Hill Tribe Coffee In Packets, Where To Buy?

[mallmagician]

Hi all,

I have relatives staying, and last time they were here we went up doi pui, and they bought hill tribes coffee from there.

Anyway they loved it and want to buy more, but don't want to go direct to doi pui for it?

Where can we buy it? Does rim ping stock it?

Thanks

[PlanetX]

Lanna Coffeeshop close to Rimping MeeChok sells hilltribe coffee

Not sure of all the details about the coffee though

Directions -- if coming from superhighway up to Meechok plaza, turn left at light, make first U-turn after apprx 1Km, and Lanna Coffeeshop will be on your left after the big statue of the Virgin Mary and vegetarian restaurant

Address: 250/1 Moo.8 San Phi Sua, Muang, Chiang Mai 50300. (Thailand)

Tel: +66-53-266349 Fax: +66-53-230050

Email : [email protected]

Edited October 17, 2011 by PlanetX

[rickthailand]

rimping has it

[elektrified]

Rimping has Duang Dee Hilltribe coffee, beans and ground. You can also go to their shop but the parking is terrible and they are very slow and often closed. The savings is only 10-20 Baht per pack.

[ChiangMai2]

Lanna Coffeeshop close to Rimping MeeChok sells hilltribe coffee

Not sure of all the details about the coffee though

Directions -- if coming from superhighway up to Meechok plaza, turn left at light, make first U-turn after apprx 1Km, and Lanna Coffeeshop will be on your left after the big statue of the Virgin Mary and vegetarian restaurant

Address: 250/1 Moo.8 San Phi Sua, Muang, Chiang Mai 50300. (Thailand)

Tel: +66-53-266349 Fax: +66-53-230050

Email : [email protected]

just around the corner from the OP and good stuff! Drinking as I type.. Thought about doing a dave2 and taking a photo of the packaging but came to my senses at the last minute! Sorry..

[Sparkles]

Rimping has Duang Dee Hilltribe coffee, beans and ground. You can also go to their shop but the parking is terrible and they are very slow and often closed. The savings is only 10-20 Baht per pack.

Buy ours from Hideaway Cafe, off Hang Dong Rd. around 180 baht for 500 gm ,ground, from memory

[Paagai]

Akha Ama Coffee sell their excellent, award winning own brand free trade coffee from their small coffee shop in Santitham area. Very popular with those in the know, though a little hidden away.

You can see their website for details: www.akhaama.com

[smiling mantis]

You can also find the stuff in the food court at the ground level of Central Airport Plaza. I find that their's is fresher than what Rimpings carries, and cheaper too (but not by much).

[TongueThaied]

I confess I am a bit of a coffee snob. I enjoy drinking fresh roasted and ground coffee each morning, and insist on grinding the beans myself. I wrestled with the coffee thing for a couple years after arriving here (Phitsanulok). At first I could not even find whole beans, then discovered Doi Tung at Lotus, but at 250 baht for 200 grams, the price was ridiculous. Also, it had been on the shelf several weeks since roasting and was not fresh. I drove up to Chiang Rai and went to the Doi Tung facility, got their contact info and began buying 5 kg at a time (their minimum) from them, but it came routed through Bangkok. It was still fresher than the off-the-shelf stuff, but at 700 baht/kg, it was still expensive, too. Then one day about two years ago I was driving north from Phitsanulok and stopped at a little roadside hill tribe coffee shop called Landoy Coffee. It was in Uttaridit or somewhere.

The coffee was delicious, so I asked about buying beans by mail, she said yes, and I have been one happy coffee drinker ever since. Their coffee is nothing less than outstanding. They grow it somewhere in Chiang Rai. It has had a couple of price increases since I started doing business with them (was 350 baht/kg), but is still a bargain at 450 baht/kg (for Thailand, anyway). The beans are large and uniform (number 2). It comes packed in convenient 500 gram Mylar sacks, and I order 4 kg. each time (8 sacks). They send it by post collect, which costs about 200 baht. When I open the last 500 gram sack (must ask for this size when ordering), I have my wife who speaks Thai call them to place another order. I highly recommend these people. Their quality has proven consistent and they have proven themselves completely reliable. They tend to roast a little dark, so if you order a medium roast, it will be nearer medium/dark, which is perfect for me. After you order the first time, you can adjust to your tastes. The beans are roasted to order, so they are extremely fresh when they arrive -- much fresher than anything you will ever find on a store shelf. I have attached their business card. Just tell them the farang named John from Phitsanulok sent you. If you feel four kilos is too much, they may be willing to ship three, or perhaps you can share an order with a friend.

Some people worry about the coffee staying fresh. If the Mylar sacks are UNOPENED, you can (must) freeze them and they are perfectly preserved. NEVER open a frozen sack as moisture will immediately condense on the beans, and moisture is the enemy of coffee beans. After the sack reaches room temperature, I open it and put the contents in a Tupperware container that holds exactly a half kilo. NEVER refrigerate this Tupperware, as moisture will condense on the beans when you open it. Leave it at room temperature. Half a kilo lasts me about a 5-7 days. When I fill the grinder with the last of the coffee from the Tupperware, I take another sack out of the freezer to thaw for the next morning. Using this method, the last sack is as tasty as the first.

One more thing. For the best coffee, get a burr grinder like the Krups sold by Central World and ThaiMart. Well worth every baht if you like great coffee. Blade grinders get the coffee overheated during grinding and do not grind uniformly; the coffee tastes like shit. If you use a blade grinder and wonder why your coffee is not that great, well, it's the grinder.

Enjoy.

[steelepulse]

Good stuff Tongue Thaid. I just ran out of my Colombian Supremo I carried back and want to change from Doi Tung.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Yes, great post; thank you.

Agreed on the grinder; I think the best equipment (at a price) can be sourced from Hillkoff; department stores like Central tend to have the main consumer brands that are mediocre quality, don't last very well and are hard to service. Best to stick with basic but tried and tested technlogy. www.chiangmaicoffee.net Their new store is very impressive.

[Lizard2010]

Were going to stay near the Iron Bridge, just south of the Narawat Bridge.

Any where close to get ground coffee.

To bring back to OZ.