bendejo Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I’m wondering what others out there who make their own coffee are using. Not talking about 'instant.' My favorite was Thung Who. This was available at Foodland, and the Friendship Market in Pattaya (where they sold in bulk). I’m no where near Bangkok or Pattaya these days so haven’t checked in a while, but last I saw Foodland seemed to stop re-stocking it and Friendship stopped altogether. Then I started to use Duan Dee (sp?), it was ok, available at all Tops markets, but not anymore. Now I’m down to Maccona Espresso. Everything else, when available at all, like Suzuki, will be about double in price, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I favoured Hillkoff (hill tribe aribica) but the price was too steep, then switched to Duang Dee, recently their price jumped conciderably..... I like Dewey Egberts special (owned by sara lee corp.) not too expensive and good taste. Maccona is from Dewey Egberts but over priced in my opinion. Still buy Duang Dee and blend with D.E. special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatboy Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 i have tried quite a few but duang dee hill tribe[3diff.blends] wins hands down.can buy in quantity direct,i buy 5kilo's at a time.price has just gone up to 340bht.per.kilo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilgore Trout Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I've been pretty happy with Casino Columbian, price is right at about 120 bht for a bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Vpp espresso, 150 baht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauljones Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Illy is my favorite but the price has gone thru the roof. LaVazza is my next choice followed by BonCafe. Sometimes I'll go with Starbucks French & Colombian and blend them to taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuestHouse Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Our deep freeze is half full of coffee. When I heard that Carrefour was being bought out by BigC I bought in 48 packs of Carrefour's Columbian. My weekday breakfast favourite. Brewed up in an old mocha pot, the perfect start for a working day. For Weekend mornings and special occasions I have a stock of my all time favourite coffee Sant'Eustachio which I ship in twice a tear from Rome. This I save for Espresso brewed up in a hand pumped Pavoni . For local brews, I don't buy in local coffee but my favourites are Amazon Espresso and the Macchiato they brew up at our loal Doi Chaang Cafe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAIPHUKET Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Brewing, but how? We are using the typical coffee filter machine, I guess no the best not the best. Can't get myself to buy one of these overpriced express machines, at least the good ones must produce high pressure of over x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 What? No Nescafe fans???? Ok sorry, was being a troll. Ghastly poison isn't it? Yet The Big C stocks more Nescafe products than anything else. How I miss Carrefour. First my smoked salmon vanished, then the decent coffee started to disappear. I like my coffee black and strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepsel Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I enjoy Red Cliff coffee brand, a small producer in Chiang Rai who sells through a few outlets in Chiang Mai like Rimping and Kasem. Red Cliff has three or four blends, and will deliver locally to customers in the CM area free of charge. THe coffee is roasted correctly, nice and slow at a low heat and one does not taste a bitter burnt aftertaste of the beans. In my opinion it is the closest coffee to my favourite Costa Rican blend called Cafe Britt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I stopped being a coffee snob in Thailand. If it ain't Peets Major Dickason's Blend, it won't wow me anyway. So I just "use" Boncafe Mocca whole beans and use a French press. It wakes me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I've been pretty happy with Casino Columbian, price is right at about 120 bht for a bag. I was too....now it's gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurgenG Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) Lavazza. Red one for morning, black one for expresso. Every time I've a friend coming from Europe I ask him to bring as many packet as he can so basically I never bought any coffee in Asia. For breakfast I usually use a standard coffee machine. For lunch, either the expresso machine or my italian coffee machine I tried one time Starbuck, a packet was offered to me by a friend. I think the packet is still in the fridge after almost one year. If no other choice, I rather drink tea. Edited December 28, 2011 by JurgenG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxme Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I sometimes order Doi Chang Coffee from their website but most of the time I just grab whatever I find in Tesco lotus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard10365 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Today I bought 10kg of green beans from a coffee farmer in Doi Inthanon. 1kg=150 THB this year. I usually roast the beans in a wok so I get the best roast for my taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autan Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Doi Tung Coffee. This is available to buy as ground beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Thanks for all the responses. Not a one mentioned OTOP coffee. If they didn’t use the deplorable Latin American practice of roasting the beans with sugar they might have a chance. But where are you guys getting the stuff? I haven’t seen Duang Dee since Tops stopped carrying it. There was supposedly a Thung Who store in the Silom area, I went looking for it a few years ago but no trace, locals I asked never heard of it; I think the building it was in was torn down. Yeah, Illy is great stuff but the price is ridiculous, even more than Lavazza. The only place I’ve seen Dewey Egberts was in Foodland, save for one time I came across it in a small supermarket in Krabi. Myself, I use a Melitta plastic ‘funnel’ with paper filters. Coffee is my luxury item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gippy Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I got some Duang Dee to try from Foodland today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbin Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Tops Pattaya, Central basement, Foodland all carry Duang Dee. They have a website. Casino Coffee has replaced Carrefour product at BgCX. Columbian and Brazil 100% arabica. Expresso also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
userabcd Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Aroma ground coffee beans (the Arabica Special) available in the supermarkets at Villa, Paragon and Emporium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Tops Pattaya, Central basement, Foodland all carry Duang Dee. They have a website. Casino Coffee has replaced Carrefour product at BgCX. Columbian and Brazil 100% arabica. Expresso also. Yes, just saw Casino coffee for the first time in our BigC Extra. But no decaf! I like to do 50/50. Get too jittery otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkinbkk Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I get Vittoria bought out from Australia for me. When I'm out of that I get Suzuki premium as there is a Suzuki coffee shop in our building that makes the best coffee I've had in TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbin Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) Tops Pattaya, Central basement, Foodland all carry Duang Dee. They have a website. Casino Coffee has replaced Carrefour product at BgCX. Columbian and Brazil 100% arabica. Expresso also. Yes, just saw Casino coffee for the first time in our BigC Extra. But no decaf! I like to do 50/50. Get too jittery otherwise. Yes, you are correct. No decaf yet. I'm hoping it will be in the next shipment. Buying decaf anywhere else is usually twice as expensive as regular ground coffee. As for whole bean, my current stockpile includes..... Columbian Guatamalan Costa Rican Lao Vietnamese Thai (Duang Dee) Moccha (Central American/Ethiopian) And Sumatran ground. Brazilian ground (Casino)..mild but tasty Edited January 3, 2012 by bobbin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatboy Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Thanks for all the responses. Not a one mentioned OTOP coffee. If they didn’t use the deplorable Latin American practice of roasting the beans with sugar they might have a chance. But where are you guys getting the stuff? I haven’t seen Duang Dee since Tops stopped carrying it. There was supposedly a Thung Who store in the Silom area, I went looking for it a few years ago but no trace, locals I asked never heard of it; I think the building it was in was torn down. Yeah, Illy is great stuff but the price is ridiculous, even more than Lavazza. The only place I’ve seen Dewey Egberts was in Foodland, save for one time I came across it in a small supermarket in Krabi. Myself, I use a Melitta plastic ‘funnel’ with paper filters. Coffee is my luxury item. duang dee hill tribe coffee-tel no.053 219361 mobile 0816029180 name nong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I swear by my Nespresso machine... Indra, Ristretto and Roma are my favorites. I'm certainly no connoisseur but have to say that Nespresso makes some of the best coffee I've tasted. I'd love to be able to buy and roast my own beans but don't have the time or persuasion at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Lavazza. Red one for morning, black one for expresso. Every time I've a friend coming from Europe I ask him to bring as many packet as he can so basically I never bought any coffee in Asia. For breakfast I usually use a standard coffee machine. For lunch, either the expresso machine or my italian coffee machine I tried one time Starbuck, a packet was offered to me by a friend. I think the packet is still in the fridge after almost one year. If no other choice, I rather drink tea. My 4 year supply of red Lavazza that I brought with me from Europe in 2007 has finally run out. But I love Duang Dee hill-tribe coffee, and I drink a lot of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I swear by my Nespresso machine... Indra, Ristretto and Roma are my favorites. I'm certainly no connoisseur but have to say that Nespresso makes some of the best coffee I've tasted. I'd love to be able to buy and roast my own beans but don't have the time or persuasion at present. 100% agreed. I like having the choice of all the flavours. Some of the limited editions are interesting too. Biggest pain is that you can't get the capsules in Thailand, but that just means bringing in (or getting someone else to bring in) a good supply from Aus. Just came back yesterday with about 40 packs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouph12 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I picked up several interesting brands at the Coffee Fair in Pattaya last May, my favourite being from Vittorio.Hopefully there will be another fair this year. Currently using Sala daeng beans from Chiang Rai in the De Longhi Cafe Treviso machine I brought over from home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayjayjay Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) Over the break I visit my friends 70 rai block of land in BangLan Village 37 km out of MaeMalai on the road to Pai. He has imported newly developed Arabic as his main coffee plants. The Thai Arabic is all stemming from the same original route stock, so is lacking some variety. He is now harvesting and processing the coffee in-house under the brand name Hi Coffee. Udom does all the processing inhouse for drying, dehusking and curing of the coffee with extreme care taken to keep temperatures within what we would consider a western set of specifications. The coffee beans are light brown as apposed to the dark burnt coffee beans you get in the wider available commercial packs. As a result to coffee has an astounding natural creamyness to it, and the aroma is something to die for.. His production is limited, but is growing from season to season.. pardon the pun.. You can see his website here (I'm not sure of the forum rules but here is the site) http://www.baanpangl...m/about-us.html If you would like to contact them then PM me... Edited January 3, 2012 by jayjayjayjay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattayaParent Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Kopi Luwak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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