Coffee is one of the most popular drinks for modern people and is an indispensable "life-saving drink" for many working people every day.
In the Philippines, coffee cultivation can be traced back to the Spanish colonial period. In recent years, coffee varieties from the Philippines have become famous among coffee lovers around the world.
☕ About Philippine Coffee
The humid and hot climate and fertile soil make the Philippines an ideal place to grow high-quality coffee. As one of the few countries in the world that can grow four varieties of coffee beans, it produces Robusta, Arabica, Excelsa and Liberica.
Robusta is the most planted coffee bean variety in the Philippines, most of which is used to make instant coffee, becoming an "evergreen single product" in every cup in the Philippines.
It is worth mentioning that the Philippines also produces expensive civet feces coffee. Coffee beans fermented in the civet intestines reduce the original bitterness and leave more sweetness, which makes people can't help but taste it a few more times.
☕Coffee Tour
Of the 71 provinces in the Philippines, 63 provinces grow and produce coffee every year. It can be said that coffee has become a part of Filipino life. Let's take these magical fruits as clues, from coffee farms to chain coffee shops, from coffee trees to exquisite drinks in the cup, while tasting every drop of fragrance, find the charm of Philippine coffee.
☕Three famous coffee producing areas
📍 Sagada: Arabica coffee beans
The Sagada area in the Cordillera Highlands in northern Philippines has cool temperatures all year round and produces rare Sagada Arabica coffee beans. This kind of beans is only grown on small local family farms, and the yield is not large. Sagada Arabica coffee has a light taste and low acidity. Most of them are medium and deep roasted, which is the best choice for making breakfast coffee.
📍 Cavite: Robusta and Liberian coffee beans
Cavite is located in the southern part of Luzon Island in the Philippines, at the southeast end of Manila Bay, and mainly produces Robusta and Liberian coffee. Among them, Liberian coffee beans are relatively niche, with fresh floral and fruity aromas, and the coffee made exudes a strong woody smoky aroma.
In Cavite, many coffee farms have opened tours, inviting people to visit the coffee gardens and buy beans to help local farmers increase their income.
📍 Batangas: Excelsa coffee beans
In the Batangas region, the main coffee producing area, you can find Excelsa coffee beans, which have a small yield, sour fruit flavor, and use light and dark blends to increase the complexity of the coffee flavor. They also reduce the aroma and caffeine content while maintaining an unusual flavor.
☕ Coffee Origin: Lipa
In the Philippines, the history of coffee is as rich as its flavor. It is said that in 1740, Spanish Franciscan monks introduced the first batch of coffee in the Philippines in Lipa, Batangas. Since then, coffee culture has gradually emerged in the Philippines, and Lipa has been recognized as the coffee hometown of the Philippines.
📍 Cafe de Lipa
Lipa Coffee has three stores in Lipa City. As a local native brand, it serves the most authentic and slightly spicy Batangas coffee (Kapeng Barako). For locals, it is the best drink that cannot be missed every day, and it is also worth a try for all coffee lovers.
Philippine version of Starbucks
Bo's coffee
Walking on the streets of the Philippines, you can see many internationally renowned coffee chains, and the most famous local chain is Bo's coffee, which is also known as the Philippine version of Starbucks. It has a total of 91 stores, of which about 30 are located in Cebu Metropolis, where its headquarters is located.
Bo's coffee purchases all its coffee beans from local farmers, and also offers hand-brewed coffee produced in the Philippines. Friends who like to try single-origin hand-brewed coffee should not miss it.
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