Coffee

[buadhai]

If you brew coffee at home, what brand of beans or ground coffee do you buy?

I've been using VP(?) Espresso ground coffee and it's OK. I'm currently on a bag of Moccono (sp?) which also isn't bad.

Last week I bought a kilo of Lao ground coffee in Mukdahan. I've been brewing it up in a small French press. I kind of like it, but it's a very different beverage.

[AsiaWolfie]

I still always smuggle coffee to LOS from my home country Germany 6 packs of 500 gramms of "TSCHIBO - KRÖNUNG" is compulsory each time I go there...... and much less expensive than in LOS...... most coffee I see in the megastores here is that "instant coffee" crap.....so actually I would not know what to buy here..... probably I will bring some local strong TENOM COPI from my next visit on my beloved BORNEO ISLAND in October.....

[LivinLOS]

I buy beans and grind them at home..

I alternate between my 'daily' economical coffee of German blend or American at about 300 baht or so a KG and treat myself to Columbian (1100 baht a KG) and or good expresso for after dinner coffee etc..

Have not had a nice strong bitter Kenyan bean in years.. Never been much of a fan of Indo beans (cheap here) even if Java is the island name..

Fresh beans ground before the coffee is brewed is a big quality difference.. One day I will have one of those full on resturant size illey or Lavazza style coffee makes.. ###### the costs..

[buadhai]

I alternate between my 'daily' economical coffee of German blend or American at about 300 baht or so a KG and treat myself to Columbian (1100 baht a KG) and or good expresso for after dinner coffee etc..

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Where do you buy and what brand?

Not much variety available here in Korat....

[Bull]

I bring Segafredo expresso from home and when I run out of it...Illy is my choice in Thailand...at about twice the price I would pay for it back home...Have tried local brands, but none of them passed the test. Being spanish....coffee is a serious matter for me...

Anyway...If any of you have any recomendations...I will give it a try...

Bull

[Thetyim]

I used to buy fresh beans locally, roast and grind them myself.

Made a nice cuppa but it encouraged me to drink too much coffee.

Have gone back to instant now.

[lopburi3]

I used to buy fresh beans locally, roast and grind them myself.

Made a nice cuppa but it encouraged me to drink too much coffee.

Have gone back to instant now.

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As one who used to never be without a cup of coffee during the workday (20-30 a day) I have also turned to one or two cups of instant a day now and have always been happy with the Maconna Select (cheap) here.

[Thetyim]

Buadhai,

There is a fair bit of coffee grown up here.

The main producer is Denchai Coffee.

Very nice coffee and nearly all the coffee stalls in 150kms radius sell their brand.

[lampard10]

I brew 'Blue Mountain' for the restaurant, and Douwe Egberts at home.

[Tywais]

I'm with lopburi and I also drink Maconna Select. Never used to drink coffee at all until I got married. One day working at the computer she brought a cup into me and to my surprise really liked it. Now 1-2 cups in the morning everyday.

[meelousee]

How I long for my cup of Kona Gold, the beans at Villa just don’t have the freshness.

And it has been months since I have seen any real Kona Gold, some is just labeled Kona some just Hawaii, but I think it is Java seems too small and very dark.

Foodland used to have some good selections but I don’t see the same ones they had before.

[buadhai]

Have gone back to instant now.

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I like instant coffee just fine. But, it's a completely different beverage from brewed coffee. In fact, I usually start out the day with instant for a quick boost before I run and then brew some to drink with breakfast after I'm back.

I brew 'Blue Mountain' for the restaurant, and Douwe Egberts at home.

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Where do you get these?

[snoophound]

i have always liked the coffee served in many of the hotels and also like the coffee on thai airways?

When I go to the supermarket all I see are usual falang brands.

Any ideas?

Have gone back to instant now.

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I like instant coffee just fine. But, it's a completely different beverage from brewed coffee. In fact, I usually start out the day with instant for a quick boost before I run and then brew some to drink with breakfast after I'm back.

I brew 'Blue Mountain' for the restaurant, and Douwe Egberts at home.

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Where do you get these?

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[Erwin1011]

I used to buy fresh beans locally, roast and grind them myself.

Made a nice cuppa but it encouraged me to drink too much coffee.

Have gone back to instant now.

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As one who used to never be without a cup of coffee during the workday (20-30 a day) I have also turned to one or two cups of instant a day now and have always been happy with the Maconna Select (cheap) here.

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Same here (quantity), but I have to admit drinking Mocona is going a bit too far. I have not found an instant coffee(?) that's coming anywhere close to the real taste. I would say that the ultimate degradation in life is when you start liking that stuff.

[lopburi3]

I used to buy fresh beans locally, roast and grind them myself.

Made a nice cuppa but it encouraged me to drink too much coffee.

Have gone back to instant now.

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As one who used to never be without a cup of coffee during the workday (20-30 a day) I have also turned to one or two cups of instant a day now and have always been happy with the Maconna Select (cheap) here.

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Same here (quantity), but I have to admit drinking Mocona is going a bit too far. I have not found an instant coffee(?) that's coming anywhere close to the real taste. I would say that the ultimate degradation in life is when you start liking that stuff.

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It may be coming - don't believe I have many taste buds remaining after years of Indian and other choice coffee.

But actually have always found Maconna better tasting than the US instant brands and the Nescafe you find most places here.

[lampard10]

Have gone back to instant now.

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I like instant coffee just fine. But, it's a completely different beverage from brewed coffee. In fact, I usually start out the day with instant for a quick boost before I run and then brew some to drink with breakfast after I'm back.

I brew 'Blue Mountain' for the restaurant, and Douwe Egberts at home.

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Where do you get these?

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I buy Blue mountain at Big C. And I bought some Douwe Egberts with me, then got some more from buriram when the shop closed. I used to buy it in Pattaya at the small supermarket just in front of Mikes Mall on beach road.

I was offered a great machine the other day from Toshiba. Makes individual cups of coffee from different types of beans you load it with. Trouble was it was ฿35,000

Edited August 21, 2005 by lampard10

[Thetyim]

Moconna is made by Dowe Egberts if I remember correctly

[Sir Burr]

The best instant coffee I've had in Thailand is Taster's Choice (the brown label, not red or green).

For real coffee, I buy a bag of beans at Starbucks. Either Kenyan or Sumatran.

Edited August 21, 2005 by Sir Burr

[Kathe]

The best instant coffee I've had in Thailand is Taster's Choice (the brown label, not red or green).

For real coffee, I buy a bag of beans at Starbucks. Either Kenyan or Sumatran.

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Me too, I like Tester's Choice in brown label too. Moccona taste good too and reasonable price. Thai coffee like Khoa Chong is not bad to try. And if I dont have any good blend, Nestcafe' mild is always my good old buddy

[bino]

i  have always liked the coffee served in many of the hotels and also like the coffee on thai airways?

The lady who runs the restaurant across from my office who provides my morning coffee brews Suzuki brand, and she was once telling me that it is the same coffee used by Thai Airways.

Edited August 21, 2005 by bino

[sbk]

a friend of mine brought Sihnouk cafe Lao beans back, scandanavian roast. delicious.

normally we buy douwe & egbert, Moccona does both instant and ground coffee. as well as espresso ground. the hill tribes coffee isn't bad either

[Thairish]

I drink Illy espresso blend, strong and slighty bitter, the way it like it..

[AsiaWolfie]

I really wonder how people are able to drink that INSTANT THING CRAP and call it COFFEE ????? ummmmmm......

[buadhai]

I really wonder how people are able to drink that INSTANT THING CRAP and call it COFFEE ?????      ummmmmm......

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Don't think of it as "coffee". Think of it as some other dark brown beverage with caffeine. Judged on its own without a comparison to real coffee, some of it isn't half bad,

[lampard10]

Moconna is made by Dowe Egberts if I remember correctly

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You're right of course; and Blue Mountain. It's the same badge,just marketed under a different name. Talking about instant though, I find that most of my customers like Nescafe Gold, myself included when brewed is not available, although most English customers think there is only one type of coffee; instant.

[Sir Burr]

I thought Blue Mountain coffee was a bean grown in Jamaica. About the most expensive coffee money can buy, up there with Kona. I was surprised to hear it being served in your establishment Lampard. Is there another Blue Mountain coffee?

[buadhai]

It's too bad that the influx and pervasiveness of Nescafe has caused Thailand's coffee culture to almost disappear.

I still enjoy getting a "kaafae thung" (or "kaafae boran") in the market or where ever I happen to see it available.

I remember staying at the old Thai Song Greet near Hualompong in Bangkok back in the late 70's and watching this huge Chinese guy making that sock-filter coffee. I was fascinated by the process.

That taste was, and is, in my opinion, quite wonderful, unmatched, and difficult to duplicate at home.

Oddly, you can still buy the filters everywhere, but I don't know anyone who actually uses one to make brewed coffee.

[Sir Burr]

I know the coffee you mean Buadhai. Don't see it too much in Thailand anymore, but available everywhere in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

South Indian coffee is excellent too. They pour it through the air from cup to cup before serving it too you. It aerates it and brings out the flavour.

Next time you make real coffee, pour it into your cup from about a foot up. You will be surprised at how it improves the flavour.

[Kathe]

I really wonder how people are able to drink that INSTANT THING CRAP and call it COFFEE ?????      ummmmmm......

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Really wonder too how people likes to drink coffee with paper filter. Never likes to drink filter cafe'

But do like to drink Cafe'Boran ( Anciant coffee with bag )

[buadhai]

I know the coffee you mean Buadhai. Don't see it too much in Thailand anymore....

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But, you can easily find it if you keep your eyes open.

The informal, outdoor restaurant around the corner from my house in Korat makes it, as does a stand on a small soi adjacent to the old Klang Plaza. You can get it in almost any Thai Talat. There are two places which make Kaafae Boran at the Korat Talat. The best one closes mid-day, but the other is open until later in the afternoon.

In Bangkok I usually buy Kaafae Boran from a woman with a coffee cart who used to park right in front of Times Square, Sukhumvit. She has recently moved westward a hundred meters or so to a more permanent spot. There is also a Chinese restaurant across Sukhumvit (Soi 15?) in an old wooden building that also does Kaafae Thung.

Ground coffee to make Kaafae Boran is readily available. It was traditionally ground using a mortar and pestle, giving it an irregular, chunky, angular grind. I think this is what enables them to make multiple cups out of one filter load. The larger chunks yield their flavor over time rather than all at once as does finer ground coffee.

I suppose that now I'm compelled to try this at home. They sell the filters for about 30 baht at the supermarket at The Mall....