Group Trips in Bangkok, Chiang Mai
Thailand · 1 experience
Two days on the biggest specialty coffee trade show floor in Asia. Two days in the mountains where your coffee actually grows. One internal flight connecting it all. World of Coffee Asia 2026 hits Bangkok for the first time — 200+ exhibitors, the World Cup Tasters Championship, cupping sessions that rewire how you taste, and a trade show floor buzzing with the entire Southeast Asian specialty coffee world. You're not walking it alone. Binny Varghese — CQI-certified Q Processor, documentary maker, 568-cups-across-India legend — navigates, introduces, and translates what you're tasting into knowledge that sticks. Evenings shift hard. Chinatown after dark with a local guide — 15+ tastings through alleys where Michelin-recognized vendors have been flipping woks for decades. Then a 75-minute flight drops you in Chiang Mai, where the afternoon is yours to explore one of the best café scenes on the planet. The finale: 4WD into Karen hill tribe territory at 1,400m. Forest trek through shade-grown Arabica. Farm-to-table lunch cooked with your hosts. Fire-roast your own beans, brew V60 with what you've made, and taste what elevation and care actually produce. You return with vendor contacts, processing knowledge, roasted beans in your bag, and the kind of origin understanding that changes your relationship with coffee forever. Trade show floor to forest floor. Five days. Your tribe. Your cup.