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Buriram Province - General Category => Western Food in Buriram. => Topic started by: davureborn on December 15, 2014, 02:50:39 PM

Title: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: davureborn on December 15, 2014, 02:50:39 PM
If I happen to land upon a bag of coffee beans that are producing decent coffee, you can be sure that next time I go into Makro or BigC they have disappeared. I used to order from a Doi coffee grower in Lampang (expensive- ฿500.-/ Kg i think) but her quality has gone down also. The last stuff I bought in Makro is going into the bin, tastes like dish water, so it's beer for breakfast for now.
 Arabica beans, unground, none of your three in one rubbish, I am desperately looking for COFFEE. Any ideas, apart from adding whiskey and falling asleep? Espresso not really an option as I drink at least three cups before emerging from my coma.
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: gotlost on December 15, 2014, 03:35:03 PM
The wife gets her from Bon Cafe in Korat. They ship.  http://www.boncafe.co.th/en/contact-us/branches/
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: pablo on December 15, 2014, 05:36:44 PM
Got a couple of friends "up North", who swear by the Red Cliff homegrown brand.

Also fast and free shipping.

http://redcliffcoffee.com/
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: davureborn on December 15, 2014, 10:02:34 PM
Thanks guys
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: Admin on December 15, 2014, 10:53:37 PM
I recommend on bon cafe, mocca flavor.
They will deliver coffee by special delivery to your house or by train and you pick it up by yourself.
Good service, good price.

One more tip, if you happen to pass korat and you have time, you can stop by in their branch and have a test to taste few flavors before you decide.

Sawadi
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: davureborn on December 16, 2014, 11:13:08 AM
I just realised that I have actually been in this shop when I was looking for a coffee grinder (my ex wife sent me the old one we bought 40 years ago). Anyway you do find things out slowly, I remember when I first came to Buriram and Home Mart (the mai me shop as we call it) told me they didn't have any nails for sale (they do actually) and I gave some thought to going back home again. We don't go to the mai me shop any more.
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: BillH52 on December 17, 2014, 05:41:26 AM
I've been using Red Cliff coffee beans for about 7 months.   
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: davureborn on January 24, 2015, 07:27:01 PM
Well, 5 weeks later I made it to the Boncafe place in Korat. I bought 1 Kg Mocca as recommended by the Admin here and 1 Kg 'roasted coffee beans'. The Mocca is STRONG coffee, I'll see what happens when I get my fix tomorrow made on our primitive apparatus. Thanks again.
Title: Re: Coffee filters, where to buy?
Post by: SOM LUCK on March 05, 2015, 08:32:20 AM
Where can I get paper coffee filters in Buriram. I've tried Big C and Makro with no success
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: DeputyDavid on March 05, 2015, 08:44:01 AM
Wife says try home pro.
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: SOM LUCK on March 05, 2015, 08:47:45 AM
Thanks, I will
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: davureborn on March 05, 2015, 09:05:38 AM
Thanks, I will
We started like that but the filters are much too fine, the coffee takes ages to drain through. We finished up buying a coffee plunger at Makro. At the time they were labelled 'Tea Pot' so keep your eyes skinned, on the left somewhere as you go in. These are really cheap and you get what you pay for.
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: SOM LUCK on March 05, 2015, 09:23:56 AM
Thanks
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: dundeemk6 on March 05, 2015, 02:28:21 PM
If my memory serves me right, I bought filters in the mall in Korat davu. They also sell coffee beans and ground coffee.
Even Makro sells coffee from Bon Café.
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: davureborn on March 05, 2015, 05:26:51 PM
Tricky. Sometimes they have Boncafe in Makro Buriram, sometimes not. The filter paper I have found here is much too fine and strains VERY slowly. I don't like lukewarm coffee. I went through Makro Korat very carefully and didn't find anything I wanted, ground coffee? Generally that's all you can find, basically because you can't find a coffee grinder for under ฿3800.- in Thailand. Coffee snobs like me want  coffee,ground today and preferably roasted yesterday. I bought my coffee grinder for ฿700.- in Switzerland 40 years ago, very simple, still works.
We now plan to go to Korat every two months or so to buy coffee at Boncafe  and wander around the Mall.

I'll let you know when I am brewing my own beer.
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: dundeemk6 on March 05, 2015, 06:12:47 PM
When you buy a blender you get that smallish plastic thing with it that can grind coffee that's what I use now.
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: davureborn on March 06, 2015, 01:28:22 AM
Well I did say I was a coffee snob. I don't like the result.
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: davureborn on June 14, 2015, 09:52:00 AM
Just a quick update: they now have Boncafe 'Mocca Dark Bean' which is what I bought when I visited Boncafe in Korat, also Aroma Espresso, both of which I can drink, in Makro. I didn't report before because in the past finding a good bean inevitably meant that it wouldn't be there the next time I went. Three times in a row now.
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: toffo on June 14, 2015, 10:31:29 AM
And Big C has in stock mcvities  half coated and Digestive biscuits again... Best get in quick though as I've just nicked 10 packets  swordfight
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: davureborn on June 14, 2015, 04:42:39 PM
And Big C has in stock mcvities  half coated and Digestive biscuits again... Best get in quick though as I've just nicked 10 packets  swordfight

You sod I might kill you for that, I didn't see any on Friday.
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: toffo on June 14, 2015, 05:45:45 PM
Top shelf still a few left ;-)
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: nookiebear on June 15, 2015, 07:34:16 AM
And Big C has in stock mcvities  half coated and Digestive biscuits again... Best get in quick though as I've just nicked 10 packets  swordfight
Toffo they've been stocking them for over a year!
Title: Re: Coffee beans, where to buy?
Post by: toffo on June 15, 2015, 09:50:38 AM
I know Nookie but they always run out of stock so I buy loads when they get back in :-)