For the past 8 years, the country’s coffee sector gets together every October in what is called the National Coffee Summit. It is held simultaneously with a trade event called Coffee Origins. The annual meet is organized by the Philippine Coffee Board, Inc. (PCBI), a private sector-led advocacy to promote Philippine coffee domestically and to… Read More
The prestigious Coffee Quality Institute (CQI), a US-based institution promoting specialty coffee, came to the country recently to hold talks with coffee stakeholders along with the country’s preeminent coffee organization, Philippine Coffee Board, Inc. (PCBI). Senior Adviser Ted Lingle (known in the coffee world as the “coffee guru”) along with CQI Operations Director Lisa Conway met… Read More
For the second year now, Landbank is sponsoring some events with Philippine Coffee Board Inc. (PCBI) to raise the quality of coffee especially in Northern Luzon. New areas, like Kasibu and Santa Fe Nueva Vizcaya, are the target areas for new coffee plantings of the Arabica variety. The Pick Red campaign has made farmers more… Read More
Cavite was known as the coffee capital of the Philippines, producing the coffee needs of Manila as well as other parts of the country. It may have experienced difficult times over the past decades but it doesn’t mean it cannot regain its glorious past.Believing that it can be done, Philippine Coffee Board Inc. (PCBI) offered… Read More
Innovative campaign raises farmers incomes by 30% Cavite had been sharing the Luzon coffee glory with Batangas until the Cavite AA variety made it to export and became a world-class “in demand” origin for Robusta and of late, for specialty Kalaboso Barako or Liberica. But the Philippine Coffee Board Inc (PCBI) knows that Cavite coffee… Read More
Philippine Coffee, of course. Through the invitation of Price Waterhouse Coopers or PwC to fuel their Knowledge Café at the APEC CEO SUMMIT, The Philippine Coffee Board Inc. (PCBI) will be serving the award-winning coffee from Kapatagan, Mt. Apo, Davao to the APEC visitors. There also will be coffee from famed Cordillera care of the… Read More
November 16-18, 2015 APEC Meeting PCBI will serve the delegates at Makati Shangri-La, Manila
From www.malaya.com.ph by Irma Isip A state bank and a non-government organization have assured financing support to give back life to the coffee industry. It is now behind all Asean countries although late in the Spanish regime, it was the only competitor of Brazil in the export market. The Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) and its… Read More
From www.businessmirror.com.ph by Philippine News Agency Entrepreneurs in the coffee industry are urged to tap financial programs available from public and private lenders. In a news briefing hosted by the Philippine Coffee Board Inc. (PCBI) on Monday in Makati City, LandBank of the Philippines program officer Diosdado M. Domingo said the state-owned bank is offering a… Read More