HELLO,
We're KUBO!
We are roasting Specialty Coffee and have over a decade of experience working with coffee.
That can look like nerding out online, to hoarding coffee gear, to acquiring the latest research and institutional education, to working in the service industry, to engaging in inter/national events not just as participants but as judges or organizers.
It might seem complicated…and it is, but luckily, we’ve grown out of the extreme debates and learned to hold on to polarizing tensions along the way. We remembered that this was all about the connections people develop over a beverage, welcoming all its serious matters while relishing conversations with the community. Phew.
Our coffee is meaningful, seasonal, and sustainably sourced—and we like to think it’s for everyone!
LATE IN 2020,
We founded KUBO in MANILA, PHILIPPINES
After working with coffee for many years as baristas, roasters, trainers, and consultants—even side-questing in the kitchen, cocktail bar, and helping start up cafes and bars, we finally wanted to create our own favorite coffee roastery.
That means we select and roast coffees that we enjoy and want to drink ourselves. We do this by working long-term intentionally with local producers. Meanwhile, while we work with international producers, we carefully select importers who share the same values of transparency and sustainability for their own producers.
That way, we ensure that purchased lots all have the potential of being our latest favorite cup of coffee, ever.
WE LOVE WORKING WITH
SPECIAL COFFEES
In packaging our favorite coffees, we take inspiration from what is unheard: the hard work, the invisible labor, the stories of our producers, and our taste notes.
Our bags are designed to continue this chain of stories so that you can share the experience in the comforts of your own home—wherever that may be.