AMADEO

February 16, 2018

From the blog Traveler on Foot, published on February 14, 2018 A TRIP TO THE COFFEE SOURCE. I noticed that Kapeng Barako has been out of stock in our neighborhood grocery store since New Year. I wondered what’s taking the delay to replenish the grocery shelves with ground coffee. Could be that stores were hoarding their stocks in… Read More

The Great Women of ASEAN

November 8, 2016

  UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF UPS AND USAID-ACTI, FIVE COUNTRIES IN THE ASEAN SENT THEIR BEST WOMEN COFFEE ENTREPRENEURS—farmers, processors and retailers—to visit various coffee destinations in Cavite and in Makati City. The women visited the National Coffee Research Center in Indang, Cavite to see new technologies and the vast collection of coffee varieties the… Read More

7 Steps in Planting Coffee

November 5, 2016

  PCBI’s Dr. Alejandro Mojica reveals how it’s done—the right way. 1. ACQUISITION OF QUALITY PLANTING MATERIALS At the right age (should have 6-8 pairs of leaves; more or less 1 year in the nursery from the time it was sown) Hardened (placed under the sun 1 – 2 months before planting in the field)… Read More