Gone are the days when we have to go to coffee millers to purchase kapeng barako. Because of the demand for this strong brewed coffee, which is significantly associated with Batangas, local coffee businessmen had introduced the goodness of kapeng barako to a greater commercial sphere, much to the delight …
Read More »The 1st Fencing Trophee Comes to Lipa
The Home of the Filipino Coffee, Café de Lipa and the newly established Lipa Academy for Math and Science (LAMS) are hosting the 1st Lipa Academy Fencing Trophee to be held at Mt. Malarayat Golf and Country Club on August 18 and 19, 2012. Expecting to draw around 1,000 spectators …
Read More »How will Coffee Academy Keep Kapeng Barako Industry Alive
Have you heard of the Coffee Academy? It is a recent project of the Department of Education (DepEd) which was launched in Pinagtongulan National High School in Lipa City, the home of the kapeng barako. You’ve learned about the newly implemented K-12 program of DepEd which aims “to produce graduates …
Read More »Batangas Coffee and Tablea Among the flavors of Magnolia Ice Cream’s Best of the Philippines
Magnolia, a popular ice cream brand in the country showed it’s support to Philippine tourism by launching the “Best of the Philippines” Ice cream flavor collection. And among these flavors include our very own kapeng barako (Coffee Crumble) and tablea (Tsokolate Tablea). Aside from promoting the local flavor, Magnolia is …
Read More »Uubra Ka Ga Sa Kapeng Barako?
Ginigiling. Nanggigising. Kapag tinamaan ka ng tapang nito, hindi ka matutumba. Sisipa ka sa sigla. 😀 Nung Christmas vacation, nag-stay ng ilang araw sa amin ang pinsan ko na taga-Valenzuela. Syempre, bawat almusal, hindi mawawala ang kapeng barako. Isang umaga lang yata sya uminom nito na pagkatapos ng isang higop …
Read More »Batangas’ Best: Kapeng Barako (Batangas Coffee)
Let me share to you another Batangas’ best : Kapeng Barako or the Philippine/Batangas Coffee. Historians say that kapeng barako was brought in the Philippines centuries ago by the Spaniards while the country was part of Spain’s colony. They planted coffee trees on the highlands. And because of good combination of humidity, …
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