Bamboo chairs and a carved screen inside the café

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On the road through Malasiqui

123 Arenas Blvd. Look for the bamboo roof and the window with a line of bikes outside.

Find us

123 Arenas Blvd, Malasiqui, Pangasinan 2421

Every day
6:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Breakfast
All day, until closing
Saturday
Mind Games, 2:00 to 6:00 PM

Stay, or keep moving

Two ways in, same coffee.

Guests at tables in a warmly lit room

Dine in

Table service inside the bamboo-clad room, on antique wood furniture under warm lamps. Open walls keep the air moving, even at noon.

Espresso poured over ice at the counter

Curbside window

A dedicated roadside pick-up window for motorists and cyclists. Pull up, order, and you're back on Arenas Boulevard in a few minutes.

A day at the kubo

The café opens at six, but the work starts long before that.

  1. Marinades go in

    Tapa, tocino and bangus marinate overnight so they're ready for the first plates.

  2. Machines get calibrated

    Mateo dials in the espresso grinders and checks the roast profiles for the day.

  3. Market run

    Fresh produce comes from the Malasiqui public market, bought that same morning.

  4. Doors and window open

    The first riders stop at the window; the regulars take their usual tables.

  5. Roasting

    Jericho sorts green beans and the roaster runs its micro-batches out back.

  6. Last cup

    Lamps go down, tables get wiped, and we start again tomorrow.