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Story and Photos by Coffee t&i Thailand
Roasting Happiness
Khemtana Sangudkij
Thailand is turning its attention towards quality coffee
beans and trying out different roast profiles in order to bring
out the potential in the beans. Some cafés go another step and
roast their own coffee because they want to be able to control
the quality and consistency of the roast. What if there’s a
roaster who doesn’t own a café or a roaster, and doesn’t take
roast order? Why would he be roasting? “Happiness” is a very
short and straight forward answer from Khemtana Sangudkij
(Khem) who calls himself a freelance roaster. What does that
really mean? We are here to find out!
Freelance Roaster
While he off duty as an executive engineer for a
property developer, Khem enjoys roasting coffee as a hobby.
He regularly drinks coffee, anything from Arabica, robusta, to
traditional and 3 in 1 coffees. Even though he’s now a roaster,
he sometimes find himself drinking traditional and instant
coffees. Khem’s life took a turn when he walked into Gallery
Drip Coffee and tried a drip coffee. “At that time I considered
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