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Plain Sight Coffee Goes Local with New Drinks, Exclusively at The Travel Club+ Shangri-La

Beloved local delicacies from across the Philippines are reimagined into delicious brews with Plain Sight Coffee’s newest signature beverages, made exclusively for The Travel Club+ Shangri-La Plaza.

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The Home Brew: Finding the Right Coffee Grinder for You

The Home Brew: Finding the Right Coffee Grinder for You

There are a few things you'll need to get started on your home brewing journey. Coffee's brewed best when it's freshly ground, and with all the grinder options out there,...

The Home Brew: Finding the Right Coffee Grinder for You

There are a few things you'll need to get started on your home brewing journey. Coffee's brewed best when it's freshly ground, and with all the grinder options out there, we thought it would help to put together a guide to choosing the right one for you. ☕

The Home Brew: A Quickstart Guide

The Home Brew: A Quickstart Guide

Brewing coffee at home should be as easy as 1-2-3. We’re here to help you guys learn how to make the very best coffee at home with our new series,...

The Home Brew: A Quickstart Guide

Brewing coffee at home should be as easy as 1-2-3. We’re here to help you guys learn how to make the very best coffee at home with our new series, The Home Brew.

Who is Plain Sight?

Who is Plain Sight?

Origin stories don’t need to be complicated, and ours is no different. Here's a quick read on how Plain Sight came to be. ☕

Who is Plain Sight?

Origin stories don’t need to be complicated, and ours is no different. Here's a quick read on how Plain Sight came to be. ☕

Plain Sight x Kalsada Coffee: Bringing the best of Philippine Coffees to you

Plain Sight x Kalsada Coffee: Bringing the best of Philippine Coffees to you

It takes a lot of hard work to get a great cup of coffee from seed to cup. Working closely with all the stakeholders in the coffee value chain is...

Plain Sight x Kalsada Coffee: Bringing the best of Philippine Coffees to you

It takes a lot of hard work to get a great cup of coffee from seed to cup. Working closely with all the stakeholders in the coffee value chain is key to being able to serve the best possible coffee. We’ve wanted to be able to serve great local coffee and now we’re happy to finally be working with one of the coffee industry’s best in Kalsada Coffee. Green beans from Benguet. Over the last several years, their team has been working hard to not just champion Philippine coffee, but also take the quality of it to a whole new level. The work starts at the farm level where their team has worked tireless to help improve both the conditions of the farmers as well as the coffee production process. Coffee production process. Photo by Kalsada Coffee The Caliking is our first coffee offering working with Kalsada, and we’re excited for you to try it out. With notes of chocolate, rice tea, orange peel, and vanilla, the Caliking would work wonderfully, made through standard filter brewers. Caliking with tasting notes of chocolate, rice tea, orange peel and vanilla. Over the next few months, we look forward to serving more great local coffees with Kalsada and hope that you join us in promoting the hard work of our local farmers in delivering these exceptional coffees to you. The Caliking is available online. Price starts at Php 570, and is available in 200g, 500g and 1 kilo.   Words by Ryan Uy  

A Little Something New: Barrel Aged Coffee

A Little Something New: Barrel Aged Coffee

Have you ever heard of barrel aged coffee? Chances are it’s not the coffee that comes to mind when you think of your morning brew, nor is it the kind of...

A Little Something New: Barrel Aged Coffee

Have you ever heard of barrel aged coffee? Chances are it’s not the coffee that comes to mind when you think of your morning brew, nor is it the kind of thing you expect to see when you pop into a café or market to grab yourself a bag of coffee to brew at home. Are barrel aged coffees a trend we’ll see more with different coffee roasters, or is it a fad that will go the way of dalgona coffee? First up, let’s get down to understanding what exactly barrel aging is. It’s the process by which you age spirits in a barrel, typically an oak barrel. As an idea, it’s something that’s gone back thousands of years. The idea of barrel aging coffee though is a little bit newer, with the earliest online traces of a coffee roaster trying it happening about 5 years ago. Since the first couple of barrel aged coffees originated in the US, the most used barrels were that of bourbon whiskey. Soon enough, other roasters were trying to figure out their own barrel aged coffees, experimenting with barrels that used to hold wine, gin, and rum. Choosing the green beans. Photo by Cycle Philippines Barrel aging coffee isn’t simply grabbing some coffee beans you have lying around and tossing it into a barrel. A coffee roaster will use what’s called green beans or beans that haven’t been roasted yet, and then take their pick as to which barrel to put it in. The barrel won’t actually have any spirit left, so it’s not like the coffee will be swimming in the liquor. Once the barrel is filled and sealed, the coffee is left to age for several weeks to potentially longer, creating a coffee much more different than it was before it went in. After the aging, the coffee can then be roasted and it’s off to be tasted by the roaster first to see if it’s all good before being sold. Filling up the barrel. Photo by Cycle Philippines One thing of note is that not every coffee would work well aged in a barrel, let alone be aged at all. The result will also not produce a coffee with alcohol in it since the barrels should have already been dried out before being used for the aging process. You can expect to find notes of whatever spirit used to be in that cask, as well as a more complex taste to the coffee owing to it being aged. There’s a lot that can be done to find and create more complex flavors from coffee, with the barrel aging process being just one of those creative ways. Minas Alianca Barrel Aged Coffee. Photo by Cycle Philippines If you’re looking for a bit of adventure in your cup, you can grab yourself a bag of these barrel aged coffees and give them a shot either as a regular brew or maybe even on the rocks and sipped like a cocktail.The Barrel Aged Coffee is available online. Price starts at Php 590, and is available in 200g, 500g and 1 kilo.   Words by Ryan Uy