Comments on: Coffee – Feeling Full of Beans on Phuket http://www.phuketobserver.com/coffee-feeling-full-of-beans-on-phuket/ Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:32:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Woody Leonhard http://www.phuketobserver.com/coffee-feeling-full-of-beans-on-phuket/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Woody Leonhard Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:55:24 +0000 http://www.phuketobserver.com/?p=296#comment-156 I think Robusta coffee has gotten a bad rap. People tend to compare it to Arabica - and there's no question, at least in my mind, that Arabica makes a far superior cup of coffee or espresso. It helps if you think of Robusta as being a different drink altogether, and avoid the comparison. Some of the best Robusta in the world is served in Thailand and Vietnam. If you avoid stirring up the sweetened condensed milk laced with palm oil in the bottom of the cup, the Thai <i>gaffee lon</i> can be quite refreshing. And jolting. Viva la difference.... I think Robusta coffee has gotten a bad rap. People tend to compare it to Arabica – and there’s no question, at least in my mind, that Arabica makes a far superior cup of coffee or espresso.

It helps if you think of Robusta as being a different drink altogether, and avoid the comparison. Some of the best Robusta in the world is served in Thailand and Vietnam. If you avoid stirring up the sweetened condensed milk laced with palm oil in the bottom of the cup, the Thai gaffee lon can be quite refreshing. And jolting.

Viva la difference….

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