Bubba's Coffee

Bubba's Coffee traces back to 2015, when the business began as a single stall in Baan Tai on Koh Phangan. It has since grown into three locations across the island — the original Baan Tai stall, a dedicated roastery and café in Haad Yao, and a third spot near the Thong Sala pier — with all beans roasted on-site at the Haad Yao facility rather than shipped in pre-roasted. The sourcing reaches into specific growing regions of mainland Thailand: one bag is labelled high-altitude single-origin coffee from Mae Daet Noi, while another draws on natural-process beans from Chiang Mai, giving the shop a traceable link between a specific Thai farm and the cup served on the island. The menu runs all day, pairing house-roasted espresso and filter coffee with a vegan- and gluten-free-friendly brunch built for long-term residents rather than a one-time tourist crowd, and the brand describes itself around "the rhythm of island life" — relaxed rather than polished. For visitors used to imported, pre-roasted beans at beach cafés, Bubba's stands out for actually roasting in-house, in a fixed location on Koh Phangan itself, with named-origin lots rather than an unlabeled house blend.