Good News || Cagayan Valley coffees were green graded as Fine Robusta and Specialty Arabica, the highest classification per category, in the Philippine Coffee Quality Competition (PCQC) 2023 which was facilitated by the Barista and Coffee Academy of Asia, Inc. from March to May 2023.
The PCQC is an annual competition designed to identify and promote the best quality coffees in the Philippines to domestic and international markets to benefit producers, market actors, and consumers. Through the PCQC, coffee farmers and producers are encouraged to improve the quality of their coffee beans as well as their market access as these coffees are made known to specialty buyers through the competition results and subsequent auction which provides higher profit.
Out of the 13 coffee entries from Cagayan Valley, six (6) entries were graded as Fine Robusta and two (2) Specialty Arabica.
FINE ROBUSTA
Matagaay Coffee Growers Producers Cooperative- Maddela, Quirino
Quirino Livelihood for Everyone (Q-LIFE)- Cabarroguis, Quirino
Valdez Integrated Farm- Angadanan, Isabela
Alfred Coffee Trading- Ambaguio, Nueva Vizcaya
Tiblac Farmers Agriculture Cooperative- Ambaguio, Nueva Vizcaya
Bumolo’s Integrated farm – Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya
SPECIALTY ARABICA
Bugkalot Coffee Growers Association- Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya
Tiblac Farmers Agriculture Cooperative- Ambaguio, Nueva Vizcaya
In addition to these remarkable achievements, the Angadanan Forest Region Agrarian Cooperative (AFRARCO) from Isabela received a citation during the PCQC 2023 Awarding during the Philippine Coffee Expo at the World Trade Center on June 4, 2023. Their entry was graded as Fine Excelsa, a non-competing category in the PCQC.
The DTI R2 extends its heartfelt congratulations and appreciation to the efforts of our coffee farmers in improving the quality of their produce.
The agency hopes to introduce Specialty Cagayan Valley Coffee to the local and global markets by continuously providing assistance and interventions for the development of R2’s Coffee Industry.
Date of release: 16 June 2023
