Anyone can recommend a place that's fair and fresh? A friend just got hustled for several kilos of beans that didn't turn out to be so good and overpriced as well. She only wants to buy maybe 500grams more. Not a huge amount.

You can probably get really good green peaberry beans at Thom's at Rim Ping. Won't be cheap, but could be the best green beans in Chiang Mai.

CMU coffee research department sells beans

Try Kasem's. Good beans, good value and can be purchased in small amounts; been using them for years.

Hi Happysanook,

I grow coffee in Chiang Rai. My label is Red Cliff Coffee. You can purchase it at Kasem Store, and I also ship for free to any location in Thailand. Send me a PM and I'll be happy to set you up with some fresh-roasted coffee.

-Derekalysto

CMU coffee research department sells beans

At a good price. I think about 300 baht. It's at the back of the Doi Kham vegetable (kings project) shop off Suthep RD.

I drive to Doi Inthanon and buy green beans from a farmer out there. I buy about 10kg at a time so I don't have to go so often. The last time I went I bought 10kg for 150 baht/kg. That was higher than normal only because prices across Thailand were a little high. I read somewhere the prices were higher because Thailand is exporting too much coffee. This creates an artificial shortage of usable green coffee beans in the country so the prices went up. Maybe Derekalysto can confirm that or not. And by the way Derekalysto, I am very interested in trying your green beans.

Are some posters confusing green beans, unroasted, with and where to purchase roasted beans?

I think you might be right Gonzo. It was never specified whether green or roasted.

I think you might be right Gonzo. It was never specified whether green or roasted.

It's in the title bar :-

Fair Place To Buy Unroasted Coffee Beans

Started by happysanook, 2012-10-15

Was at the new Hillkopf (sp.?), near the Mercedes Benz dealer, coffee shop yesterday and they had over a dozen kinds of single sourced unroasted coffee beansfor sale in small packages (250 g or 500 g?)

Was at the new Hillkopf (sp.?), near the Mercedes Benz dealer, coffee shop yesterday and they had over a dozen kinds of single sourced unroasted coffee beansfor sale in small packages (250 g or 500 g?)

Your post reminded me .... what do people use as a de-scaler in coffee machine? Proprietry brand or something off the shelf ...I forgot to call into Hillkoff yesterday.

Sorry to hijack the thread.

Was at the new Hillkopf (sp.?), near the Mercedes Benz dealer, coffee shop yesterday and they had over a dozen kinds of single sourced unroasted coffee beansfor sale in small packages (250 g or 500 g?)

Your post reminded me .... what do people use as a de-scaler in coffee machine? Proprietry brand or something off the shelf ...I forgot to call into Hillkoff yesterday.

Sorry to hijack the thread.

White vinegar diluted in water does the trick for me

I think you might be right Gonzo. It was never specified whether green or roasted.

It's in the title bar :-

Fair Place To Buy Unroasted Coffee Beans

Started by happysanook, 2012-10-15

Thanks KaptianRob....the title led me to the discussion and then after reading the posts I completely forgot about it.

Has anyone located a wet process coffee bean product in CM?

Most coffee is dried in the sun where it tends to ferment and produce mold.

Wet process is supposed to provide a clearer mind and less immune system harm.

Anybody have any tips?

http://www.bulletproofexec.com/good-news-on-coffee-keeps-rolling-in-less-strokes-diabetes/

Was at the new Hillkopf (sp.?), near the Mercedes Benz dealer, coffee shop yesterday and they had over a dozen kinds of single sourced unroasted coffee beansfor sale in small packages (250 g or 500 g?)

Your post reminded me .... what do people use as a de-scaler in coffee machine? Proprietry brand or something off the shelf ...I forgot to call into Hillkoff yesterday.

Sorry to hijack the thread.

Coffee machine? Paper filters in a funnel or the French plunger can like I bought in Macro.

Coffee from Tesedet [sp?] up near the 'Jungle Flight' does the wet process in the main village Pang Hai.

Also just inquired from our local supplier in Doi Saket what price was for green beans and it's 190/kilo....they sell a good roasted coffee for 350/kilo.

The price of beans varies during the year, depending on demand/supply and the coffee available now was harvested in Nov/Dec last year. This year's harvest is just starting and new prices will be set after the 1st of the year.

Coffee from Tesedet [sp?] up near the 'Jungle Flight' does the wet process in the main village Pang Hai.

Also just inquired from our local supplier in Doi Saket what price was for green beans and it's 190/kilo....they sell a good roasted coffee for 350/kilo.

The price of beans varies during the year, depending on demand/supply and the coffee available now was harvested in Nov/Dec last year. This year's harvest is just starting and new prices will be set after the 1st of the year.

Thanks JDG.

I also found this CM outlet which uses a wet process. http://www.akhaama.com/products/

still a lot of variation in wet process and drying. If the moisture level is above 12% then the fungi and molds will grow and feed off the sugars in the bean.

Interesting paper on coffee processing http://forest.mtu.edu/pcforestry/people/2005/Daniels.pdf