A friend of mine has very kindly returned from Laos with about 3kg of coffee beans for me. I'm looking for one of those manual coffee grinders - I thought they might have them at rimping but no luck. I would buy one of the electric blenders with grinder attachments but my wife has managed to destroy three of these contraptions this year alone

Limping market at First ling load and Maejo hwy #1001 has a few small spendy ones as of this afternoon

Limping market at First ling load and Maejo hwy #1001 has a few small spendy ones as of this afternoon

Thanks, I'll go and take a look though I've no idea what a spendy one is

4000Baht + qualifies as spendy in my book for what they have but it's all relative. Tell me what you think about what your impressions were.

High-tech: Use one of those 300 baht blenders that comes with a small spinning blade type implement. This works very well.

Low-tech: Use a regular Thai kitchen mortar & pestle.

Farang-tech: Throw 4000 baht on an imported dedicated coffee grinder, imported from the USA, manufactured in China for the same 300 baht.

Can I ask the audience or phone a friend?

I'll go with high tech