Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest If your ideal cup of joe must be brewed fresh and perfectly, but the thought of preparing it yourself is painstaking enough, what with deadlines and chores encumbering both shoulders, then fret not as new online options are now available. These convenient alternatives are the perfect solution to coffee lovers in this time of quarantine. The Curator The Curator is one interesting establishment that has evolved with a futuristic mindset involving specialty coffee and craft cocktails. Recently named Best Bar in the Philippines and landing on the 42nd spot on this year’s Asia’s 50 Best Bars, The Curator is known for its menu that adjusts to the ebb and flow of time and the needs of it’s customers. The Curator has all the more prepped up to reach its loyal clientele, and find new ones too, even during this ongoing pandemic. They use coffee beans from their sister company, EDSA Beverage Design Group. For the espresso-based drinks, it’s the Dark Matter Theory signature blend, comprised of Rwanda Lake Kivu Kigeyo and Colombia Planadas Tolima. It has a taste profile of dark chocolate, salted caramel, almonds and cherry. They have a fruitier blend with hints of chocolate covered blueberries and orange marmalade called Purple Haze. It’s a blend of Ethiopia Halu Beriti G1 and Burundi Mutsinda Kayanza. The beans used for their B.O.D. (Brew of the Day) are single origin beans, depending on the seasonal offering of EDSA BDG. (L to R) Mocha (Php 200) The signature blend takes on a different experience with the inclusion of chocolate on the palate; Cold Brew (Php 180) As gloriously explained above, you will experience the luxurious Dark Matter Theory signature blend of tastes in it’s divine essence; Espresso with Milk (Php 200) The coffee base is infused with milky smoothness (photo by Studio Cantero) They also have an interesting drink called Shake-O-What-O (Php 160), a shaken drink that has espresso, milk, coconut sugar and cold brew, that’s only for curbside pick-up. If you want to get naughty, and have the best of both caffeine and spirits combined, have a sip (or a gulp) of their Café Milano (Php 1,100). It has Campari, coffee-infused Vermouth, Frangelico, black walnut bitters, tonic water. Cafe Milano – Each order provides three servings per bottle and includes two bottles of tonic water. How to order: Visit The Curator's Facebook and Instagram pages or go directly to their website. 1. Last call for delivery and pick up is at 4:30 pm and the store will close promptly at 5:00 pm. 2. They cannot deliver to cities that have existing liquor bans in place. 3. They have partnered up with Joyride, Happy Move, and Angkas for delivery service. There might be delays because of shifting GCQ guidelines. Delivery fee will be at the customer’s expense. Nitro 7 Coffee & Tea Be your own barista with the Nitro 7 Cold Brew Kit. The kit provides two Nitro 7 Signature Black Cold Brew Coffee bottles (500 ml per bottle) paired with your choice of two Nitro 7 mix-ins (250ml each) — Hazelnut Caramel Mocha, Peppermint Mocha, Irish Creme, or Chocolate Macadamia. At only Php 890, this kit can make six to seven cups of goodness! Nitro 7’s coffee base is made up of single origin Ethiopian Arabica beans brewed at 18 hours in cold temperature, which increases the caffeine content but lessens the acidity. It is then infused with nitrogen the next day. This reduces the bitter taste, and thickens the texture of the coffee while mildly sweetening it. Note that nitrogen-infused coffee shoots up the caffeine content by approximately 30%. Cold brew is stronger than regular brewed, plus the nitrogen makes this a double punch! (L – R) Irish Creme – Inspired by Irish whiskey, cream, and other savory ingredients like vanilla, almond extract, and chocolate. There’s no alcohol, but it teases the tongue; Peppermint Mocha – A crowd classic winner, the minty fresh taste merged with mocha is a marriage for keeps; Hazelnut Caramel Mocha – The distinct flavors surface with every refreshing sip like the nuttiness of the hazelnut; Chocolate Macadamia – Devilishly sweet is an understatement. This mix-in is an excellent mid-day dessert treat. How to order: Commissary schedule is Monday-Friday from 9am to 5pm. Available platforms are Foodpanda for delivery, or Lalamove, Angkas, Happy Move, Grab, Joyride, etc. for pick-up. For those not using the Foodpanda platform, here’s how you can place your order: 1. Check out the delivery menu on Facebook and Instagram. 2. Send a message via the Facebook page or via Viber (+63977 413 0299) with the following details: - Full name - Mobile number - Complete address - Complete order 3. Wait for your order to be confirmed. 4. Settle the full payment through online bank transfer or bank deposit and send a screen shot once payment is made. Account Name: MORECOFFEE INC. Metrobank #: 227-7-227-524-100 BDO #: 005-368-016-238 5. Take note of your order reference #, and the complete pick-up address: Pin location: 7 West Capitol Drive, Kapitolyo, Pasig City Location landmark: J&E Raymundo Pawnshop To ensure freshness, orders will be prepared once the screen shot of your Angkas or Lalamove booking is sent. Don’t forget to give the rider your order reference number! Caravan Black Part of Caravan Black’s charm is the pleasure of having your precious cup within its comfortable confines. They’ve multiplied smiles and have lessened stress in people’s lives in the four years since they’ve opened shop. The great news is that they now deliver straight to our home by bottling their signature beverages, maintaining the same quality standards they’re known for. Enjoy the Cold Brew, Iced Mocha, Cold Blonde, Flat White and Localmotion, just to name a few. Their selection is topnotch with their exclusive Maverick coffee base of Colombian and Brazilian Arabica beans. (L – R) Flat White (Php 155) – double espresso and milk; Cold Blonde (Php 165) – cold brew, milk, in-house caramel; Localmotion (Php 160) – double espresso, milk, almond syrup; Mocha (Php 165) – double espresso, chocolate, milk; Cold Black (Php 170) – cold brew This shift in service also brings forward their aim to care for the environment. Through the NEO group of offices, Caravan Black will be upcycling their coffee travel bottles via “The Bottle Clean Up Initiative”. For every five bottles returned by the customers, they will in turn receive either a free cappuccino, long black, or a selection of available pastries. The proceeds of this program will be donated to the maintenance teams of all the NEO buildings within BGC. Miguel Rodriguez, Caravan Black owner and co-founder, “Every step we take, however small, will always lead us to something much bigger than ourselves.” This small step is definitely a huge help to Mother Earth. How to order: 1. Viber, call, or message +63917 122 8795. You can also order via Instagram. Kindly share the following details: - Full name - Contact number - Address with date and time of pick up - Complete order 2. Wait for order confirmation. Settle the full payment through online bank transfer, bank deposit, or GCash and send a screen shot via Viber. Account Name: Rogue Squadron 5, Inc. BDO #: 00685-368-800-7922 3. You’ll receive notification once order is ready for pick-up. Take note of your order reference number and Caravan Black’s complete pick-up address: Pin location: Seven Neo Bldg., 4th Ave., BGC 4. Pick-up your order at the store, book a courier or have Caravan Black arrange courier service for you. Order schedule is from Monday to Friday (begins at 9am / cut-off is at 4pm). To ensure freshness, they will prepare your order once you send a screen shot of your courier booking. Pick-up points for North and South (TBD). Yardstick Coffee Yardstick Coffee has been at the forefront of coffee for quite some time. They’ve sailed and conquered the caffeinated seas with a bold and daring perspective to bring exquisite flavors coffee drinkers delightfully clamor for. Thankfully, the pandemic will not keep customers away from their favored fixes. Their Cold Brew is available for takeout or delivery (Php 1,000 for 6 bottles/ 350ml per bottle). Taken unadulterated, your senses will feast on the flavors of tablea, roasted almonds and butterscotch. It is velvety, bold, and rich. If you want a saccharine touch, try the Cold Naughty Latte (Php 200 per bottle/ 350 ml per bottle), a drink launched during the quarantine period, because Yardstick figured out that “sugar” seemed to uplift the quarantine-mood. This selection tastes like something Willy Wonka could’ve created — a melted perfection of milk chocolate bar with almonds drizzled with caramel plunged into coffee. The coffee base of the mentioned drinks uses the Golden Ticket blend of Brazil and Colombian arabica beans.. Cold Brew (L); Cold Naughty Latte (R) How to order: 1. Visit their website where you can order coffee, bottled drinks, coffee accessories, and yummy bites. *Yardstick is offering a Php 50 off on your first Cold Naughty Latte order! Use the promo code NAUGHTYNAUGHTY. One-time use per customer only. 2. Use self pick-up or couriers (Grab/Lalamove/Angkas). For any inquiries, get in touch with Yardstick’s team at +63977 801 1352. They’re currently testing delivery, starting at Php 180 within Manila. Modified store hours are from Monday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm. Pre-order by Monday, 12nn and they can guarantee that you'll be able to pick-up / schedule delivery from Wednesday-Saturday. Yardstick is located at Universal LMS Building, 106 Esteban, Legazpi Village, Makati. Decouverte Coffee of the south need not fret, as there are coffee delivery options in your neck of the woods. Unbeknownst to many, Decouverte has been around since 1999. They are a coffee solutions company with a focus on espresso, and also import and distribute espresso machines and grinders from France, Italy, and Spain. Progressing as the years go by, they now pretty much have everything you need to set up your own café. Decouverte CEO Gus Lacson is proud of their bottled coffee concoctions aka Grab & Go Coffee, their espresso-based beverages in a bottle. The shelf life is one week and are produced upon order. One-day lead time in ordering is necessary as the bottled coffee are produced and sent out the next day. Lacson states, “Why espresso-based beverages and not cold brew? Our company specializes in espresso. So, we stick to what we know, and are sure that we make (it) well. I find it just as good or even better than cold brew. It has just the right amount of caffeine with all the flavor.” (L – R) Americano (Php 100 regular, Php 130 large)(espresso and water) – sweet on its own just from the way the espresso is extracted;Latte (Php 120 regular, Php 165 large) (espresso and milk) – nice and creamy with the sweetness and smooth taste from the coffee;Café Mocha (Php 150 regular, Php 195) (espresso, milk, special mix of chocolates) – an impeccable match of coffee and chocolate;Caramel Latte (Php 150 regular, Php 195 large) (espresso, milk, caramel sauce) – something sweet, familiar, and comforting If you’re curios to know their coffee base, it is an Arabica blend called Decouverte no. 13 composed of beans from Yunnan, Vietnam and Mt. Apo. Just so you know, the French word “decouverte” translates to “discovery” in English. How to order: Follow Decouverte on Instagram, click the link on the bio, then click on Grab & Go Coffee. Deliveries are available all around Metro Manila via your courier of choice. Delivery fees are charged to you, so it’s best to order a lot and for the whole week. But free delivery is available for those in Alabang! Decouverte is located at the ground floor of Unit 2, Sonria Condominium, Industry corner Securities Sts., Madrigal Business Park, Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa City. Coffee Colab Coffee Colab‘s main vision is to collaborate with small businesses and provide their clients with specialty coffee. Temporarily closed due to the pandemic, they’ve also bottled their masterpiece creations made available through delivery. Because the products are freshly made and don’t have preservatives, the bottled coffee are limited to an awesome threesome: Specialty Cold Brew (Php 150 for 300ml) Specialty beans from their favorite roaster are steeped for 12-16 hours to bring out the complexity of the coffee bean’s flavor profile (half and half of a Rwanda Kigeyo and Colombian Planadas Tolima bean blend, otherwise known as Dark Matter Theory, a signature espresso blend). Cold brew is less acidic, healthy and does not pack calories in your daily diet. This cold brew will keep you energized throughout the day, and is usually good enough for 2 servings. CoLab Coffee Ca Phe Sua Da, Iced Mocha, Cha Yen Thai Milk Tea Caphe Sua Da (Php 125 for 250ml / Php 140 for 300ml) This is their take on the famous Vietnamese coffee experienced in Ho Chi Minh. Their Viet coffee packs a punch with a blend of Specialty Robusta beans (Silver Haze blend) selected and roasted craftily by their friends at EDSA BDG, consisting of Colombia Planadas and Philippine Ifugao beans. Traditional Vietnamese milk is served with this strong coffee providing a sweet and decadent coffee experience. Iced Mocha (Php 125 for 250ml / Php 140 for 300ml) Their Iced Mocha is specially made for those chocolate lovers out there who can’t do coffee without craving for cacao. It’s a delicate blend of coffee and chocolate, a double dose of energy. The base for this drink is also the Dark Matter Theory blend. How to order: 1. Follow CoLab Coffee on Instagram, and message them with your complete orders, and address. 2. Pay via BDO, BPI, PNB, RBANK and they will arrange for home delivery. Delivery fee will depend on your location. Minimum of four bottles per delivery. Bakers Brew Mnl There are days when you want to venture off to new flavorful frontiers. If and when you get the itch to wander, try Baker’s Brew MNL. Baker’s Brew Cold Brew Coffees are homemade using locally-sourced premium Arabica beans from our very own Mt. Apo, freshly ground and slowly brewed for 12 hours. Products are prepared in small batches to ensure quality and freshness. (L – R) Classic Cold Brew (Php 95 per 250ml bottle) – Strong and smooth, this 12-hour cold brew coffee is non-acidic and low calorie, and best served over ice;Cold Brew Latte (Php 105 per 250ml bottle) – Their refreshing cold brew is mixed with milk and the right amount of sweet;Mocha Cold Brew (Php 105 per 250ml bottle) – The cold brew coffee is made even more delectable with the delicious drop of chocolate, stirred in with milk and sugar; Caramel Cold Brew (Php 120 per 250ml bottle) – Rich and creamy, the cold brew coffee mingles with milk and sweetener, plus the addition of caramel How to order: Message Baker's Brew MNL on Facebook or SMS/Viber +63917 572 8089. Order cut-off and delivery dates are announced weekly on Facebook Php 20 delivery fee (within Merville Subdivision); Grab or Lalamove as charged to customers outside Merville Payment options: BDO or exact amount COD Bakers Brew MNL is located within Merville Subdivision, Parañaque. Coffee Syndicate One of the newcomers in the scene is Coffee Syndicate, which opened shop last year. All of the beans used for their coffee is called Black Magic, a medium roast with taste notes of chocolate, nuts, and stone fruit. It has a strong body with delicate sweetness. The coffee base, which they’d rather keep top secret, is an espresso blend roasted locally in Bacolod made with 100% Arabica. Their bottled drinks (300ml per bottle) are mostly espresso based like the Americano, perfect for those who like it black. Americano (Php 150) – espresso and water;Cuban Latte (Php 175) – a sweeter version of the Cafe Latte using condensed milk as a sweetener;Dark Mocha (Php 180) – crushed dark chocolate with an espresso shot and milk;White Brew (Php 200) – Cold Brew with milk and a bit of sugar syrup;Cold Brew (Php 180) – cold brewed for 15 hours;Cafe Latte (Php 170) – espresso and milk How to order: Message Coffee Syndicate on Facebook or text at +63917 622 3547. They’re open every day from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. All orders are available for take out, curb-side pick up or delivery (via courier shouldered by the client). Coffee Syndicate is at 107 G/F Commerce Center, Filinvest, Alabang, Muntinlupa City. Katha Kape Katha Kape is a homegrown cafè that aims to serve the best of Philippine coffee, showcasing the finest beans of our Filipino farmers. Katha Kape’s House Blend brings you the full-bodied flavor of perfectly roasted Arabica and Robusta beans from different growers in the country. This same blend is used for their cold brew which is steeped for 18 hours to bring out its smooth and sweet taste making it more flavorful and less acidic. Katha Kape currently has 2 branches, NAIA T3 Arrival and Intramuros, and offer a classic bottled coffee selection (Black, Latte, and Mocha). They also offers a bottled coffee Sampler Set for Php 350, as well as two kinds of blends of Drip Coffee which go for Php 250 a box. (L – R) Latte (Php 130); Mocha (Php 150); Black (Php 100) Katha Kape’s Drip Coffee comes in No. 1 Blend (Arabica and Robusta) and No. 2 Blend: 100% Arabica; each box contains 10 drip bags How to order: 1.) Go to https://www.kathakape.ph/shop/ to order Katha Kape’s cold brew and other items. 2.) Follow Katha Kape on Instagram or Facebook, and send a direct message for orders and other inquiries. 3.) Pay via BDO or Paypal (if ordered through the website). 4.) Deliveries are available via preferred courier. Delivery fee will be paid by the customer. When it comes to specialty coffee, remember, you don’t have to settle for anything less. Fortunately, all is not doom and gloom. There is a ray of sunshine coming through every delivery, in every cup of liquid happiness.