Anyone tried the 7 eleven coffee stations?

[greenmonkey]

I probably risk the wrath of any coffee connoiseurs, however, I must say I recently tried a 25 baht hot latte from the local 7 eleven coffee station and was very pleasantly surprised. Quality coffee, tasted good and was hot! And all for 25 baht!!! Taste wise it equaled anything I have had at amazon, starbucks or any of the other coffee shops. Has anyone else had a similar experience or am I just showing my lack of appreciation for the finer things in life!?

[richard_smith237]

Any time there is a thread about Coffee we get three typical responses:

 

- Connoisseurs telling you you are consuming swill, they abhor Starbucks and Nespresso and only roast their own beans from Doi Tung.

 

- Bogans telling you that 3 in 1 is fine anything else is waste of time and money.

 

- Someone who will tell you coffee is bad for you and that they stopped 10 years ago and have been running half marathons and shagging a uni-student every day since. 

 

 

OK... four responses, the fourth being someone like me preempting the smart arsed responses with my own smart arsed response !!!....  

 

Ultimately, if you like it - enjoy it !!! 

 

(the three responses are similar for wine and whisky) 

[mogandave]

It is my understanding that the TVF coffee experts have declared the coffee from seven is the absolute best coffee in the world, and Starbucks the absolute worst.

 

Did the seven have nice seating where you could enjoy your coffee? Apparently seven has been adding seating facilities for customers that choose to dine or drink in.

 

The phenomenal  coffee combined with attractive seating areas could well signal a death knell to Starbucks in Thailand. 

 

 

[soi3eddie]

7 minutes ago, mogandave said:

It is my understanding that the TVF coffee experts have declared the coffee from seven is the absolute best coffee in the world, and Starbucks the absolute worst.

 

Did the seven have nice seating where you could enjoy your coffee? Apparently seven has been adding seating facilities for customers that choose to dine or drink in.

 

The phenomenal  coffee combined with attractive seating areas could well signal a death knell to Starbucks in Thailand. 

 

 

For the cost, the coffee served at All Cafe 7-11 is excellent quality - in my opinion! If only they had more stores with space for seating. It is hard to get freshly ground coffee wrong though and these days many automatic grind, brew and pour machines do a very good job.

 

[Dagfinnur Traustason]

Really!?? This is already covered in the link below! How dare anyone contest the maestro on the video. Do you see any 7-Eleven logo on his clean shirt?

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

I make  no apology for being coffee snob but I have to say that an Americano from 7-Eleven for just 25 Baht is ok. I've paid a  lot more for a lot worse coffee.

[CharlieH]

No problem with 7-11 coffee whilst travelling, does the job.

 

Only observation and slight gripe, its WAY too damn hot, cany get near it for 15 minutes ! 'til cools a little.????

 

[mogandave]

I think the coffee at seven is pretty good, but while it is ฿25, it is also pretty small.

[ChipButty]

8 minutes ago, mogandave said:

I think the coffee at seven is pretty good, but while it is ฿25, it is also pretty small.

Get a big one for 50 baht with a double shot

[ChipButty]

There is one 7/11 near me thats got a bakery section seems quite popular although I have treid some it's a bit sweet for me

[NewGuy]

I Went on a coffee plantation tour in Paksong, Laos, east of Pakse on the Bolaven plateau. At the end of the tour the owner lit a fire for an average-sized wok, a handful of beans, shook it for about 10-12 minutes, and the beans all popped open. There wasn’t any 11 hour wait before brewing. I don’t remember about grinding. Everybody got a cup or two. It was great, pretty strong though. I figure if you can get unroasted beans from Doi Tung, other northern areas, or Laos, it would be cheaper and tastier.

 

Does anyone know where to get unroasted SEA beans? Hope I’m not hijacking the thread.

[soi3eddie]

4 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Get a big one for 50 baht with a double shot

 

Unfortunately not all the stores seem to have the larger cups. Easy solution, just buy 2 smaller cups. Nice and hot so can enjoy for longer. 

 

[tifino]

17 minutes ago, soi3eddie said:

 

Unfortunately not all the stores seem to have the larger cups. Easy solution, just buy 2 smaller cups. Nice and hot so can enjoy for longer. 

 

that solution is more worldwide known than you could imagine... for example, in OZ there's a choice of the $1 the $2 and the $3 size...   If you were to cross tip the contents between them all, the $1 works out the best value for the buck.   

 

One thing one cannot do in LOS but Can in OZ, is to be able to 'tailor' ones drink: (Not that it is advertised as such)

 - for achieving the best Latte for me; is to Select the stronger Expresso Shot button, and then Fill the remainder of the cup from the HotMilk button. The actual Latte Button selection per se, simply is No match for it...

[norfolkandchance]

Arabic coffee for me. Green beans toasted. Cardamom and if your flush saffron and rose water. Dates to accompany.

[onebir]

8 hours ago, greenmonkey said:

I recently tried a 25 baht hot latte from the local 7 eleven coffee station and was very pleasantly surprised. Quality coffee, tasted good and was hot!

How is it being made? (I suspect those machines that take ground coffee capsules/sachets are easier to maintain than the 'real' espresso machines in Starbucks etc, and therefore produce more consistent results.)

[mogandave]

12 minutes ago, norfolkandchance said:

Arabic coffee for me. Green beans toasted. Cardamom and if your flush saffron and rose water. Dates to accompany.

 

One thing I miss about California is good inexpensive dates. 

[champers]

1 hour ago, norfolkandchance said:

Arabic coffee for me. Green beans toasted. Cardamom and if your flush saffron and rose water. Dates to accompany.

You can get dates; pretty tasty ones; at some of the Starbucks in Pattaya. Avenue mall springs to mind.

[mogandave]

11 minutes ago, champers said:

You can get dates; pretty tasty ones; at some of the Starbucks in Pattaya. Avenue mall springs to mind.

 

Those dates are Starbucks are garbage.

[Katipo]

20 hours ago, greenmonkey said:

I probably risk the wrath of any coffee connoiseurs, however, I must say I recently tried a 25 baht hot latte from the local 7 eleven coffee station and was very pleasantly surprised. Quality coffee, tasted good and was hot! And all for 25 baht!!! Taste wise it equaled anything I have had at amazon, starbucks or any of the other coffee shops. Has anyone else had a similar experience or am I just showing my lack of appreciation for the finer things in life!?

 

I was forced to try it due to being in the middle of nowhere without any shops of any kind, except, of course, for a 7/11. I have to agree that it was actually pretty good by local standards. I'd say better than Amazon for sure, but not quite as good as Starbucks (which I am not a massive fan of), but then it's a 1/3 of the price.

[DefaultName]

I'm very not a coffee snob, instant is my poison of choice, I don't own a coffee machine, just a kettle.

7/11 hot coffees are good for me but, for iced coffee, I much prefer Family Mart.  One of my favourite "indulgencies" is a large Family Mart iced coffee while having a foot massage.  Bliss, sets me up for the day perfectly.  

[Solinvictus]

7's coffee overall seems to have good reviews & I agree. I prefer going the route of buying quality ground coffee to be made anytime with a coffee maker, on demand. (I keep one in my backpack - joking) Consistency will be the same.

 

Overall, with 7's coffee and the plentiful choices for ground coffee to be bought online, there are many better economical choices with quality, than Starbucks.

[alien365]

16 hours ago, NewGuy said:

I Went on a coffee plantation tour in Paksong, Laos, east of Pakse on the Bolaven plateau. At the end of the tour the owner lit a fire for an average-sized wok, a handful of beans, shook it for about 10-12 minutes, and the beans all popped open. There wasn’t any 11 hour wait before brewing. I don’t remember about grinding. Everybody got a cup or two. It was great, pretty strong though. I figure if you can get unroasted beans from Doi Tung, other northern areas, or Laos, it would be cheaper and tastier.

 

Does anyone know where to get unroasted SEA beans? Hope I’m not hijacking the thread.

Take a look on lazada and shoppee. If you plan on throwing them in a wok then I suggest searching for peaberry beans. That way the beans will roast more evenly.

[Sweet Swede]

I buy Green beans on Lazada where there is a very good choice of beans from many countries to mostly reasonable prices. I roast and grind the beans which give me fresh and good quality coffee. I estimate that my coffee cost is a third of what it was before when I bought roasted beans. 

[elgenon]

20 hours ago, CharlieH said:

No problem with 7-11 coffee whilst travelling, does the job.

 

Only observation and slight gripe, its WAY too damn hot, cany get near it for 15 minutes ! 'til cools a little.????

 

Too bad you can't burn yourself and sue for millions. : )

[mogandave]

1 hour ago, DefaultName said:

... while having a foot massage.  Bliss, sets me up for the day perfectly.  

 

Absolutely. Almost as good as sex but without all the guilt...

[Kaoboi Bebobp]

14 hours ago, onebir said:

How is it being made? (I suspect those machines that take ground coffee capsules/sachets are easier to maintain than the 'real' espresso machines in Starbucks etc, and therefore produce more consistent results.)

 

7-11 uses whole beans, which are put into the grinder on top of the coffee-making machine, festooned with press buttons (8, I think) for various coffee drinks. The clerk presses Americano. The pour is about 6 oz in an 8 oz cup. It's hot and often better than anything I can buy in any name brand CHAIN coffee shop you can name. (Brain Wake on Sukhumvit soi 31 at 33 used to be pretty good when I went there. There are many good independents.)

 

 I make my coffee at home mostly (Wawee beans), and only buy a 7 Americano when I want a bit of a different taste or I'm hotelling it somewhere.

 

 

[Nanaplaza666]

17 hours ago, mogandave said:

 

One thing I miss about California is good inexpensive dates. 

You can get a good and inexpensive date here as well . 

[scubascuba3]

I used to have their 25+ baht coffee but they'd often screw it up, it's too small, latte isn't right. I've now switched back to 14 baht 3 in 1 if I need a coffee + ice so it doesn't burn your throat off. Shame they don't have 2 in 1 or 1 in 1, well overdue

[samtab]

Best 25 thb coffee in the world !

Especially for all the ridiculous people who drink anything else but espresso, then try to explain that they are coffee connoisseurs !

If you want to know if a coffee is good, take am espresso without sugar, and taste it, otherwise saying that a coffee is good or not is just BS, same BS as most people who tell that this food or that other food is the best !

 

[walc]

I have. All good.