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Nai Suan Bed and Breakfast

Coffee in the Garden

Chiang rai is a great destination to escape from the chaotic city life and take
everything slow. If you ever need a place to chill in a relaxing atmosphere over an
excellent cup of coffee, Nai Suan Bed and Breakfast is one of the best answers you
would find in this easy going city. Nai Suan literally translates to “In a garden”
and the name is a straight forward translation of its setting. We visited the
charming café/B&B and had a chance chat with Thanin Pinket, the owner of
Nai Suan Bed and Breakfast.
Before he opened Nai Suan, Thanin was an occasional coffee drinker, but
wasn’t yet a coffee aficionado. Wanted to learn about coffee by experience, he
headed to USA and got a job as a Starbuck’s barista in a hotel where he didn’t just
learnt about coffee, but about hospitality as well. “I worked as a Starbuck’s barista
for a year. The experience gave me the basics of coffee. When I returned home, I joined
Thai Arabica coffee group where I met coffee experts and extended my understand-
ings about coffee.”
With extensive coffee knowledge and the dream to open a café and a hotel,
Nai Suan Bed and Breakfast was born. “I wanted a European style house and a café,

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