กาแฟในกรุงเทพฯ :: Coffee on This Trip

One To Two.

The hotel's coffee cannot make it. I don't even want to sip it in the mornings at breakfast. It's simply vile. The breakfast food spread is great, including the juices and infused water, but not the coffee. I'd save up my caffeine quota and walk out to get a decent cup.

There is the convenient One To Two Coffee Company that I stop by to and fro the hotel. An iced Americano sufficed. I could choose my beans. I opted for beans from Chiang Mai. These kiosks don't take credit cards. Use the Thai national QR payment system PromptPay. I have a Thai bank account, so that's not an issue. Tourists can use DBS Paylah or any e-wallet that allows cross-border payments via a QR code.

I was in Chaoroenkrung. So I rounded over to Talad Noi because I had to pop in to The Coffee Store. For this coffeeshop, simply order filter. You won't regret it. I was only really sad that I had no more capacity for more than 2 cups of coffee here. I love it that it's so tiny that I'm pumped up full of the scent of coffee beans, and it lingers on my clothes after I leave. 

The Coffee Store.

I can't deal with shitty coffee. I refuse to let caffeine at airport lounges and in-flight and at the hotels fuel me. I toddled off to find decent cups of caffeine. And I found many. I love coffeeshops that don't do food. Focus! They did all sorts of coffee, but I want only black, and as long as they do a good version, I'm good. 

My fav coffeeshop of the trip goes to Samadool. I returned thrice. Kekekekek. It's also the current go-to of the friends who live in Bangkok. It's rather convenient and fairly local in that sense. They don't serve food, and they don't do fancy dirty coffee and such, so people aren't gonna whoosh here to take photos. I love its indie vibes. Everyone is literally here for a good cup of coffee, and then they leave. They don't linger forever. 

There're so many good coffeeshops in Bangkok. They know their beans, they do a superb brew, and the shops generate enough sales to sustain their business. It's not something I see often in Singapore nowadays. It's very hard to run a coffee business that doesn't do food. 

Samadool.