Making delicious coffee at home is easy. The world has changed a lot during the past few months—many of our favorite restaurants have shuttered either temporarily or permanently, and many of the cafés that we used to frequent have moved their resources online. This unique predicament has in turn created a new and exciting community […]
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Simple. Fun. Tasty. These three words perfectly describe Hario’s unique take on a pour-over coffee maker that’s already considered a mainstay in specialty coffee the world over. Simple. The V60 is easy to use. Just place the paper filter inside, put your grounds in, pour hot water, and you have coffee. Fun. The Hario V60 […]
Malate is one of those districts in Manila that’s steeped in both history and modernity. It’s peppered with both new and already-established businesses along and behind the main roads. Latitude Bean + Bar is a specialty coffee cafe located in the neighborhood of Malate. As one of the first multicultural hubs in the metro, Malate […]
Much can be said about trends and fads but some trends are actually factual and represent an issue that impacts all of us. Trending towards a cleaner greener environment has never been as pronounced as it is now. The looming threat of global warming and the potential devastation it can bring about has been […]
Tsubame (燕市 Tsubame-shi) is a city located in north-central Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Historically a rice farming area in Japan Reborn into a Metalworking town “Molded, assembled and surface processed in Tsubame” “There is not any compromise on that expression” Tsubame Wave 155 CopperTsubame 155 Stainless […]
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We’re the newest KeepCup stockists on the block! Here in coffeenow.ph, we believe in doing our part to help the environment. That’s why we’re bringing you the KeepCup line of products! From here in Manila and through out the entirety of the Philippines, nationwide shipping and affordable rates for all the KeepCup products. Here is […]
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The Philippines’ specialty coffee movement advocacy: Stop Bad Coffee What started out as a hashtag meant to promote the specialty coffee industry in the Philippines has now begun the makings of an international trend. Stop Bad Coffee World Wide got its start during the first Fushan Barista competition in China, back in 2013. The event […]
This is a personal recounting of my journey through the different stages of coffee consumption. Like perhaps most Filipinos, I started my coffee journey with instant coffee. Starbucks and all those other coffee chains had just started to enter the market and I had just been introduced to thesis creation, deadlines, and cramming. Based on […]
I had recently reconnected with my friend Nick, as I found out from a mutual friend that we were in the same boat, trying to start out our own businesses, and at the same time, trying to untangle ourselves from our mom’s apron strings. So after close to 10 years of not seeing him since […]
Why is coffee expensive? Why is coffee complicated? Why is coffee difficult? Why is coffee bitter? What makes specialty coffee special? Coffee is only as complicated as you want it to be, as expensive as you want it to be, as difficult as you want it to be but there are just some things that […]
For most of the Philippine market, coffee brewing is one of the simplest things in life, in fact, it’s a 3-step habit in most people’s lives. Heat water, add instant mix, and stir! Presto! A cup of coffee has magically appeared! The preferences in coffee is boiled down to which brand if Instant coffee is […]
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We all know that coffee has been around for quite some time now. Significant events and developments have been seen along with the change in experiences of the beverage consumption. Besides the development of the most economical way of drinking the beverage spurred on by a need to consume coffee, in which dehydrated, freeze-dried, instant […]