There’s a place in Serendra called Kape Isla that honors Philippine coffee. It’s a little coffee shop with a big mission: to uplift the quality of Philippine coffee and to increase awareness about it. A project of the, the café complements its efforts to promote the finest Philippine coffee and to sustain the growing industry. The choices of beans alternate every two weeks and are featured as the Coffee of the Week. This is the perfect place to take my visiting friend from Canada who wants to buy Filipino coffee.
Very Filipino from its architecture down to its interior design, Kape Isla is swathed in shades of deep brown, its shelves tastefully displaying the locally produced coffee varieties and accompanying merchandise. The vibe of this place is very different from the regular coffee shops that dot Bonifacio High Street, for instance. It’s much more quiet here, tables are more commonly occupied by a single person who’s usually hunched over a laptop, taking advantage of the in-house Wi-Fi.