THE REAL PHILIPPINE COFFEE
It took almost 20 years and yes it is now the Millennial generation and Gen Z who proudly promote Philippine coffee. There are scores of home brewers, home roasters and nano roasters promoting the use of local origins like Benguet, Sagada, Mt. Apo and Sulu on the internet. More specifically on Facebook, Instagram and other… Read More
IS IT INSTANT OR BREWED?
We were at a coffee workshop where farmers brought samples of their roasted coffee. One sticker said “instant coffee.” I looked for the farmer who owned this coffee sample and explained to him the difference between instant or soluble and “roast and ground” coffee. To go back to basics, instant means coffee that’s ready to… Read More
MEET THE PERFECT OFFICE BARISTA
A Gettyburg education study says, “A large portion of our days is spent at work; in fact, the average person will spend 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime.” That’s around 1/3 of a person’s life! With most companies becoming more aware of their personal needs, a lot has been done to make work life… Read More
BASILAN’S COFFEE REVIVAL PROJECT GETS THE ROYAL TOUCH
The brew, however, is not likely to lead to another violence that has made the island province a “no man’s land” for many Filipinos, particularly those from Luzon and the Visayas. With a little help from Kumala S. Elardo, a Sulu princess and chair of the Gender and Development Program of the PCBI, Basilan is… Read More
COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE ESPAÑOL
Ingredients: 3 ounces dark chocolate 1/4 cup water 1/2 cup strong coffee (hot) 4 tbsp sugar a pinch of salt 3 1/2 cups milk 1/2 cup cream a dash of cinnamon powder 1 cinnamon stick Procedure: Melt dark chocolate in a double boiler. Add water and blend well. Add coffee, sugar, and salt. Heat milk… Read More
IN LOVE WITH PHILIPPINE COFFEE
If you’ve a free half hour at the least, brew yourself a cup of coffee and sit down with Roberto S. Francisco’s A Coffee Journal. Richly informative and deeply personal, this beautiful book tells the evocative, dramatic story of Philippine coffee in a way that’s never been done before. According to Andrew Defrancesco, the pages… Read More
KAHAWA SUG OF THE TAUSUG
The Filipinos love their coffee, and Philippine coffee is rich in taste, variety, culture, and history. Down south of the country, in the Sulu archipelago, the Tausug people enjoy their home-grown signature coffee, the Kahawa Sug. The Tausug coffee culture was known to have started as early as the mid-1800s, when robusta coffee beans were… Read More
GIVING BACK
“It would have cost me 60,000 pesos or more, but I got it all for free,” says Jennifer Rimando, now a Q grader for Arabica beans, after attending the Q grader course, sponsored by ACDI/VOCA, PCBI, and Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) in 2016 and 2017. Jennifer was one of those who took the intensive course… Read More
