Ifugao Coffee

17/10/2017

Cordillera brand is high-end

The Philippines can compete in the international high end coffee market, a founding trustee of the Philippine Coffee Board said Tuesday.

08/03/2017

..the ifugao coffee farmer learning the ropes of roasting arabica harvested from the cofi neighborhood up the mounts of holywoods julungan. slow fire. nonstop stir. minimum three hours. oh i love the aroma of freshly roasted arabica 😂

01/01/2017

Cofi farmers thanking the almighty maknongan for the sunny day to dry our harvests after several days of nonstop showers 😂

14/12/2016

First salvo of December harvest :)

31/07/2016

..an ifugao cofi farmer is learning to roast his home-grown arabica beans. the regular drill was 'slow fire, regular stir'. alas, he was at the same time punching his fb keypads missing to do the latter regularly thereby resulting in an irregular roast of the regular brown roast and a few overcooked dark roast. a pure dark roast gives a rather bitter taste & none of the cofi aroma. the regular brown roast emits the wanted cofi aroma and the regular taste of arabica. a mix of a few dark roast to the regular brown roast gives a stronger cofi taste while still smelling the sweet cofi aroma of arabica. not too bad for this first experiment. cheers to all cofi lovers out there :)

30/03/2016

I need dried green arabica coffee beans (Typica type) from tinoc. pm me if you have. Thanks

18/11/2015

It is the intention of our coffee farmers cooperative in Julungan, Kiangan, Ifugao to maintain the biodiversity of our coffee forests as against the normal practice of coffee farms around the world that are usually monocrops planted only with coffee trees. In these highlands of Ifugao, we plan to intercrop our coffee farms with veggies like ginger, legumes, pepper, lettuce, etc. Tubers like the various varieties of tarro, casava, etc. are excellent food material for backyard native hogs, poultry, duck, tilapia, etc raising. Hog & poultry dung are excellent organic fertilizers for the veggie & coffee plants. Native wildfruits (to keep wildbirds coming) are also included in the coffee farms. This concept of biodiversity is an ancient practice we inherit from our ifugao ancestors, builders of the world famed Ifugao Rice Terraces, that we ought to practice today & in the future by our children.. ;)

16/11/2015

These green beans are gonna turn velvet red & be ready for the picking by December. Christmas brew! ;)

14/11/2015

In due time, more & more ifugao local cofi farmers will come up with their cofi farms in their own muyungs (family-owned forest lots) slowly making ifugao an Arabica cofi producer in the north ;)

14/11/2015

..a happiest cofi farmer mom enjoying the drying of his cofi farmer son's harvest! ;)

14/11/2015

Some ifugao neophyte coffee farmers finally get to try their depulping & dehulling skills on their start-up harvests! Henceforth, the next harvest seasons in the years to come should bring better volumes & more smiles to local cofi farmers! Cheers! ;)

19/02/2015

Here are reasons why Ifugao Arabica coffee should be the best :
1. Most areas of highlands Ifugao meet the ideal elevation of 900meters above sea level fit for the Arabica variety of coffee.
2. Ifugao coffee farming involves having bigger trees as shade to cover the coffee plants from direct sunlight that is rather too hot at midday.
3. The concept of planting coffee that is a tree and having bigger trees as shade makes Ifugao coffee farming a total reforestation activity (as against the destructive 'kaingin' system) that is good for our mostly sloping even mountainous & rugged terrains. This coffee farming method encourage the growth of more forests that would prevent soil erosions & landslides.
4. In the above forest coffee farming method, coffee are produced thru an 'organic farming' method with the coffee plants getting nutrients from the very fertile forest undergowth of decomposed fallen leaves, twigs, etc
5. The forest undergrowth is a very fertile ground that can be intercopped planted with the various varieties of gabi (taro), casava, & other rootcrops. Gabi & casava are excellent materials for hog & poultry feed meal.
6. Since the forest undergrowth is moist & our weather is colder due to higher altitude, the coffee berries take a longer time to ripen making the beans completely matured before harvest. This should explain why coffee from ifugao has great aroma vs those grown from other places of lower altitude or coffee farms with no forest cover.
7. (to be continued)