Ariel Villasanta tastes the AUTHENTIC flavors of Cordillera | Farm To Table
Aired (February 18, 2024): The Old Baguio Cafe seeks to bring the tastes and ingredients of the Cordilleras to the Metro, and Ariel Villasanta experiences that in spades with their Pour Over Coffee and Espresso Strawberry Yogurt!
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00:00 If you haven't tried the complete Baguio coffee experience that doesn't go to the summer capital of the country, where have you been?
00:10 Try visiting the Old Baguio Cafe on Kalayaan Avenue in Quezon City.
00:18 You can experience the legit flavors of the Cordillera, just like what food explorer Ariel Villasanta experienced.
00:27 It's a place where people come to eat.
00:30 What can we offer here in Baguio that they can't find elsewhere?
00:34 One of their favorites is their Espresso Strawberry Yogurt, which is made from ingredients from different provinces of Cordillera.
00:42 It's a mix of the yogurt from Sagada, and the coffee from Calinga, and the strawberry from Benguet.
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00:58 Espresso Strawberry Yogurt. Let's try this.
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01:06 It's a little different.
01:08 If you're on a trip to something hot, you can try their Dark Mocha Latte, which is the perfect partner of the Strawberry Shortcake, which is popular in Baguio.
01:17 It's a combination of coffee from Sagada and tablea.
01:22 We have a cacao growers community here in Cordillera.
01:29 That's what we're showcasing.
01:33 We get the tablea from them, the cacao from them.
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01:40 When we went to Baguio for a training, she asked for a Strawberry Shortcake.
01:45 When I bought it, I said, "Why not buy more?"
01:49 The moment we arrived here in Manila, I posted it to our community.
01:53 In less than an hour, we ran out of Strawberry Shortcake.
01:57 That's what made us famous because of that.
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02:03 It's good.
02:05 This is perfect.
02:07 They also have fresh fruit or overcoffee that they prepare in your bag.
02:14 It's back to basics because it's a manual brewing.
02:17 That's where the real aroma of coffee comes out.
02:21 That's where you can really taste the aftertaste, the notes.
02:26 Pull over coffee. This is manual.
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02:31 Hey!
02:33 Freshly brewed.
02:37 If you feel like a stronger food trip, they also have food here that will make you taste the Cordillera.
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02:47 Mmm!
02:52 Mmm!
02:54 Delicious.
02:56 We have the best dishes from every province.
02:59 We have six provinces in the Cordillera.
03:01 We pick one of it and then we put it in one dish.
03:06 One example is the Cordillera Mixed Fry.
03:08 It's a combination of Itag, Kinuday, and Pinunin.
03:12 Even the fruits that we put in there are from Sagada.
03:16 In Ipugoy, we get our rice from there.
03:20 We have three types of heirloom rice.
03:23 We have the black one, we have the red, and we have the white, Tinawan rice.
03:30 You can also buy different products directly from the Cordillera provinces
03:35 that are made by the local communities there.
03:38 What we want here in Old Baguio is to be recognized as a hub of anything Cordillera
03:45 that we can showcase to other regions or other communities.
03:51 We call ourselves social entrepreneurs because we wanted to give back to the community,
03:57 not only to take but also give back to what we have.
04:01 That's what we are doing for me.
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