An interesting coffee experience for me was when I had coffee with friends at a coffee house in Jolo. It was before dawn and I just arrived from a long boat trip from Zamboanga City.
Although it was still very early, the coffee house was already getting busy with customers. There was no fancy coffee served there but simply freshly boiled coffee yet it was bracingly good. To accompany your coffee, the servers leave you a tray of simple local eats such as fried bananas or rice cakes. You only pay for what you consume and what you do not touch will be taken back by the servers presumably to be offered to other customers. Not surprising then that a meal here does not cost much and is accessible to more people.
Back in Manila, there are plenty of western style coffee houses to choose from. But going there can burn a hole in your pocket as you pay not only for the coffee and the food but for the plastic ambiance as well.
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