Issue 01·Pattaya Coffee·May 2026·Anonymous Customers·Paid Bills·No Comps
Masthead · Issue 01

Who makes this.

One editor, thirty cafe files, zero paid placements, every cup on the editor's card until the audit says otherwise. Names stay off the audit team on purpose — anonymity is the method, not the marketing.

// Editor-in-Chief
Tim Paemi.

Founder and editorial lead. Runs the Pattaya Authority network and the editorial cadence of every guide in it. Built this site because listicles rank Starbucks beside a garden cafe and call it specialty. Short on patience for comps, press visits, and anyone who asks for a ranking before the cups are scored.

Pattaya · Founded 2024
// Audit Team · Issue 01 → Issue 02
One editor now. Growing later.

For Issue 01 the audit is conducted by the editor-in-chief. From Issue 02 onward, additional editors will be added to broaden coverage; their names will not be published — anonymity protects the audit. Bills are filed, audited, and retained by the editor-in-chief, regardless of who walked in.

Anonymous by design
// Network
Pattaya Authority.

Pattaya Coffee is part of an editorial network of independent Pattaya guides — dining, schools, coffee, and more. Same editorial standards across every site. No paid placements anywhere in the network.

30
Cafes Shortlisted
0
Scorecards Filed
5
Neighbourhoods
2×
Minimum Visits
0
Paid Placements
฿
Bills We Paid

Where we are

Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand. The editor-in-chief is based in Pattaya year-round. The network's mailing address can be supplied on request via email.

How to reach us

General email: [email protected]
Press inquiries: see Press Kit
Corrections: /corrections · Cafe suggestions: /feedback

We read everything. We don't reply to everything. We reply faster to a specific question about a specific cafe than to general "have you considered" emails.

What we publish

Pattaya Coffee publishes one numbered issue per season. Issue 01 has thirty files live and zero scorecards filed — ranks publish cafe by cafe as audits complete. Today's brew rotates across the sixteen published previews only. The shortlist is closed at thirty; Issue 02 opens planning after the first audit wave.

What we don't publish

Sponsored content. Affiliate links. Paid reviews. Guest posts from PR firms. SEO-driven listicles. "Best of 2026" content with rotating partners. We don't run any of it. If you came here from a Google search expecting a "Top 10 Pattaya Cafes 2026" article — try the chains. We're the other thing.

Legal

The Pattaya Coffee name, editorial system, scoring rubric, and brand assets are property of Pattaya Authority. Cafes named in the guide are independently owned by their operators; mentions on this site are editorial and do not imply endorsement of this site by those operators.

Anonymous Customer · Paid Bill · Independent Editorial

Visit twice.

Pay the bill.

Rate honestly.