Herbal Medicines Cures: Awesome Finds @ Sugarleaf Organic Market and Cafe: Hineleban Coffee and Cenyu Probio Chicken

100% Highland Arabica Coffee from Bukidnon, Mindanao

I've met two cool dudes, Jai Ferrer of Hineleban Coffee and Ian Tristan Madera of Pronic Foods (Food of the Future) both social entrepreneurs in a media preview of Sugarleaf Organic Market and Cafe. They introduced me to a great tasting highland coffee and hypoallergenic chicken respectively.

Hineleban Coffee 100% Highland Arabica Coffee from Bukidnon, Mindanao, graded Best Arabica in the Philippines by Karen Lo-Tsai, the only Internationally Certified Q-grader in the Philippines.

Graded Specialty Coffee by Level Ground Coffee, a Canadian Roaster that import specialty coffee from around the world.

Hineleban in Bukidnon tribal culture represents " The spirit of the gathering and giving Mother tree of the rain forest that sustains the cycle of life". In 2008, Hineleban Foundation partnered with Indigenous People (IP) providing them Arabica Coffee growing as their source of livelihood while reforesting, today they are living their role as Custodians of the Rain Forests.

Brewing my Hineleban coffee

Being a coffee drinker myself ( natural coffee and not instant), organic and natural coffee is the best than instant coffee which is chemically processed and with all the anti-caking, aspartame (3-in-1) and fake aroma that gives coffee a bad name. We should really stay away from 3-in-1 instant coffees in the market today for health reasons, brewing coffee is actually cheaper and safer in the long run.

We have the best coffee, buy and go local, that way we all support our economy. Hineleban as I learned their advocacy and social responsibility is something we can be proud of, this coffee also support our local farmers and environment. I have been an ally for such causes in the past, one is the flight of cordillera coffee farmers, but that's another story. Having tasted the coffee, I gave my two thumbs up for its great taste, aroma, source, social responsibility and packaging.

*Some coffee tips from yours truly:

Don't throw those used coffee grounds away, they can be use as a soil conditioner and fertilizer for your garden.
Used coffee grounds are good exfoliating body scrub as well, just mix them with olive oil or coconut oil.
To preserved the aroma of ground coffee, store them in the freezer if not in use.
If you are grinding your coffee, do not over grind, too much grinding makes your coffee bitter due to release of coffee oil.

SIP AND REFOREST WITH HINELEBAN COFFEE

Purchase your Hineleban coffee online at : store.hineleban.org . For every Hineleban Coffeee bag purchased Hineleban Foundation plants a forest tree in your honor. Just enter the ID code with its corresponding GPS coordinates found at the back of each coffee pack on the google maps section of www.hineleban.org to view your tree.

Love the "eco-friendly" packaging and design

Manolo fortich, Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines

Website: www.hineleban.org

Facebook: Hineleban

For orders please call Renee @ +63 (917) 879 8112

The Cenyu Probio Chicken and Eggs

Now, If you have allergies to chicken, this is probably what you need. I have been telling this quite often that allergies to chicken may be not because of the chicken itself but what is being fed with the chickens. Commercial chickens in the supermarket nowadays are loaded with hormonal feeds, antibiotics and artificial vitamins and minerals that can cause allergic reactions to consumers. Try organic chickens, fed with only vegetables and probiotics like the Cenyu Probio Chickens.

Cenyu Probio Chicken are specially raised and fed with natural grains, beans and legumes without the addition of arsenic and antibiotics. it's the healthiest grown chicken in the market today.

Cenyu probio Chicken enjoys the luxury of fresh air, not controlled and conditioned aire supply, so they are healthy and happy chickens.

Cenyu Probio Chicken breast marinated with salt and pepper

easy to cook, can be fried without oil, just rub with salth and pepper

The result is a tasty, tender and juicy fried chicken breast, it is rarely noticed in the chicken breast to be juicy, plus there is no "lansa" (meaty smell) that you can taste in the chicken, just real goodness of chicken meat.