Coffee Plunger

[Jessi]

I need a bit of help here. Has anyone seen stainless steel coffee plungers for sale in BKK?

Thank you in advance for any help.

[bkkmick]

French press? Got mine from Starbucks.

[Jessi]

French press? Got mine from Starbucks.

Thanks for that, I will check it out, so long as I don't have to buy their rubbish coffee.

[longball53098]

Why do you have to run down the coffee served up at SB's? The question was about coffee makers and where to buy not what anyone thinks of the coffee they serve. The press makers are also available at Verasu and other places

[Jessi]

Why do you have to run down the coffee served up at SB's? The question was about coffee makers and where to buy not what anyone thinks of the coffee they serve. The press makers are also available at Verasu and other places

Why because I'm entitled to my opinion just the same as you are, but thanks anyway!!!

[bkkjames]

I always thought a coffee plunger is something kept next to the toilet after one too many espressos.

[craigt3365]

I got one at Central, so sure they are at the larger department stores.

Since this is BKK related, let's move this over to the Bangkok forum.

[Payboy]

I always thought a coffee plunger is something kept next to the toilet after one too many espressos.

An indispensable accessory after a coffee enema.

[WilliaminBKK]

Ikea has them 499 baht I think, French Press/cafetiere make the best coffee. Bodum brand offers a good quality product, not sure who carries them but I wouldn't waste my money buying one from staryucks.

[craigt3365]

As a person with high cholesterol, I'm back to using a drip filter.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/questions/coffee/

9. Is drinking coffee made with a paper filter healthier than drinking boiled coffee or other types of coffee?

Coffee contains a substance called cafestol that is a potent stimulator of LDL cholesterol levels. Cafestol is found in the oily fraction of coffee, and when you brew coffee with a paper filter, the cafestol gets left behind in the filter. Other methods of coffee preparation, such as the boiled coffee common in Scandinavian countries, French press coffee, or Turkish coffee, are much higher in cafestol. So for people who have high cholesterol levels or who want to prevent having high cholesterol levels, it is better to choose paper filtered coffee or instant coffee, since they have much lower levels of cafestol than boiled or French press coffee. Espresso is somewhere in the middle; it has less cafestol than boiled or French press coffee, but more than paper filtered coffee.

[Gers1873]

Sure I remember seeing cafetieres for sale in Central Silom in BKK

We buy coffee beans from S'bucks and grind ourselves - never had an issue.

My Thai wife uses a spare cafetiere when she infuses green tea and jasmine tea. Why? No idea and I've learned not to ask

[rucus7]

Bought a French Press at Foodland a couple of years ago.

[JurgenG]

There is only one way to make coffee

And don't get me started on Starbuck

My point here :

[Jessi]

I found one in Robinson's Dept store for 385B, I checked out Star Bucks>>> What a rip off, they wanted 2,000.B plus for the same size. The price of their coffee works out at 2,400B a kilo = US$80.. another rip off. I was buying some really great Lao & Vietemese coffee in Phnom Penh for $8 a kilo, coffee is very expensive in Thailand. Why?

Edited January 28, 2012 by Jessi