While the west coast seethes with great restaurants, from Thai to Russian, French to Burmese, the east coast is rather less well equipped. But there are some gems hidden away, one of which is Peang Prai.
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Coffee – Feeling Full of Beans on Phuket
Think coffee. If you’re American, that’s probably Starbucks (they’re here on Phuket). If you’re European, then you’ll probably be looking for the Illy logo. What you may not realise is that Thailand has been growing coffee for ages. In Southeast Asia, only Vietnam and Indonesia produce more.
For the baristas among you, Arabica beans are grown in the highlands of northern Thailand while farmers in the hotter lowlands of the coastal provinces along the western edge of the Gulf of Siam produce Robusta beans.
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