Cuppings are the most tangible expression of community happening (quite literally) around coffee.ĭavid (pictured far right) has been one of the biggest blessings in our lives over this past year. The best part of cuppings for us, though, is the opportunity we have to interact with people of all demographics who are all at different points in their specialty coffee journey. Other times, it is to choose the coffees we will serve in the shop or assess the quality of a roast.
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Sometimes we cup coffee to sharpen our taste buds and build our taste catalogs. Usually, we will taste and evaluate six to seven coffee samples. This is a time when coffee aficionados come together at EDSA Beverage Design Studio for a cupping (coffee tasting). It’s no wonder that Wednesday mornings are the most photographed time of the week in the coffee shop where we intern. This is the only type of coffee that can literally cause me to see colors (orange and purple) with each sip. I’ll prepare this coffee slow-brewed by hand using the Kalita Wave brewer.
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I could barely stand the smell of coffee let alone the taste. Now coffee has become the canvas on which I create, and I suppose you could say that milk has become the paint.Ĭurrently, I am in love with Geisha coffee from Panama, one of the rarest and most costly coffees in the world. Ten years ago, I would have laughed hysterically if you told me that I would eventually become a specialty barista and open my own shop. If you come into the shop on a hot day, I’ll recommend you try EDSA’s dirty white latte - milk and a shot of espresso over ice, topped with ground coffee beans from our specialty blend.įor years I (Trent) was on a journey to discover that one thing that I was passionate about and skilled at doing. For me (Christine), it’s been a challenge to learn a new skill in a new language, but it’s also teaching me valuable lessons like the need for constant practice and being okay with failure. We arrived in Manila with freshly roasted coffee beans from Vancouver and an Aeropress. A year later, we’re baristas certified through EDSA Beverage Design Studio, where we now intern in order to hone our skills and interact with the community. He is a great cuddler as well, so he has become a form of stress-relief therapy after a long day. His favorite activities include eating and sleeping. Born in the Philippines, he achieved world traveler status when Trent brought him to Canada and then the U.S.
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This handsome little guy is our beloved 6-year-old pug, Gordon. This has been a year of “new” for us: a new marriage, a new home, new friends and a new profession. We have the best job in the world: setting up a specialty coffee shop in one of the major business districts of Metro Manila. Mabuhay! We are Trent and Christine and we’ve lived in Manila, Philippines, together for just over a year (Trent since 2010). Meet Trent and Christine (and Gordon, too) For the past year, Trent and Christine* have lived in Manila learning everything they can about Filipino culture and coffee in order to open up their first missional coffee shop, Narrative, later this year. Scroll through their photo journal to see how, in a city of millions, they are making disciples one cup of coffee at a time.