Since the very first modern streets were built in Bangkok, mornings have begun with vendors selling halfboiled eggs, toast with coconut jam, and, of course, coffee.

Brought by the same Hainanese cooks who opened the Kopitiams of Malaysia and Singapore, Bangkok's oldest cafes tell the story of the first days of coffee in Southeast Asia, years of ethnic migration, and 20th century war and conflict. And hiding in the quiet streets on the outskirts of Chinatown, there are still cafes dating back as far as 1919. This week, we visit Bangkok's earliest surviving breakfast restaurants and tell a story that's still being written today.



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0:00 Introduction
1:11 The History of Coffee
3:56 Num Heng Li
7:17 The Introduction of Cafes to Thailand
9:46 Hia Tai Kee
12:15 Kafae Boran, Oliang, and Local Culture
15:47 Tee Yok
17:47 Cook Shops & Coffee Stalls
20:06 On Lok Yun
22:04 Crash
23:09 The Oldest Coffeeshop in Bangkok
26:55 Modern Era
28:01 Caffeinated Thoughts



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