Chai Cafe

This is a friend's story, I've decided to give a hand to."I was born in the Karen tribe village in Muang Khon in Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai, Thailand. When I was young, I remember some people came to my village from the Thai Royal project (government office) and they gave us some Arabica coffee beans to grow. 4 years later, the coffee trees started having fruits. I thought these beans are beautiful so I tried to eat some. They were very sweet. I fell in love with coffee but at the time, nobody knew how to make coffee. Since I’ve grown up, I still like coffee very much. My dream was working with coffee and having my own business one day. But, I had to work and make a living. I moved to Chiang Mai and started working at a guest house, I was very lucky because that guest house sold fresh coffee. I had a chance to learn about it. I bought a book about coffee’s history and how to roast coffee. I have been working and learning about coffee for many years and slowly I was getting close to my dream. Now I have enough experience so I came back to the village and opened my own café, Chai-cafe in Chiang Dao. Coffee connected me to many people. I’d like to learn more and teach my knowledge about coffee to the next young generation.