Well, today's discovery was a coffee shop described as "Dose/Yield/Time Cafe", in Pattaya.    With the not very catchy branding and no signs outside, I still managed to find it, thanks to Google maps.

There was a menu with a wide choice of coffees.  Food options were limited to some crushed biscuit, which I passed on.   After waiting ages, my coffee arrived. 

I think this is the best coffee I've ever had. Outstanding!

Even better than a coffee shop in Nakhon Sawan, 2 years ago.  This is the only coffee shop where I've seen them weigh the coffee for every single cup they make.

 

Dose/Yield/Time Cafe
+66 95 170 9910
https://maps.app.goo.gl/StrrV3bCyNwnk9c19

I've found that one of the unexpected pleasures of Thailand / SE Asia is the number of very nice coffee shops when they can be sought out.  Being partial to a coffee and a cake it's great to hear of these places - I've made a note of this place for my next visit.

Where did the beans come from? Were they locally grown?

14 hours ago, z909 said:

Well, today's discovery was a coffee shop described as "Dose/Yield/Time Cafe", in Pattaya.    With the not very catchy branding and no signs outside, I still managed to find it, thanks to Google maps.

There was a menu with a wide choice of coffees.  Food options were limited to some crushed biscuit, which I passed on.   After waiting ages, my coffee arrived. 

I think this is the best coffee I've ever had. Outstanding!

Even better than a coffee shop in Nakhon Sawan, 2 years ago.  This is the only coffee shop where I've seen them weigh the coffee for every single cup they make.

 

Dose/Yield/Time Cafe
+66 95 170 9910
https://maps.app.goo.gl/StrrV3bCyNwnk9c19

Always good to find somewhere serving great coffee, I have added it to my list. Is there much else out that way worth checking out, or was this a dedicated trip to that end of town for the coffee?

Good coffee is one thing I had trouble finding on my last Pattaya trip, I ended up settling at Dicks Cafe most mornings which was ok. I saw that there is/was a patisserie cafe on the corner next to dicks in the complex now, so that was high on my list to try when I come back.

1 minute ago, vaughn said:

I saw that there is/was a patisserie cafe on the corner next to dicks in the complex now, so that was high on my list to try when I come back.

It is and their baguettes are excellent. Breakfasted there twice and hope for more. As for quality of coffee  don't ask me as my favorites are 3 in 1 types, specially Thai own Khao Shong brand so you get the picture. 

I understand coffee lovers pains of finding good one though since I'm the same when comes to a tea. 

 

1 hour ago, vinapu said:

It is and their baguettes are excellent. Breakfasted there twice and hope for more. As for quality of coffee  don't ask me as my favorites are 3 in 1 types, specially Thai own Khao Shong brand so you get the picture. 

I understand coffee lovers pains of finding good one though since I'm the same when comes to a tea. 

 

Fantastic, If their pastries and coffee are good then it's likely to be my regular for my next trip.

I'm the opposite with tea, I will take any old tea bag and have no complaints haha.

This is more or less a repeat of an old post from somewhere. There is some excellent coffee in Chiang Mai grown by a hill tribe. The story of how this poor group of villages turned to coffee and now sell it all over the country is truly inspiring. It was all the idea of one stateless boy who wanted to find a way of alleviating the poverty of the hill tribes. Encouraged by his parents to get an education, he walked four kilometers every morning and afternoon to get to primary school. Then he went to a temple school because his family could not afford high school. He became the first from his village to graduate from University in Chiang Rai. After he persuaded the villagers to grow coffee, a crop the villagers knew nothing about, he was sent to Portland to learn more about coffee and coffee roasting. That coffee has been exhibited at several international events. A few years ago he opened a cafe in Chiang Mai and I enjoyed their coffee there two years ago. 

This TED talk by Lee Ayu Chuepa, the co-founder of Akha Ama Coffee, is truly inspirational.

 

4 hours ago, vaughn said:

Good coffee is one thing I had trouble finding on my last Pattaya trip, I ended up settling at Dicks Cafe most mornings which was ok. I saw that there is/was a patisserie cafe on the corner next to dicks in the complex now, so that was high on my list to try when I come back.

I tried the coffee at Dick's well over 5 years ago.  Perhaps I was unlucky to visit when the coffee machine was broken, but I haven't dared risk it since.

The Delices place on the corner is the best I've found in Jomtien so far.

Also, I was pleasantly surprised by the coffee at @Home bar.   Whilst it doesn't quite have the flavour found in the best specialist coffee shops, I found it to be above average and far more palatable than that served by some Thai brands.

The choice in South Pattaya is wider, with the likes of Bejamit and Gafae, in addition to the place mentioned in the opening post.

12 hours ago, khaolakguy said:

Where did the beans come from? Were they locally grown?

Thanks, glad they have got some Thai beans in there too. I had some excellent Thai beans in a cafe in Chiang Mai a few years ago.

23 hours ago, Midguy1 said:

I've found that one of the unexpected pleasures of Thailand / SE Asia is the number of very nice coffee shops when they can be sought out.  Being partial to a coffee and a cake it's great to hear of these places - I've made a note of this place for my next visit.

Any recommendations in Bangkok?

4 hours ago, z909 said:

Wow, the price is really reasonable for the kind of choices!

Meeting Place Cafe opposite the French bakery in Jomtien Complex also make very good coffee and tea, and it is an excellent location to view the many massuers sitting outside of their shops along the soi.

Some of the staff at Meeting Place seem quite cute too, as carefully observed from across the road at Delices.   They were talking to customers when I last visited, so I've not yet spoken to them.

19 hours ago, faranglaw said:

Any recommendations in Bangkok?

One recommendation in the Ari area is LAF cafe.  There was a rainbow sticker on the door which enticed me in, but seemed more of a tomboy place.  I found the coffee to be excellent.

Co-ordinates 13.7769740, 100.5434066

19 hours ago, faranglaw said:

Any recommendations in Bangkok?

The Dusit cafe/restaurant in soi Sala daeng, Silom

My favourite in Bangkok is Kerk, near Chong Nonsi. Not as distinctive as the place mentioned in my opening post, but they have nice coffee that's far better than that from the Thai chains.

 

Many, especially Thai folk, fail to recognise that there is some excellent Arabica grown in Northern Thailand. Chiang Mai has a number of what I suppose are called 'artisan roasters' who take advantage of this crop. Bualong Coffee and Arts is one example of the phenomenon but is some way from the centre of Chiang Mai. For those who prefer 'milkie' coffees, there is some excellent raw milk available if you look around. 

Yes, I have also found Northern Thai Arabica coffee to be very good.  In Chiang Mai, I have bought coffee beans at the Akha Ama cafe near Wat Phra Singh.  It's part of a chain but it's good.  There also the Hillkoff store, Changphuak Soi 2, north of Changphuak Gate, & they have a big selection of coffee beans.

In Bangkok, there's Holey Bakery on Suan Phlu, not far from Sathorn Road.  Good coffee with excellent bread & bakery items.

My latest coffee shop "find" is "Backstreet House Pattaya", which slightly North East of Terminal 21, in one of the back streets.  Nice coffee, very nice secluded premises and a well stocked bookshelf.

Most of the other coffee shops I've tried in North Pattaya have been inferior to my favourites in South Pattaya,  so it's nice to find a good one.