Expertise

My Love Affair with Coffee
By Gémino H. Abad
THROUGH all my days and works, as far back as at least fifty years, coffee has been my most companionable steady. more

Filipinos prefer 100% pure coffee taste and aroma

TRUE COFFEE LOVERS want to taste and smell coffee in their coffee. This seems such an obvious statement that most people take it for granted. more

Cool music and luminous art blend in NESCAFÉ 3in1 commercial

UPBEAT, energetic music plus dazzling light spectacles equals a TV commercial with a music video feel. A fusion of fun and photography magic dazzles viewers and sets them dancing to the beat: up-and-coming band Not Applicable appears in the new NESCAFÉ 3in1 commercial with a group of “light writers” (light writers are artists who create artistic, amazing light effects using a camera and light sources). more

Ode to juju
by RJ Ledesma
OH coffee, you have had your way with me, and what a way it has been. And for all those many ways you have been with me, I must thank an eighth century goat. more

Award-winning director Jeffrey Jeturian loves NESCAFÉ CLASSIC's real coffee taste, aroma

For moviegoers, much of the romantic pairings they have seen can only happen there—in the movies. But for esteemed director Jeffrey Jeturian, he knows that it's one real and genuine bond when it comes to him and his cup of NESCAFÉ CLASSIC. more

Cool and yummy NESCAFÉ dessert drinks

You don’t need to spend hundreds of pesos at a swanky coffee shop to whip up your own iced coffee-based, refreshing dessert drinks. Popular food writer, home baker, mother and blogger Lori Baltazar, who maintains the hit website www.dessertcomesfirst.com, shares with us her special dessert drink creations. more

My cup of brewed wonders

I am a college student who always enjoys coffee. When I learned that Nestlé is conducting an essay writing contest for college students like me, I immediately took out my pencil and paper to draft my article—I am indeed excited to write about the theme of the competition. I can relate to the topic, for I am a devoted coffee drinker. more

NESCAFÉ’s Kwentong Kapihan sessions draw big, enthusiastic crowds at Puregold Convention
July 2009
PUREGOLD suki store owners from all over Metro Manila packed the seminar room of the World Trade Center to take part in NESCAFÉ's first-ever Kwentong Kapihan---a gathering that allowed them to learn the basics of coffee appreciation. more

NESCAFE samalamig, trip ni Alex ‘pag summer
May 2009
KAPAG ganitong matindi ang init ng araw, gusto ni Alex Gonzaga na inumin na malamig ang kanyang paboritong kape kaya naman trip na trip n’ya ang mga NESCAFE Classic Samalamig Recipes. more

Coffee appreciation for coffee enthusiasts
By Marcel Ocampo
May 2009
IT can be said that the person who knows how to appreciate his or her coffee is the one who enjoys it the most. This is because being aware of the different sensory aspects of drinking coffee enhances the experience even more. more

Restaurateurs, foodies gather for the Gold Spots Awards
May 2009
YOU love them, you voted for them.  Finally, after months of tallying the votes and being narrowed down by a team of food lovers and experts, Spot.ph and NESCAFE Gold recently honored the best dining places in the metro through the Gold Spots Awards.more

How I like my NESCAFÉ
April 2009
IT’S so easy to forget who we really are in the sea of conformity. We easily adapt to certain trends, may it be fashion, music or gadgets. But sometimes, we break out of the mold and put our personal stamp on things. more

Coffee and the mind
January 2009
But what does science have to say regarding coffee’s mental benefits? Plenty, actually, and nearly all of the studies on coffee drinking echo one thing: coffee makes your mind work better. more

Cesar Gaupo for NESCAFE Gold
December 2008
EXCELLENCE is a word that Cesar Gaupo is quite familiar with; his creations bear it as their trademark, and is the very reason why he, along with a very select few, belongs to that elite group known as the fashion industry’s “icons.” more

NESCAFE: Delivering superior coffee quality through continuous R&D
January 2009
THE instant coffee you drink today has come a long way since it was first created several decades back. . more

Paano ginagawa ang instant na kape
January 2009
BAHAGI na ng buhay nating mga Pilipino ang pag-inom ng instant na kape lalo na sa umaga’t hapon. Ito ang unang inihahanda sa mga pagtitipon-tipon, gaano man kalaki o kaliit. more

Coffee 101: The basic tastes
By Rudy Trillanes
January 2009
WHEN can you say that your coffee tastes good? For the people at NESCAFÉ, holding coffee cupping sessions is the experts’ way of giving a sound answer. more

Coffee’s historic journey
By Rudy Trillanes
January 2009
IT only takes moments for anyone to be able to get their daily fill of coffee. In contrast, coffee’s journey from being an unknown plant to being the world’s most popular beverage took more than a millennium full of colorful and compelling stories. more

NESCAFÉ and the art of coffee cup tasting
December 2008
A MAN in a laboratory gown spoons and slurps steaming coffee from half a dozen bowls in succession. Outside, there are jute sacks of coffee beans stacked one over the other, reaching the high ceiling of Nestle Philippines’ Cagayan de Oro Factory. The man looks serious and unperturbed, stopping at every bowl, and noting each coffee taste and characteristic in a grading sheet.. more

Rudy Trillanes: The coffee man
August 2008
TASTE, aroma, how it feels in your mouth, and a host of other qualities and standards are used by experts to judge a cup of coffee. more

NESCAFE shares how coffee beans turns into soluble powder
September 2008
THE process of making soluble or instant coffee was patented back in 1909 by a Japanese chemist. In this form, coffee became easy to prepare and lasted longer on shelves. more

NESTLÉ Experimental & Demo Farm trains coffee farmers for better yield
August 2008
AS makers of the leading coffee brand NESCAFÉ, NESTLÉ makes sure that local coffee farmers are armed with the best knowledge available when it comes to coffee. more

Ensuring the best coffee quality through research and development
June 2008
A state-of-the-art research facility in France is set to sow the seeds of the best coffee plant across the globe. more

NESCAFÉ sets high standards in coffee-bean buying
April 2008
Titus Fernandez of Nestlé Philippines Cagayan De Oro Factory stabs three sacks of green coffee bean (GCB) with a “buriki”. In one swift move, he gets random samples of the morning’s delivery for strict standard evaluation. more

The many tastes of NESCAFÉ
April 2008
Coffee cupping is a meticulous process of tasting coffee prior to its release to the market. Leading coffee brand NESCAFÉ employs cuppers, as these expert tasters are called, to assess if the coffee is of the right quality.. more

Looking for the best coffee variety for Filipino farmers
March 2008
AS the leading coffee maker in the Philippines, NESCAFE takes pains in ensuring that it supplies only the best raw materials to Filipino farmers.  What they plant and reap, after all, is what the company eventually uses in the manufacture of its best-selling coffees. more

Expert cup tasters choose only the best beans for NESCAFÉ
January 2008
NESCAFÉ coffee’s distinct and unparalleled taste is the product of a long, meticulous process that starts from the plant itself. more

Kenneth Cobonpue’s taste of gold
December 2007
HAVING Brad Pitt and Warner Brothers as his clients is just one of the many things that make Kenneth Cobonpue among the most respected furniture designers in the world. more

Ramon Orlina’s obra maestro for NESCAFÉ Gold
July 2007
NESCAFÉ, the world’s From his debut work, “ARCANUM XIX Paradise Gained” at the Silahis International Hotel, to his current “TETRAGLOBAL” project for the 400th anniversary of the University of Santo Tomas, this internationally reknown artist has successfully sculpted passion in glass more

The changing colors of coffee
July 2007
FROM the ripe-red coffee berries carefully handpicked by Filipino farmers, the beans that go into NESCAFÉ Classic undergo a change of colors that are as visually fresh and flavorful as the taste and aroma of the world’s favorite coffee brand. more

Coffee connoisseur 101 by NESCAFÉ
November 2007
COFFEE induces different taste sensations. Be it bitter or sour, fruity or acidic, these subtle tastes present in every cup may influence your own preference. more

How coffee beans become a flavorful cup of NESCAFÉ Classic
June 2007
THERE are many ways to enjoy a good cup of NESCAFÉ Classic, but there is only one method that assures coffee drinkers that they are getting the best coffee there is. From the careful selection of the beans to its patented roasting process, NESCAFÉ makes sure that its consumers enjoy quality-from the bean to the cup. more

Golden moments in life
July 18, 2006 • Manila Standard Today
If there's one thing a celebrated chef, a consummate fashionista and an interior designer and spa owner have in common, it is their passion for refinement. more

Quality coffee results from good farming practices to proper processing
July 1, 2006 • Manila Bulletin
When one mentions coffee, it is usually the brand like Nescafé Classic that comes to mind. However familiar we are with its taste and aroma though, not many of us know the strict and rigorous process that coffee beans used in Nestlé Classic undergo. more

Coffee connoisseurs
March 25, 2006 • Manila Standard Today
Quality can sometimes be overshadowed by aesthetics. It's the print vis-à-vis the fabric, the form against the content, so to speak. more