'NO COFFEE, NO LIFE'

The coffee club

ML Kwantip Devakula.	Alan Kam, Vradda Rattanin Leearporn and Buranee Ratchaiboon do a drip test.	Nida Sudasna na Ayudhaya.

(From left) MR Chakarot Chitrabongs, ML Suthanit Chitrabongs and MR Pispat Chitrabongs.	Papon Ratanachaikanont, assistant to president/CEO, Office of President/CEO, pours coffee.
Kornkanok Yongsakul takes notes.	Meechai Amornpathanakul, president of Barista Association of Thailand.

'No Coffee, No Life." The slogan on Meechai Amornpathanakul, president of the Thai Baristas Association, said it all.

He recently conducted a lecture on the making of a great cup of coffee at True Life, Chamchuri Square, for members of True Sphere, as part of its on-going series of unique activities and lifestyle experiences, which in the past have included a trip to the historic side of Hua Hin, following the legend of King Naresuan at the film production site in Kanchanaburi.

This "Dark Temptation C Series" was a hands-on experience at coffee-making with a proper drip technique to make an aromatic mellow java.

Members learned about the top five coffee beans from around the world: The aromatic sweet Blue Mountain from Jamaica, considered by connoisseurs to be the world's best; the medium-dark Tanzania AA Plus Lungi Estate from Africa; the spicy Sumatra Mandheling Grade 1 Dry Process Lake Toba from Indonesia; and VPP from Chiang Mai, voted Asia Pacific's top bean at the Specialty Coffee Association of America's 2008 Roasters Guild Coffee of the Year.

All participants got a chance to mix their own coffee blend to take home.