Cavite local farm had been sharing the Luzon coffee glory with Batangas until the Cavite

AA variety
made it to export and became a world-class “in demand” origin for Robusta and  of late, for specialty
Kalaboso Barako or Liberica.

But the Philippine Coffee Board Inc (PCBI) knows that Cavite coffee can join the ranks of world class
specialty Robustas, just like how Sulu and Negros are doing it lately. Sulu has become the named origin
for Specialty coffee.

Cavite’s 6000 MT of coffee can very well use more value rather than just being a  coffee source for
soluble coffee or mixed “no grade” roast and ground coffee. Just imagine, if 100MT of coffee can fetch a
premium of 20-30%, that would really make a difference in the farmers’ lives.

The country still only produces 25,000MT with Cavite and Sultan Kudarat  as leading Robusta producers
at 6000MT each. The value of the coffee Cavite can produce can go up with a premium worth P180
Million just by picking red cherries and having them washed at the wet mill the PCBI will be setting up.

Imagine P180 Million for say 1000 farmers. That’s a premium of P180,000 per person bringing 6,000
kilos each to the wet mill. If a farmer picks the fruits while unripe yet, he has to wait 30 days for it to dry
completely and be of the right moisture. Picking red and having it processed immediately gives the
farmer his money almost instantaneously.

The Philippine Coffee Board Inc (PCBI) will be conducting farmer trainings this harvest season which
starts November and lasts well into January each year.