea Puerh Er and Dian Hong. (for PuEr you want Shu/Shou Cha, which has fermented more than Sheng Cha.

 

Idk if Lazada (etc) has it, but in case it's listed in Chinese:

Puerh Er Shou Cha -  普洱熟茶

Dian Hong Cha - 滇红茶

(Puerh Er Sheng Cha -  普洱生茶, kind of 'light' black tea a bit like Oolong worth trying for comparison)

 

There are a couple of lesser-known black teas from other parts of China that're good. (And several that seem to be terrible, like Inner Mongolian tea bricks!)

I quite like these teas, but finding a good, reputable seller with decent shipping is very hard.

[richard_smith237]

On 9/28/2020 at 5:47 PM, ClockTower said:

For CaféCaps web site, just search for “cafecaps Bangkok.”

I had these a few years ago in replacement of the more expensive Nespresso Capsules. 

At the time CafeCaps only had a ‘brown label’ coffee (I recall) - it wasn’t as good as the Nespresso.

I see their range has grown and at half the price of Nespresso Capsules its definitely worth another try. 

 

I also purchased some ‘MonoPrix’ capsules (can’t remember the name) from Villa Supermarket the other week and these seemed decent enough - a quick look online shows the prices to be from 10-14B per capsule.

 

https://shoponline.villamarket.com/villaselectitems/selected/product/?form_key=23Pr1iqTsCPdTunm&k=monoprix+coffee

[Speedo1968]

20 hours ago, CanuckThai said:

 

The coffee shop is in Banphai about 50km south of Khon Kaen.
If you are ever driving south its worth a visit though phone first for opening times.
They do sell their own types of ground coffee so you could perhaps order.

[Speedo1968]

The only good use I ever found for black instant coffee sachets was, if arriving in Asia out of Europe on a long haul flight then, being collected at airport by client for a long haul and often to a farm site, was to empty the sachet in my mouth and take a swig of water.

[Dustdevil]

On 9/27/2020 at 9:23 PM, Oxx said:

 

I guess you'd have to buy the supermarkets' entire stock to make a single cup of coffee.

 

Ha ha, yes, I deserved that.

[Dustdevil]

21 hours ago, onebir said:

Yunnan Province, more or less next door to Thailand in China, has two kinds of good blackish tea Puerh Er and Dian Hong. (for PuEr you want Shu/Shou Cha, which has fermented more than Sheng Cha.

 

Idk if Lazada (etc) has it, but in case it's listed in Chinese:

Puerh Er Shou Cha -  普洱熟茶

Dian Hong Cha - 滇红茶

(Puerh Er Sheng Cha -  普洱生茶, kind of 'light' black tea a bit like Oolong worth trying for comparison)

 

There are a couple of lesser-known black teas from other parts of China that're good. (And several that seem to be terrible, like Inner Mongolian tea bricks!)

For what it's worth, I like black tea, and in the U.S. the best one is Red Rose--like a better version of Tetley black, I suppose. I can't stand that Earl Grey stuff or similar.

[CanuckThai]

4 hours ago, Speedo1968 said:

empty the sachet in my mouth and take a swig of water.

...aka commando field coffee