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The Inhandig Tribal Multi-Purpose Cooperative (ITMPC) of Malaybalay City and Kape Maramag of Maramag both in Bukidnon were adjudged winners in the Arabica and Robusta categories respectively in the First Green Coffee Quality Competition at the Cavite State University-Main Campus in Indang, Cavite on 4 March 2017. After a three-month search and a five-day of tasting almost a hundred coffee samples from all over the Philippines, the Philippine Coffee Board, Inc. (PBCI), Coffee Quality Institute (CQI), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI/VOCA) were anonymous in choosing the coffee with the highest quality. The winning Arabica coffee with score 85.84 points and the Robusta with 83.75 points will be sent to the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) Expo in Seattle, Washington, USA this April 2017 to be reviewed by the International Roasting Community. Two of the more popular coffee species are Arabica and Robusta. Arabica, which accounts for about 60 percent of the world's commercial coffee production, prefers to grow in light shade and highlands and is delicate and vulnerable to disease. Robusta, on the other hand, can grow in lowlands and is more resistant to blight.
Currently, there are many coffee shops. There is also a growing interest in high-quality coffees or specialty coffees, said ACDI/VOCA Chief of Party Thelonious Trimmell. Trimmell said,...