One issue per season. Issue 01 published the research — thirty cafes, zero scorecards. Issue 02 publishes the scores. Nothing here is retroactive PR.
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Research is Issue 01. Verdicts are Issue 02.
If you need a ranked winner today, you are early. If you need honesty about that, you are in the right archive.
Issue No.
01
Pattaya doesn't have a coffee problem anymore.
Live · Pre-audit research preview May 2026
The inaugural Pattaya Coffee 30 — thirty cafes cross-sourced, shortlist closed, zero scorecards filed. Sixteen research previews live; fourteen research-candidate files carry their own skepticism on the page. This is the evidence pass before anyone walks in with a score sheet.
30-cafe shortlist locked · 16 research previews · 14 verify-first candidates · audit wave on /now
Forthcoming · After Issue 01 audits Target launch: October 2026
Issue 01 named the thirty and showed the research. Issue 02 publishes what the cups actually did — final ranks, editor photography, visit notes stripped of PR polish, and the first corrections log when a cafe closes, reopens, or stops caring about the dial.
All 30 scorecards filed — two anonymous visits minimum, paid bills, 48-point rubric
Ranking order locked; research-tier entries promoted, demoted, or removed
Eight new names under research on the Issue 02 watchlist — BRU, XIN, Kissaten, GIM Brewing Room and more
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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