November 2021, Dito Kay Shellan

The Coffee Capital of the Philippines (Amadeo, Cavite): How’s it Going?

Posted on November 23, 2021 by shellan

I don’t know if I weren’t listening to my teacher when she taught us about the coffee capital of our country because seriously, I just knew about this weeks ago. If not for a friend suggesting us to include Kapeng Amadeo on Juan & Marias’ product list, I wouldn’t know.

And that made me realized, that it is one of the major problems why Kapeng Amadeo’s popularity in the market is declining — it lacks promotion. And that’s only one.

The others were discussed by Tatay Celso here on our vlog: Kapeng Amadeo: How is it Going?

Tatay Celso is the owner of Celso’s Farm in Amadeo, Cavite – one of the suppliers of Juan & Marias‘ and I was very honored to meet him personally. He discussed the reason why Kapeng Amadeo is declining in the market. And I couldn’t say anything but to agree.

Also, some of the problems of the farms and farmers in Amadeo facing today is being talked about here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSoeiN8BtOH/?utm_medium=copy_link (Btw, it is the official IG account of Sa Sound Garden. Follow them for more agricultural and farming updates.)

We would like to thank the whole family of Tatay Celso for allowing us to feature them here in this blog and on our vlog. They were very accommodating and may God bless them more to be a blessing to others too.

And if you want to know more about them or order one of their farm goods, visit this link: https://shopee.ph/celsosfarm?smtt=0.0.9

All other information are on our vlog: https://youtu.be/eKl3E4EeLbM

But if you want a detailed transcription of their coffee farming process, here it is:

1. December – this is the start of harvest season since it is the time where coffee cherries start to get riped and it only happens once a year. The red ones are considered ripe and ready to be picked. Also, coffee flowers bloom as the ripe ones get harvested.
2. The coffee cherries were dried under the sun.
3. Dried cherries need to be peeled off to get the beans. 2:1 (2 beans per cherry)
4. The beans get roasted.

If you want to know more, you may directly message SA SOUND GARDEN (CELSO’S FARM) on the IG and the Shopee links I provided.

Thank you for your interest. Happy coffee! Shalom and God bless!

Tagaytay Picnic Grove is Now Open for Tourist of All Ages

Posted on November 20, 2021 by shellan

The world is slowly going back to normal after the widespread of Corona Virus Disease 2019 or CoVid 19 as we know it. Now, I don’t think it will ever be the same normal as it was before and I believe we would adapt more of the new system brought to us by the new normal but one thing is for sure, tourism is one that would definitely be back to normal — the very reason why we have this blog now.

We went to Tagaytay Picnic Grove days ago to check how tourism is going there because we heard that it is now operating. The good thing is, although many people crave to go out after being restricted, the place wasn’t that crowded. Or maybe because we went there on a weekday; we cannot tell the magnitude of people at the place on weekends.

To visualize what I’m talking about, visit this link: https://youtu.be/m9DVukjNRk8

We weren’t ask for a vaccination card but yeah, face mask is a must. Well that’s quite impressive because most of the establishments requires fully vaccination card in order to get their full service and that’s a blatant discrimination, which, should be a big NO.

I don’t know how much the entrance was before the pandemic but now it cost P50 / head. Additional fee applies depending on your type of vehicle.

And still, the cinematic view of the whole Taal Lake and the volcano within is such an eye candy. The one that would make you praise God for such aesthetic creation — and my camera failed to capture what my eyes are exactly seeing. I think, you just have to go there to experience what I’m talking about.