Quezon now on coffee map

Delfin T. Mallari Jr., PDI Southern Luzon Bureau
Inquirer News Service

SAN ANTONIO, QUEZON, Phillipines—Wilfredo Garing grew up with the smell of newly-harvested coffee berries and the fine aroma of brewed coffee.

Thus the locals of the town at the boundary of Quezon and Batangas were not surprised when Fred, a Mass Communications graduate of the Far Eastern University, left his job in a marketing firm in Metro Manila to set up Café de San Antonio, now the only commercial coffee brewer in Quezon.

"My aim is for Quezon coffee to be recognized and have a name of its own," says the 26-year-old.

Through Cafe de San Antonio, Fred says he wants to satisfy the caffeine cravings of Filipinos and foreigners.

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