One numbered issue per season, ranking the cafes that make Pattaya worth waking up early for. Issue 01 ships in waves as the audit completes. Issue 02 begins planning when 01 closes.
Issue No.
01
Pattaya doesn't have a coffee problem anymore.
Live · Pre-audit research preview
May 2026
The inaugural Pattaya Coffee 30 — sixteen cafes published, each in pre-audit research state, ranked by signal-strength. Letter from the Editor, four guide articles, the editorial standards in full, and a map of every cafe.
16 cafes published, scorecards pending two anonymous visits each
Forthcoming · Planning Q3 2026
Target launch: October 2026
The first full thirty-cafe ranking, with every scorecard filed from real anonymous visits. The five-cafe gap between Issue 01's published set and the final thirty closes here. Candidate longlist opens to reader nominations mid-July.
30 cafes — 14 new candidates added to the Issue 01 set
Every scorecard locked: two visits, paid bills, four-dimension audit complete
First seasonal corrections log published
Newsletter ships with each new scorecard, not just the final round
An issue not about cafes but about the people roasting the beans behind them. Pattaya, Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Mae Salong. The supply chain from farm to dial-in. Interviews subject to the same independence rules — bills paid, no comps.
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