Coffee revisited

[ericpasansai]

I too am a fan of excellent coffee and I've had a plethora of brands. Lap agony, mocha Italian, French press Etc etc. We'll today I was on the 5th floor of Robinson and they had displays of a multitude of coffee makers (espresso) some pretty fancy prices. I saw an of name with a few choices and bought one for 5,000 baht. Just got home a fine ground some espresso beans and fired it up. Fantastic espresso great crema great color. Really really nice product

[HaleySabai]

Sky's the limit to what one can spend on a coffee maker these days....tried many types/price ranges over the years,but now use the most simple and easy way to produce a very fine cup of mud - the AeroPress for around 1,200 baht.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Which brand / model did you get?

[MadMac]

They just had some Philips company sales here in the office tower I was. Nice coffee machine, original price 35kTHB, for half of it, 17kTHB. Then I just put the model in Google and it was only ~250 Euro. So they rip you off in Thailand for normally 4x the street price. Or with discount you just pay double . Word of warning here...

[Ticketmaster]

They just had some Philips company sales here in the office tower I was. Nice coffee machine, original price 35kTHB, for half of it, 17kTHB. Then I just put the model in Google and it was only ~250 Euro. So they rip you off in Thailand for normally 4x the street price. Or with discount you just pay double . Word of warning here...

Absolute truth. I have imported thousands of dollars worth of stuff from the US to avoid this rip-off -- as long as it doesn't use electricity. I have imported many 220-240V power tools from the UK and even with shipping saved money over the Thai price. As long as the item comes by post, there is seldom any import duty. I have saved thousands of dollars on motorcycle parts and accessories, tools, appliances, etc., by buying outside Thailand. The folks who are controlling Thai pricing on manufactured products seem driven by unmitigated greed.

The word "discount" in Thailand is an f'ing joke. At HomePro, I wanted to buy a microwave. The item was out of stock (like everything else at HomePro) but they had a "show model" on the shelf the offered to sell. The white plastic had been turned yellow from months and months under the florescent lights and it had some dirty fingerprints on it. I asked them about a discount off retail and they offered 3%. I just laughed loudly in the guy's face and left the store.

[beau thai]

I bought a Buono online from Verasu about 6 months ago, having checked it out at Bon Cafe here first.

They shipped quickly and free and, for me at least, the espresso is great , as is the frother for cappuccino.

Worth looking at Verasu site as I think they may have a sale now and my model is down to 2899.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

I bought a Buono online from Verasu about 6 months ago, having checked it out at Bon Cafe here first.

They shipped quickly and free and, for me at least, the espresso is great , as is the frother for cappuccino.

Worth looking at Verasu site as I think they may have a sale now and my model is down to 2899.

Found it; interesting: http://www.verasu.com/product_detail.php?pid=772

They have this one too, but not sure if it's worth the extra (double the price) as it remains a very basic machine: http://www.verasu.com/product_detail.php?pid=379

Either way, those are the best prices I've seen so far in Thailand for basic espresso machines.

I think for me the candidates are either the cheapo one above, or a Gaggia from Makro (considerably more expensive, but then it's getting to a proper brand), or bringing one from Europe or another country with 220V/50Hz electricity.

[Sparkles]

Fagor purchased from Robinson's does the trick for us, only a 2 cupper,frother , 2,500 b with a warranty.

Such a multitude of machines available now, hard to make a choice. Endorse that Robinsons do have a large range on display and the occasional promotion.