Thread: Coffee ?

I drink only local coffee, grown here in Batangas province. Black only..no cream or sugar. A month's supply costs the same as a cup of Starbuck's crap.

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

I drink only local coffee, grown here in Batangas province. Black only..no cream or sugar. A month's supply costs the same as a cup of Starbuck's crap.

Local coffee for me, as there is quite a variety grown in Thailand now -
Black or with a hint of heavy cream.....sugar? Fuck no!

Can't find real local coffee, I'll go with Nescafe Gold.

I only drink the pretentiously expensive stuff that's been shat out of a bunch of Indonesian ferrets that are kept in little cages.

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coffee from the side of the road stall in Madagascar is 100 ariary - 2500 ariary to the USD

is it the same amount as you would get with an expresso and everyone uses the same glass

so I supply my own cup and get a double

Everyday as I look down from the cab of my truck ,, amongst other unmentionables I see in peoples cars + vans I see so many of them balancing cups of coffee in the morning from Costa , its almost like a daily drug to some of them .

I don't need it for caffeine to keep me awake , I drink it because I was told it has health cleansing properties if you drink it black .

Near to where I live on the west side of Colchester a couple of years ago in an out of town shopping area they built a huge Costa , its packed inside + out most days as I drive past , then just this year about 1000 yards away from this one they Costa have now built a bloody drive in .

When punters are paying £2 a cardboard cupful its easy to see why

Thinking on I suppose these days a chunk of the British GDP must be down to coffee ,, it seems every other shop is either Costa or a Pret's

All part of our non manufacturing / service industry run on the min wage

I don't expect many of you lads will remember these places but back in the day my dad used to take a coffee in here ,, Lyons coffee houses , often built around corner plots ,, the Starbucks of they're day I suppose

Tim Hortons rules...

Ironically this is the jar I buy now in Poundland , bloody good it is to !

60 cups for a quid eh ??

can you imagine the profit a basic greasy spoon makes on that at a quid a cup ?

not out of me they don't , I take a flask full of hot water

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

60 cups for a quid eh ??

can you imagine the profit a basic greasy spoon makes on that at a quid a cup ?

Of course the coffee makes itself, milk & sugar cost nothing, nor does electricity, they don't pay rent, the chairs and tables were free and nobody cleans up after you.

Think of the price of a barrel of coffee compared with a barrel of oil, even at its low price...

If your car ran on coffee, you'd have to park it...

I like the little coffee franchises they have in Home pro type places , I buy the coffee for the wife then I drink the free black tea + glass of water that comes with it

Tasty little birds operating in the Udon one on the NK road as well

Jeeeesus.

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Funnily enough if you look to the building to the r/h side of Guntons 3rd floor up that was my bedroom window ! circa 40 years ago

^^ Water into wine, apparently...Don't remember coffee in the bible...

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

can you imagine the profit a basic greasy spoon makes on that at a quid a cup ?

59 quid ?

The Cafe Amazon's are great value for money coffee shops in Thailand.

Try and stop at the service station, the one with the McDonalds on your way from Pattaya to Bangkok, the queues are huge.

I like the occasional hot Mocha at the coffee bean and tea leaf on my way home from a night out They do a lovely egg club sandwich.

I have one of these at home Nige, I haven't used it for ages. I'm sure you'd pass out if you saw how much the capsules cost

I think you Mocka Luigi Lavazza ,I'm very illy as also drink small balck without sugar,most Thai coffe inc Doi is crap,all African stuff Ive ever had awaful and Java and Vietnam, Colombia Yemen C Rica and of course High Mt at a price

Coffee is coffee. You can choose whatever brand you want, instant or espresso, home or away. It's subjective innit?

If you are caught short almost anywhere in the world, McDonalds does a decent standard brew from a machine. The food might be questionable but the coffee is consistent, cheap and drinkable.

Have you ever seen a Thai drinking a proper cup of hot coffee? Seems all they drink is higly sugared milky iced confections.

Originally Posted by Humbert

Have you ever seen a Thai drinking a proper cup of hot coffee? Seems all they drink is higly sugared milky iced confections.

They do. It must be a culture/climate thing. But I don't think Nigel has an issue with that, just the trend for corporate high priced brands, when cheaper alternatives are avilable.

I would not go as far as he does personally, but an early moring brew is essential for me. At a push, even cheap instant is better than nothing. Like I said it's very subjective.