The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s master tea blender David De Candia returned to Manila last week for a series of talks and workshops on tea blending. De Candia has been a tea specialist for 21 years, creating blends as well as traveling the world to educate people. Some of his career highlights include being … Continued
There comes an age in everybody’s lives when daytime drinking get-togethers trump evening tete-a-tetes. It’s called tita-hood and it’s great! Among the many delights it brings? Brunch. Our minds are wandering over our favorite weekend delight after enjoying ourselves at Nono’s in Salcedo Village, Makati.
At Nono’s, a self-proclaimed hub of comfort food and memory-laden fare, the menu is filled with a good selection of dishes. There’s mac ‘n cheese and steak sliders, classic Bolognese, and fried truffle cheese wontons; there’s banana cream pie, hot chocolate, and almond crunch ice cream sundaes. There’s variety but certainly not to a degree … Continued
Gearing on their cause to share and brew better lives for more people, the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (CBTL) has strengthened their lifelong mantra of empowering local farmers as well as providing sustainable merchandise to the public.
Their branding, while straightforward, is unmistakable. Having been a major competitor in the coffee franchise boom of the early 2000s, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf’s (CBTL) emblem is a well-known beacon for lovers of the caffeinated beverages they offer.
The American chain Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (CBTL) is celebrating its 15th year in the Philippines. And that is no small feat, considering the intense competition that has forced many food and beverage brands – both local and international – to shut their doors. So how did they do it?