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The 4 Most Common Types of Coffee Beans and How They Differ

Coffee packs an astounding degree of diversity. The plant grows in over 70 countries, with thousands of varieties categorized into well over a hundred species — new types continue to be discovered to this day. Yet while information like the roast, origin, and flavor notes is what typically ends up on a coffee label, not much attention is drawn to the bean species (except, of course, for arabica beans).

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Published at 2026-01-04 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Food and Dining, Health

Tags: Coffee, farming

Is P20/kilo Rice Possible Within 2 Years?

With rice prices increasing in the country, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s election promise of lowering the price of rice to P20 per kilo is seeming more like wishful thinking.

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Published at 2023-08-22 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Environment, Food and Dining

Tags: Rice, economy, production

Aspartame: Carcinogenic or Safe?

Aspartame, an artificial sweetener widely used in various food and beverage products, has been classified by the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) as “possibly carcinogenic”—what does this mean?

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Published at 2023-07-17 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Food and Dining, Health

Tags: aspartame, cancer

Philippine Onion: Most Expensive in the World

The retail price of red onions ranging from P550 to P700 per kilo in markets around Metro Manila on New Year's Eve made unpleasant headlines during the festive season. Red onion was sold at P90 to P120 in mid-2021 and P120 to P170 four months ago. Onion prices hover around P85 in Singapore, P55 in Vietnam, P35 in China and in India.

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Published at 2023-01-08 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Food and Dining, Society

Tags: China, agriculture, country, farming, government, production

Taste Atlas Includes Adobo and Sisig in 2021’s ‘100 Best Dishes in the World’

The two dishes beat other international favorites such as tonkatsu, kung pao chicken, satay, and spaghetti alla puttanesca. After putting the spotlight on local eats such as sinigang and lumpiang shanghai, Taste Atlas, an online culinary guide highlighting cuisines from different nations, includes in its annual list of “100 Best Dishes in the World” two Pinoy favorite dishes, sisig and adobo.

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Published at 2021-12-27 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Food and Dining

Tags: Adobo, Dishes, Pork, sisig

Betting on the Filipina and Lechon, Di-va?

At Pepita’s Kitchen Las Vegas, she opened offering the Lechon with Truffle Rice, and a Sisig Panini. Filipinos who live/work in Las Vegas trooped to her stall, gushing about how it’s the first time that Filipino cuisine has been represented in the resort casinos on the Strip, and how proud they were.

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Published at 2021-07-04 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Food and Dining, People

Tags: lechon

How Filipinos Regained Their Independence and Made Spam Their Own

Spam, a canned, spiced ham, is an unlikely member of the Filipino culinary canon. It was developed in 1937 by Hormel Foods Corporation, an American company, and fed widely to American GIs around the world during World War II.

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Published at 2021-06-02 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Food and Dining, People

Tags: American, spam

The 'Slow Burn' of the Young

Chef Chryso Morales was executive chef of a resort-hotel in Boracay and consultant to a hospitality school that was thinking of putting up a culinary center. All was well until, well, the COVID-19 pandemic happened. Now, he is among those displaced in the tourism industry.

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Published at 2020-11-14 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Food and Dining, Stories

Tags: COVID-19, economy

Hole-In-The-Wall Restaurants in Cebu Capitol Area

Armed with our cameras and growling tummies, we decided to meet in Tagala Butterfly Chicken for our Cebu Capitol food trip. It seems that a food trip is one of the unplanned activities we usually do. Since Pillows Hotel decided to host us for a 2-night stay, we decided to survey the place for some treats.

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Published at 2020-09-29 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Food and Dining, Travel

Tags: Cebu, Food, restaurant

A Taste of Vietnam at Loleng's Hu Tieu-An

I can’t even begin to verbalize how much I love Vietnamese food. Of all the Asian cuisines, it is simply the best – other than Filipino, of course. So, imagine my delight when I found out I can get some banh mi in Bataan! The place
Located in the town of Morong, Loleng’s Hu Tieu-An has an interesting origin story.

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Published at 2020-09-29 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Food and Dining, Travel

Tags: Bataan, Food

This All Grows in Baguio...

…that you must definitely buy and try next time you’re there. Yes, please! My husband and I were recently in Baguio City and it was the first time we went deep into its public market – the Baguio City Market (near Session Road).

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Published at 2020-09-17 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Food and Dining, Leisure, Lifestyle

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Lanao Del Sur Pilots Coffee Bean Farming in the Province

This is part of the Marawi Response Project, which has a long-term goal of making Lanao del Sur one of the agricultural hubs of Mindanao

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Published at 2020-03-05 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Food and Dining, News and Events

Tags: Coffee, Lanao, Marawi, government

Women Are the Future of Philly's Food Scene

Traditionally, historically (and for all the wrong reasons), professional kitchens have been a man’s game. But times change, and so has the industry. Now, women restaurateurs, chefs, front-of-the-house pros and food artisans are reimagining the way we eat. Here’s how they’re navigating the food scene. And here’s how they’re making an impact.

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Published at 2020-01-12 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Food and Dining, People, Society

Tags: Asian, Chef, Chicken, Dining, Pork, Workers, industry, restaurant, women, women

Peanuts Rich in Fats, High in Protein

Were you one of those children who were told by your elders that peanuts can make you smarter? A 2017 study of researchers from Loma Linda University in California revealed that nuts will make you more intelligent.

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Published at 2019-10-26 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Food and Dining, Health

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Eating Healthy Now Made Cheaper in Cebu

Are you looking for something that’s cheap and healthy at the same time? There’s this place in Cebu City where you can get all those in one place.

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Published at 2019-08-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Food and Dining

Tags: Vegetables