Belis is located in the mountains of Benguet, Philippines, an area famous for growing quality coffee. It is an elevated area with natural springs and a warm climate.

Our Sitio Belis coffee beans come from a small community of around 50 farms. Local farmers have been supported by Kalsada to produce quality coffee through the creation of a community mill. The farmers bring the freshly picked cherries to the mill where they are washed, dried, hulled, sorted and packed.

Our Sitio Belis coffee beans goes through wet fermentation for 36-48 hrs. They are washed multiple times before they are spread on raised drying beds. The coffees are then rested for 4-6 weeks before they’re hulled and hand-sorted.

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Pigtauranan sits at the foothills of the Mt. Kalatungan range, a protected area with a rich biodiverse ecosystem and volcanic soil. This unique microclimate at 1200-1800 masl is an ideal place to grow coffee, which was originally cultivated by the Manobo people for their own consumption and later commercially.

Sitio San Roque coffee beans are now grown by a cooperative of coffee farmers, supported by Kalsada Coffee with the construction of a community mill in 2020. This helps the farmers to maintain a sustainable livelihood and delivers us unique and delicious coffee.

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Benguet is a mountainous region of the Philippines renowned for growing high quality coffee. Sitio Naguey is a small community of dedicated coffee farmers in Benguet, situated on the sunnier and lower side of the range from Sitio Belis.

Kalsada Coffee have facilitated the construction of a local community mill that has reduced labour in transporting the coffee. This provides farmers with more opportunities for growing, picking, sorting and producing an exceptional bean.

Historically, Sitio Naguey has exclusively produced naturals but this harvest has undergone a washed process to adapt to climatic changes and preserve the high integrity of the beans.

Photograph courtesy of Kalsada Coffee