Alternative Coffee

03/09/2025

📢 BEYOND BARAKO is back! Join us to experience a Philippine coffee cupping / tasting workshop. Bring your family and friends along. Limited spots available. See you there!

When: 13 September 2025 | 4pm - 6pm
Where: Hanmades Bakehouse
Ticket Price: $60
EARLY BIRD ticket: $55 (purchase by 5 September)

---->>> Link in bio to purchase.

03/10/2024

We'll see you all this Sunday with ! 🤩

Food - Drinks - Coffee ☕️ Stop by the COFFEE-HAN stall (Booth 567)!

🎉 Savour the ultimate Filipino Feast ! 🎉 Grab your tickets now for a mouth-watering Long Table Boodle Fight at Fairfield Showground, appening for the FIRST TIME IN HISTORY on the October long weekend.

30/08/2024

01/03/2024

We’re finally here! 🤩 The Australian Screening officially starts tomorrow!!!

Not too late to secure your tickets! Check the link in our bio. 🎟️

21/02/2024

Ma’am Tere film
Australian Premiere Screening
Film Screening + Q&A with our special guests

Ma’am Tere is a documentary by about the people behind specialty coffee in the Philippines.

Sharing the story of Filipino specialty coffee from farm to cup, Ma’am Tere is a fly-on-the-wall documentary by Paul Barreto. We follow Kalsada Coffee on visits to farms in Benguet and Bukidnon, led by co-founder and country director, Tere Domine - known locally as ‘Ma’am Tere’ - a tireless advocate for ethical trade, building communities through sustainable farming practices. This is a real snapshot of provincial life and a successful grassroots industry, growing in global popularity.

Ticket link in bio 🎟️

Australian screening dates:
Brisbane/Meanjin Saturday, 2 March
Melbourne/Naarm Sunday, 3 March
Geelong/Djilang Tuesday, 5 March
Sydney/Gadigal Saturday, 9 March

This event is proudly sponsored by Philippine Airlines.
Choose FlyPal for your international and domestic flights to your next Philippine adventure!

This event is organised by Akasya Kape Alternative Coffee Beans Coffee Belt Constant Coffee and First Harvest Coffee

Thank you to our media partners SBS Filipino The Philippine Times (Australia) Filipino Food Movement Australia The Entree.Pinays for the support.

We are all deeply grateful to the team at Kalsada, Tere Domine, and their partner farmers for connecting the Filipino diaspora through coffee.

19/02/2024

According to PURVEYR, as far as coffee is concerned, Tere Domine, Country Director and Co-Founder of Kalsada, has worked as hard as anyone in creating flourishing, sustainable, and compassionate value chains for one of The Philippines’ highest quality crops–with an emphasis on the stakeholdership of the local farming community.

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Learn the most about Tere in !

Coming to a theater near you! Link in bio for tickets. 📧

2 March - Brisbane
3 March - Melbourne
5 March - Geelong
9 March - Sydney

📷 Tere Domine, Yardstick

17/02/2024

“The farmers are always looking for ways to improve their quality of life. Since what they have is not cash but land, how can we maximize this piece of land with a more reliable crop?” -

📷 & .kape

13/02/2024

Kalsada champions Philippine specialty coffee. Our top priority is to support Filipino coffee producers and their dedicated efforts to bring quality coffee to market.

They seek to build trust and partnership with local communities and they are exactly doing that.

Catch more about Kalsada in ! 🎥 Coming to a theater near you. 👀

📷 Kalsada Coffee
Picture 1: The children of the coffee farming community holding up the Kalsada sacks of green coffee.
Picture 2: Sunset view from Sitio Belis, Atok, Benguet, Philippines.

11/02/2024

SBS Filipino presents &

Tune in TOMORROW, Monday, from 10am to 11am on the SBS website! Link in bio!

10/02/2024

Meet the man behind the camera. 📹

is a Filipino-American filmmaker and Co-founder of . The focus of his work and interests include the analysis of the Philippine-American diaspora and exploring nuances in Filipino culture. In his debut of Ma'am Tere (Ma'am Tere), a film about Philippine coffee and the people behind it, Paul fulfils the roles of director, producer, and editor.



Presented by: Coffee Belt and Alternative Coffee Beans

In collaboration with Akasya Kape, Constant Coffee and First Harvest Coffee

Major Sponsor: Philippine Airlines FlyPal

Sydney Sponsors: Banag-Banag Inc NSW | Hanmade's Bakehouse | Grace & Taylor Coffee Company

Media Partners: SBS Filipino | The Philippine Times (Australia) | Filipino Food Movement Australia