Jose Rarael Fine Coffee

We carefully source our products. You will be pleased to note that our coffees are at least one of the following; Organic, Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade or Forest Friendly. These helps make a difference in the coffee farmer’s life.

Our passion for coffee leads us to educate our customers to expect the highest quality in the cup, and to attain it. We recognize our responsibility to our producers by choosing to buy from traders and growers' communities around the world to ensure they receive a fair price for the coffee they produce.

We choose very distinctive high altitude coffees using a wide variety of beans from around the globe. Similar to the wine industry, certain coffee plantations or estates produce their own individual qualities due to climate and processing. It’s these single origin coffees that stand on their own, ie. they don’t need blending. You can distinguish one from another, and also notice subtle changes that occur each year, as in the vintage wine industry.

From these single origin coffees blends which are particularly unusual and unique. For example, he would blend a Central American coffee for its bright and snappy fullness, a vintage Indian for its velvety body and spice, and one of the African coffees for floral sweetness and berry-like flavors. The art is in 'balancing' these individual and sometimes extreme characteristics. Coffee blending is a trail and error process and takes a while to perfect.

We had a vision to source, roast and provide the best quality, most sustainable and best tasting coffee to Davao coffee drinkers. We have built a very loyal following in our first shop at Lanang and now we can broaden our vision and introduce many more people to the unique Jose Rafael’s experience.

Our Coffee

Blended & Roasted in Sydney

Premium Italian Blend – Master Roaster Blend. Is a full-flavored coffee, strong and pure with low acidity, this blend features an enticing spicy aroma. Batch Roasted in Sydney only when ordered and sent directly to Davao

Roasted in-house

We only roast in small quantities to ensure a faster turn over of our roasted coffee. This results in a fresher, higher quality and ultimately more rewarding coffee flavor for our customers.

Single Origin Coffees – Pure unblended coffee, originated from a single growing region. Coffee in its purest form. Similar to wine, single origin coffees are shaped by plant variety, soil type and altitude and vary greatly in taste from region to region. Roasted in-house. Green coffee beans sourced from around the globe.

Currently available Single Origins

• Guatemalan Antigua - Grown on the slopes of Volcan ACATENANGO 5,576 ft of altitude, lower rainfall, Volcanic soils, with ash from the Volcan Fuego, full of minerals which give a spicy flavor and smoky finish. Elegant, well balanced with a rich aroma and a very sweet taste. The Antigua region is dominated by the magnificent volcanoes of Agua, Acatenango and Fuego.

• Guatemalan Huehuetenango - Grown on 6,650 ft of altitude, lower rainfall, cool nights, stable granite soils which gives earthy and creamy chocolate/caramel flavors. A sweet medium bodied coffee with a smooth fruity acidity. Notes of spicy fruit and dark chocolate finish. This coffee is harvested at the highest altitude of Guatemala giving it an exceptionally intense flavor and is regarded as the most prized of areas.

• Local Coffee - Soon to come. Did you know - the production and export of coffee was once a major industry in the Philippines, which 200 years ago was the fourth largest coffee producing nation? Today, however, the Philippines produce only .012% of the world's coffee supply. Efforts are being undertaken to revive the industry however, with the majority of coffee produced in the mountain areas of Batangas, Bukidnon, Benguet, Cavite, Kalinga Apayao, Davao, and Claveria.