My home country, the Philippines, has a lot to be offer when it comes to food and beverages. But when it comes to coffee, aside from the Kapeng Barako (Barako coffee) from Batangas, our northern brothers in Benguet continue reading »

Back home in the Philippines. Coffee shops are big and my fellow Filipino loves their cup of Gloria Jeans and Starbucks. This is not bad. It seems that the colonial mentality that we have is not that easy to erase. continue reading »

Let me share to you this rare coffee bean that can be found in my home country, the Philippines. Before the advent of instant coffee, barako was the most common coffee variety in the country, thus inextricably linked to our traditional culture.  continue reading »