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Caffé La Tea: A Restaurant Review
INTRODUCTION
If you walk into a coffee shop today, you’ll find people engaged in an assortment of activities: checking the news, writing essays, reading stories and chatting with friends. Throughout history, these are the ways people have spent their time in coffee houses. We may get our news from the internet instead of a neighbor and write on a laptop instead of on paper. We might read on a Kindle instead listen to a storyteller, text our friends instead of talk with someone next to us and stalk old acquaintances on Facebook instead of people watch. People have always used coffee houses for getting news, exchanging ideas, listening to stories and visiting with friends, though. Even hanging out at a coffee shop for hours while spending almost nothing isn’t new, people would sit in a coffee house all day and only pay a penny for admittance.
BRIEF HISTORY OF COFFEE SHOPS
Coffee houses originated in the Middle East, one of the first places coffee was grown. The documents that we have suggest that coffee houses originated in Mecca in the early 1500s or late 1400s. We don’t know when the first one opened, but they were commonplace enough in the early 1500s that imams banned both coffee houses and coffee from 1512 to 1524. Their concern was chiefly that the political sentiments expressed in coffee houses challenged the current rule. Coffee houses were primarily a place for political gatherings.
Today, coffee houses serve the same purposes they always have: people go to their local cafe to get news, work, read and talk with friends. We people, as mentioned, just engage in these activities online.
CAFFÉ LA TEA
Love for sumptuous food, creative drinks and a good chat with friends are what Happy, Ermina, Ciarra, and Rona all have in common. As the creative and entrepreneurial minds behind Caffé La Tea, they were inspired by their travel adventures in and out of the country, as well as their memorable food stories along the way.
All these motivated the cousin-sisters-friend group to offer the city something fresh, vibrant and original. Thus, Caffé La Tea was conceptualized with the aim to provide a cozy and lively place for friends to gather and chitchat, while filling their cravings for a great cup of coffee or tea, paired with the perfect dessert. The idea was brought to life in July 2012, built from the ground up with their passion for food, coffee and milk tea—not to mention the endless cheers and encouragement from their friends.
Caffé La Tea cemented its success story with the perfect site along the busy street of Mabini, Cabanatuan City. Literally steps away from two main universities and the provincial hospital, and just hundred meters drive from Maharlika Hi-way, the first Caffé La Tea store is right at the center of its dense target market. Soon, the 100 sqm space was transformed to what was bound to be the “homegrown tea and coffee pride” of Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija.
Located in KM14 MacArthur Highway, Malinta, Valenzuela City, Caffé la tea has its branches that open everyday from 11 am - 10 pm. Walking into Caffé La Tea instantly brings you a sense of comfort and positive energy. The cafe mixes the simplicity and earthy warmth of a bodega, made comfy with modern interior design. Retro-modern lighting pendant lights bring balance and details between the bare floors and the spacious ceilings. The walls come alive with tasteful art pieces, and shelves filled with familiar things that remind you of home. The staffs are very accommodating and kind. They can change your mood because of the smiles on their faces and the feeling of they are enjoying their job. For coffee lovers, you should try their different kind of espresso, I'm sure you will love it. Their other meals seem to look tasty (based on my observations because I won't able to try it). All affordable! Their pricing is somehow competitive to other local themed coffee shops but overall, it is very affordable. A cozy place, good food and refreshing drinks, Caffe La Tea delivers on these, so it’s no wonder why everyone tends to have a great time here.
Moving on to their products offered, Caffe La Tea has a very extensive menu and it can be tough deciding what to order. For the drinks, some of their favorites are the CLT Houseblend, which is hot coffee with secret blend; the Toffee Nut Blender; and the creatively named Americano Meets Tokyo, chilled espresso and matcha blended in milk and ice.
The menu also has a long list of dishes that range from salads to affordable rice meals. We started with the Crispy Baked Wings with chili-chili flavor. I couldn’t get enough of its addictive spicy sauce.
Both the salads – the Asian and Okinawa – I’m also delightful, with fresh vegetables and delicious dressing. They may be light dishes, but they’re filling and flavorful. They provide healthy counterpoints to all the calories we can’t help but consume.
The Tuna Sandwich is the perfect companion for those who need to chow on something while reading a book.
The Pomodoro & Meatballs, with its sweet tomato sauce and huge chunks of meatballs, should be a winner for kids, while the Creamy Chicken Pesto is meant to satisfy those looking for a less conventional but still familiar take on pasta.
The rice toppings are crowd-drawers, too, with the cafe drawing on classic Filipino favorites. The dishes are flavorful and don’t skimp on servings, they are really value for money when you think about it. A cozy place, good food and refreshing drinks, Caffe La Tea delivers on these, so it’s no wonder why everyone tends to have a great time here.
As I tried to talk to one of their staffs, espresso con pana is their best selling coffee which is an espresso with milk and some whipped cream on top. But, as their advice, I should try this beverage last. I tried first their one of the best selling milktea named Ooooooreos. As you notice in its name, it is a milktea with plenty of Oreos. I love Oreos so it made me excited how it tastes like. This Ooooooreos didn't disappoint me. It taste so good, you can taste the Oreos in every sip of this beverage and also the taste of the tea is not overpowering the entire milktea. The taste of Oreos and tea are balanced as well as the sweetness is also balanced, not so sweet and not so tasteless. Finally, I ordered their espresso con pana. I got excited because they told me that this is their bestseller. When I saw it, it looks so delicious. I'm not a coffee lover but when I tasted it, there is only one thing that I said to myself. I will buy it again when I return in this shop.
RATING
I believe that there is always a room for improvement even though a shop like this is already a hit. In a score out of 10, I will give Caffé La Tea a 9 because of their good ambiance, affordable prices, good service and delicious food.
By: Jake F. Dagoy
Pictures: https://ourvalenzuela.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/caffe-la-tea/
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Let's try again... 🌤Time for dinner before heading home (pakontian eating challenge) kakayanin mo kaya @popoyjh ? Bukas ka na lang bumawi sa handaan 😜😂 . . . . . .#fuzzymelonrocksaltandcheese#darkchocorocksaltandcheese #crispybinagoongan #porksisig #caffelatea (at Caffé La Tea)
Blogged. Link on bio. Caffe La Tea Dagupan. Must-try: Crispy Binagoongan with Rice and Devil Tofu. More on the blog. #caffelatea #pangasinanfoodcrawl #NorteBloggers #pfcxcaffelatea (at Baywalk, Lingayen, Pangasinan)
