Tea & Coffee: Local or western?
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Re: Tea & Coffee: Local or western?
Laos Arabica from Sin Veng Yu. Got myself a supply shipped to Siem Reap. 1.5 USD for Sorya bus and 0.75 for Wing. Turned out to be Robusta shit. Bitter, very high coffein. I had used the last beans of the December purchase in the morning. Afternoon, made another can with the news beans. First, i thought the milk was rotten. tried the milk, all fine, same as in the morning. Cleaned the French press this morning and it had a bitter smell... Tried neighbor's espresso machine. SLightly better but still awful. Had it in a professional machine. No major improvement. Beans partly burnt, partly de-formed. Because of the roast i have no idea if the beans had spots. I did not even know that they had such bad beans in store. Might have used it as rat poison but the cats objected.
Neighbor called the company and got the run around. Finally, they accepted to replace the coffee and I am shipping it back for exchanging, I am covering the expense involved. Right now the customer service (?) and another office shift responsibility around. Let's see if this works out.
I think the problem was that the girl in the shop simply put the wrong beans in the bags and the cashier marked in good faith the bag as Arabica as she simply gets the finished bags.
Now the problem is the mistake on record and not the actual error. If somebody of the management reads this, please have a friendly talk with the staff. Such things happen and it is good policy to fix it without this loss of face drama.
I drink the stuff for years, exclusively, and friends abroad want it as a present. 12 USD per kilo is an ok price and I never had any problem before. It is one of the good deals in Cambodia. In comparison, some local coffee in Chiang Mai is comparable but at a higher price. A hajj to Mecca, speak Paksoung, is out of question at this time so Sin Veng Yu is the best case scenario. In Siem I saw only Sin Veng Yu Pailin coffee in a supermarket. No idea how old that stuff was as the supermarkets hardly acquire new stock and many shelves are empty. I bought 3 kgs and it made sense to get fresh coffee from PP also price-wise.
Neighbor called the company and got the run around. Finally, they accepted to replace the coffee and I am shipping it back for exchanging, I am covering the expense involved. Right now the customer service (?) and another office shift responsibility around. Let's see if this works out.
I think the problem was that the girl in the shop simply put the wrong beans in the bags and the cashier marked in good faith the bag as Arabica as she simply gets the finished bags.
Now the problem is the mistake on record and not the actual error. If somebody of the management reads this, please have a friendly talk with the staff. Such things happen and it is good policy to fix it without this loss of face drama.
I drink the stuff for years, exclusively, and friends abroad want it as a present. 12 USD per kilo is an ok price and I never had any problem before. It is one of the good deals in Cambodia. In comparison, some local coffee in Chiang Mai is comparable but at a higher price. A hajj to Mecca, speak Paksoung, is out of question at this time so Sin Veng Yu is the best case scenario. In Siem I saw only Sin Veng Yu Pailin coffee in a supermarket. No idea how old that stuff was as the supermarkets hardly acquire new stock and many shelves are empty. I bought 3 kgs and it made sense to get fresh coffee from PP also price-wise.
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Bangladesh has some fantastic tea cultivation. But in down town dhaka, the locals would settle for Lipton and some other dregs- as if someone had collected up all the dust that settled out from producing the tea.
We also didn’t have a decent tea pot.
One way we’d brew a mediocre tea was in any old saucepan. Simmered, with a few cloves thrown in. Lends a spicy edge to the tea, without going full on chai. This was how I would make and drink tea for quite a while.
We also didn’t have a decent tea pot.
One way we’d brew a mediocre tea was in any old saucepan. Simmered, with a few cloves thrown in. Lends a spicy edge to the tea, without going full on chai. This was how I would make and drink tea for quite a while.
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I buy Vietnamese coffee beans from opposite Orussey and get them to grind them for me (I use a plunger - that's a coffee press if you're fancy). $7/kg.
I don't understand people who drink instant "coffee".
I don't understand people who drink instant "coffee".
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It has its uses. I prefer tea but when I am birding or hiking in some national park or other, tea is hard to come by. That is the only time I'll drink 3-in-1 coffee to get me going in the morning.timmydownawell wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:47 pm I buy Vietnamese coffee beans from opposite Orussey and get them to grind them for me (I use a plunger - that's a coffee press if you're fancy). $7/kg.
I don't understand people who drink instant "coffee".
Re: Tea & Coffee: Local or western?
Probably the dizzy shop staff. There are lots. Young and pretty with little to do.Laos Arabica from Sin Veng Yu. Got myself a supply shipped to Siem Reap. 1.5 USD for Sorya bus and 0.75 for Wing. Turned out to be Robusta shit.
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There is a tea sold in the Indian spices/pickle outlets in Phnom Penh. 67 street near Psar Thmei, (I think.)
It is loose leaf named Taj Mahal. Not expensive. Great cuppa.
Let us know if you like it.
It is loose leaf named Taj Mahal. Not expensive. Great cuppa.
Let us know if you like it.
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My suspicion. Well the rotten robusta is on its way back to PP. they called again and promised to send the good stuff. Hopefully, the management sees this as an alert. They also might realize that there is a good potential in bus-order sales of coffee. No need to drink junk in Cambodia as long as Sorya bus has a stop in town.
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Started out here as a tea drinker as the metal can was a good fit for my redcoat & musket.
Over time I've gone full espresso eight times a day, mostly stacked in the morning, but a couple after lunch This leaves space for fresh coconuts & other fruit juice or carbonated water.
It doesn't really matter to me though, I will drink various espresso brands, use a grinder on beans, sometimes use pre-ground, and as Hanno pointed out, there are some situations where even a 3-in-1 is better than no coffee at all. On field trips that I usually take annually around the country I'm happy to go with the local black coffee, whatever that might be- I can only say that the further north you go, the better it gets.
Similarly I drink all types of tea, and again, even the dreaded Lipton Yellow Label is better than no tea in some situations.
Everyone has different tastes, so a bit of a moot question to be honest; I wouldn't want to go full civet cat on anyone's coffee choice!
Over time I've gone full espresso eight times a day, mostly stacked in the morning, but a couple after lunch This leaves space for fresh coconuts & other fruit juice or carbonated water.
It doesn't really matter to me though, I will drink various espresso brands, use a grinder on beans, sometimes use pre-ground, and as Hanno pointed out, there are some situations where even a 3-in-1 is better than no coffee at all. On field trips that I usually take annually around the country I'm happy to go with the local black coffee, whatever that might be- I can only say that the further north you go, the better it gets.
Similarly I drink all types of tea, and again, even the dreaded Lipton Yellow Label is better than no tea in some situations.
Everyone has different tastes, so a bit of a moot question to be honest; I wouldn't want to go full civet cat on anyone's coffee choice!
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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