06/12/2020
DELIVERY OF PRE-ORDERED COFFEE FROM BENGUET ☕💕
Our apology to all our Coffee Sukis because up until this afternoon, we are waiting for the delivery updates from our Supplier. The last time we heard, they have difficulty in crossing from La Trinidad, Benguet to Baguio Proper due to very strict checkpoint. They are shipping our coffee thru Victory Liner.
While we wait, sharing with you an excerpt from an article by Mr. Marlowe U. Aquino, Phd, for the October-December 2008 issue of BAR (Bureau of Agricultural Research) Digest...so we can really appreciate the coffee from the highlands of Cordillera.
"Cordillera coffee is considered the best coffee served in town especially in café, coffee shops, and restaurants and most especially in Cordilleran households. This is the reason why it is dubbed the pride of every Cordilleran who has good taste and proud bearer of his culture.
Cordillera coffee has been in existence for the past 50 years or so when rice and vegetable farming were intensified. It was a constant beverage among farmers especially early morning before going to the field to attend to their farming activities.
Cordillerans made sure that there is always a hot brewing coffee. It became an energy drink to keep them warm together with local wine, tapuey also brewed to perfection from traditional upland rice varieties. It is also serves as a socializing activity that starts at four o'clock in the morning over burning firewood where stories unfold from generation to generation.
The introduction of coffee in the Philippines could be traced back upon the entry of the Spanish traders in the early 1500s. However, there is no record that would show the exact date of coffee production in the country that led our indigenous people to cultivate the crop intensively.
Accordingly, there were four coffee varieties introduced in the country directly from South America and Indonesia. These are Arabica, Excelsa, Liberica, and Robusta. Each variety has its own unique characteristics but requires the same production management techniques with varying climatic requirements and varieties that produced the best quality beans.
Cordillera coffee comes from the Arabica variety. It thrives well under Cordillera climatic and soil conditions especially on higher elevation. It was due to this that provinces of Cordillera produce them at their own desire. Kalinga and Apayao produce a blend of Arabica, Liberica, and Robusta; Mountain Province produces Arabica and Robusta; Benguet produces Arabica, Robusta, and Excelsa."