Cordillera Coffee is built on the mission of making a difference. A unique contribution to the growing philippine coffee industry. It is founded on the goal of promoting local coffee and our rich culture, recognizing that Filipinos, in order to grow as a nation, must go back to their roots.
Towards the new millennium, we saw the influx of big foreign coffee companies, which have dominated the market. Gourmet (read: expensive) coffee has been a trend. It became a popular notion that good coffee had to come from another country. It was sad knowing that Filipinos are unaware of the abundance of good resources in our country. Some do not know that the Arabica, one of the finest varieties of coffee, is grown here in the
Realizing the need to rekindle Filipinos’ passion for their own, the husband-and-wife tandem of frank young and Mary Grace Arboleda (a native of Kalinga), opened a coffee shop that will serve coffee with character and soul; one that will tell of the abundance of beauty and the blessings of nature, one that told a story of our heritage, one that lets people experience Filipino culture in a cup.
