As Chiang Mai is home to four major universities and grows coffee beans in its surrounding region, it has a flourishing cafe culture. In fact, one of the city’s cult fave cafe hang-outs, The Barn: Eatery Design, began life as the final-year project of a few architecture students from Chiang Mai University. Meanwhile, the Ang Kaew reservoir nestled in Chiang Mai University has become a pit-stop for eager tourists wanting a taste of java at its coffee joint, The Coffee Man.