Thai Coffee – Specialty Coffee Production in the Land of Smiles
Roots Coffee Roaster in Bangkok – Making the switch to roasting and brewing Thai specialty coffee exclusively
Fuadi and Korn, who is head roaster at Roots, together at the Beanspire dry mill
Thailand’s import tariffs for coffee are the second highest in the world, making it a pricey endeavor for coffee shops to feature beans from abroad. It is more likely to find a Brazil, Colombia or Ethiopia in a blend together with Thai coffee rather than as a single origin. The Bangkok based roastery Roots has been working together with Beanspire and local farmers to push the quality of Thai specialty coffee and will, in the course of the next couple of months, switch to roasting local beans only. This is sending a strong message to the coffee community in Bangkok, and is another indication for the progress that Thailand is making in terms of improving the quality of its coffee from seed to cup. “The goal of introducing foreign coffee to Bangkok has been achieved”, head roaster Korn tells me, “now the new ambition is to promote Thai coffee around the world.”
Roots currently has two locations in Bangkok:
Roots Coffee at theCOMMONS
theCOMMONS, Thonglor 17, Sukhumvit 55, Bangkok
Roots Coffee at Supanniga Eating Room x Roots Coffee, Tha Tien
392/25-26 Maha Rat Rd, Phraborom Maharajawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok