Tags: Coffee
By KC Santos
LIPA CITY, BATANGAS – Siete Baracos Coffee is more than just a business for Allan Silva and his family. It is a tradition started by his grandfather Melchor Silva who started it in 1977.
“Our grandfather is now in his late 70s but just can’t keep his mind off this business. It has become so much a part of him and the family,” shares Alan, who now manages the operations of their coffee business.
“It’s hard to not be hands-on with a coffee business because the demand can easily fall,” says Alan, a practicing engineer but has committed most of his time in the family business.
“I don’t want my grandfather’s legacy and efforts be put to waste,” he adds.
Unlike bigger corporations, Alan employs five local farmers that tend to their coffee farm. But he nonetheless considers them valuable and have become like family to them.
“Most of the farmers working in our farms have been growing our coffee since the time of my grandfather. They’ve grown old but happy tending a piece of land which they find hard to leave,” he says.
As a member of the Philippine Coffee Board for a few years now, Allan says they want to continue promoting ‘kapeng barako’ that is already synonymous with Batangas.
“All of us siblings were sent to good schools. This business produced five professionals that’s why I am trying to make it prosper so that the next generation of Silvas will have something to take care of as well.”
Allan says kapeng barako is sold by distributors at a very high price,which discourages consumers to buy and patronize this local brew.
He is disheartened by the fact that what brought about the demand for kapeng barako is the arrival of foreign coffee shops in the country, not so much because of local distributors.
“The international coffee establishments in Manila really helped us a lot in promoting brewed coffee over instant coffee,” Allan says.
Allan admits it’s difficult for smaller coffee suppliers like him to keep up with more established brands.
“You really have to keep up with the pacing of the demand in this business, and you really need the resources to run it, lots of it,” he says.
Siete Baracos supplies leading supermarkets, hotels, and other private establishments in Metro Manila. Now that coffee culture is popular even with the younger set, Alan is more optimistic about the business.
For orders and other inquiries about Siete Baracos Coffee, you can contact Terry or Allan Silva at (623)862-2154/ (0917) 8411870 or email at terry1181970@yahoo.com.
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