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COFFEE GUY LAUNCHES A COFFEE TABLE BOOK
THIS GUY REALLY KNOWS WHAT MAKES A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE
Business Mirror
ROBERT S. FRANCISCO is truly Manila's ultimate coffee guy, having been in the coffee business for over 15 years, providing coffee and coffee business contributions to some of the biggest café chains in the Philippines, from Figaro to Café Breton. Ten years ago, Robert put up Boyd Philippines as a joint venture with renowned Boyd Coffee Company in Portland, and the company has since become the acknowledged expert in the industry, with the highest standards in quality and service, providing various coffee biz solutions from coffee buying to roasting, to blending, selling, training café set-up (coffeology), as well as importing and distributing Astoria espresso machines, the machines used by most of the industry leaders.
Robert has been exposed to everything in coffee life, from the farming side, to production, to retail, and throughout the past 15 years has accumulated a vast number of spectacular photos that truly tell the story of coffee in the Philippines. He has decided to compile his photos into a truly special coffee book, filled with breathtaking photographs taken from 1993 to the present.
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"A Coffee Journal" by Robert S. Francisco was recently launched at the M Café in greenbelt. The crème of society who simply love coffee came to celebrate with Robert: Irene Martel-Francisco with Dr. Ramon Francisco, Joana Prevsler-Francisco, Pasty Francisco, Christine Araneta Ferrera, editor of the book Sonia Ner, John Forbes of the American Chamber of Commerce, Patrick Tan of Sea Air, PR lady Toni Gregory, Bill Luz of the Coffee Board and the Ayala Foundation, well-loved talent manager Wingard Tracy, Nikki Matti, Pretty Maureen Santiago, Lani Atienza-Beltran, Tommy and Mia Villanueva, Christine Santos, Paolo Lorenzo, Aurora Tanseco, Nikki Matti and a host of coffee, as well as non-coffee fanatics.
"A Coffee Journal" is a available at Fullybooked, Figaro Rockwell, Filipinas Heritage Library, Ayala museum Library, Lopez Museum Library, Yello Hauz Davao, Café Breton Podium and Trinoma, and the Bovd Office in Sheridan St., Mandaluyong City. Please call 746-2233 for more details.
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