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language here. Local currency is Ethiopian is tropical and the best time to go for the very
birr (0.036 USD). Most of the world countries fresh coffee is December and January, as the
are required to get visa on arrival to enter heat starts right after, in February. The
Ethiopia. In coffeeoriginstravel.com you can weather is pretty mild during this time, 15-
find coffee tours around the world, including 29°C, but the night temperature can drop to
ones to Africa and Latin America. around 5 °C. The Thai language is spoken
around the whole country and people use Thai
Thailand baht (0.031 USD) to pay around. Visa require-
Thailand is a late-comer into coffee grow- ments are very soft for entering Thailand, but
ing, in the late 70s King Bhumibol Adulyadej they depend on a country of your origin, so it
launched a series of coffee projects in the is better to check visa regulations for your
North of the country to help local communities passport in advance.
grow cash crops like coffee as an alternative
to growing opium poppies. Now coffee indus-
try in Thailand , supported by the government, Visiting a coffee farm
exports 500,000 60-kilo bags of coffee, domes-
tic consumption reached 1.2 million bags, might once-in-a-lifetime
according to International Coffee Organiza-
tion. Situatted in the North of the country, kind of experience.
Chiang Mai can be named the capital of coffee
in Thailand. Local farms are famous for their
coffee and are open for tourists. One of the These places seem like a great opportu-
most visited farms, tours to which you can find nity to travel and meet new people, however,
even on Lonely Planet, is Suan Lahu. The farm travelling to a new place you should always re-
promotes organic farming and can host tourist member being flexible about everything you are
to pass this knowledge. Moreover, they orga- going to see. Moreover, as you are travelling for
nize different workshops, so you can spend a coffee, don’t forget that every country speaks
whole day in the farm exploring coffee and life different languages and might have some impor-
in the North of Thailand. Thailand’s climate tant traditions that you should know in advance.

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