Aired (March 30, 2025): In this episode, Chef JR Royol travels all the way to Alfonso, Cavite, to visit this cafe that not just serves great coffee but also offers healing and relaxation to everyone—including furry friends! Watch this episode now.
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00:00Next time you go to Tagaytay, go for an ultimate barcada bonding experience in a place that
00:08offers healing and relaxation.
00:15Both for humans and their furry friends.
00:18Barcada Cafe started off as an idea by our family.
00:24We actually had extra space here in the training complex, so we were like, oh, we should put
00:33up a cafe shop because my parents, actually the whole family loves coffee.
00:39Barcada Cafe is actually just a bonus of all the activities that you can do here.
00:46So you could have a shoot, you could train your dog, you could have your Krav Maga training,
00:53you could have your sound healing, or your Kundalini yoga.
00:57In the end, you can have coffee.
01:00The name Cada was from my dad's friend group, so it's short for barcada.
01:07Aside from all the activities that you can do in the compound of Cada Cafe, you are also
01:13invited to visit their private garden.
01:15I sometimes give them away to our friends, relatives, you know, whoever wants.
01:21If you want to go home, it's for personal use.
01:26We have a lot of dill, and then the petchay are always in bloom.
01:30Yes.
01:31Petchay are all year round.
01:34And for some reason, arugula, so arugula is, you know, abundant here.
01:41That's kangkong right there, calamansi, and we have the chickens for our eggs.
01:47It's just great that you're maximizing a supposedly idle part of your property.
01:53Normally, this, for others, they'll just do this, Bermuda.
01:57There's, I'm not trying to romanticize it, but that's how we pretty much grew up in the province, right?
02:04I mean, every morning, your job is watering, and then after a few weeks, you harvest.
02:09And there's this certain enjoyment, fulfillment that you get to have when you are part of
02:16that process.
02:18Some might wonder, what do you bring back when you go to Tagaytay, Alfonso, the area?
02:25A lot of people would say, the food, the vibe, the drinks.
02:34But for someone who has lived here for years, I think it's that unique spirit of the nature
02:44here that makes me want to come back.
02:47Cada cafe for me, having to meet the owners, buko dun sa simplicity of what they're serving,
02:55just the pure honesty of wanting you to be disconnected, and just reflect on what you
03:02have, and be thankful.
03:05Ang haba nung litania ko para introduce sa inyo, kasi na-enjoy ko talaga yung kanilang ginger tea.
03:11Yun yung nararamdaman ko kanina while enjoying yung very hot, and may intensity din kasi sya,
03:18strong yung in order ko na ginger tea.
03:28Just to show you how generous yung grated ginger, ayan no?
03:34So syempre, hindi mo sasayamin yan.
03:39So we have here a beautiful creation, ube crema latte.
03:48What makes the ube crema special, we have a certain way of drinking it.
03:55That special way makes the drink whole.
04:00Tip lang sa ati ni Jared, is para mas ma-enjoy mo lang, suggestion niyo lang naman nyo ito,
04:05for you to experience yung kanilang concoction is, pull mo yung spoon, so may maiiwan dyan
04:13na generous serving of ube halaya, kainin mo sya, alam mong yung halaya nila is hindi
04:28galing sa supermarket.
04:30You can still feel yung bits, chunks ng ube.
04:35It makes you understand na there was a lot of effort involved.
04:40Crema coffee is an Americano with crema on top.
04:45What's special about it is that you don't really see people use crema around here.
04:52So we try to integrate Americano with a little bit of a soft and sweet cloud on top of it.
05:02It's a perfect combination of bitter, sweet, creamy, and then top ng yung bits ng milk chocolate.
05:12Solid na pampagising to, lalo na dun sa, medyo gusto nila may angas yung kanilang coffee.
05:19So for me, solid talaga.
05:23As you unplug from the noise of the outside world,
05:26you'll also be able to experience healing kapag sumali ka sa kanilang kakaibang wellness class.
05:31Hi, this is sound healing.
05:34And let me, I'll be using all these instruments.
05:38And I'll be introducing you to some sounds.
05:43And I'll be using the gong.
05:45Okay.
05:47So the sound is a complementary healing for your body, mind, and spirit.
05:58It also stops the external and your internal noise.
06:04Inhale deep.
06:06Exhale.
06:09Inhale to begin.
07:15So