The Coffee Club production. In 2011, The Coffee Club joined the RSPCA's "Choose Wisely" campaign, promoting humane food production. The Coffee Club The Coffee Club is a coffeehouse-style café chain. Originally created in 1989 as a place to get "an excellent coffee", the concept includes cafébar/restaurant stores with expanded menus and full table service. In 2005, The Coffee Club franchise was brought to New Zealand by Brad Jacobs and Andy Lucas opening their first store in Wellington. As of 2016, they have over 60 stores all around New Zealand. In 1989, friends Emmanuel Kokoris and Emmanuel Drivas were searching for a late-night cup
Coffee production in the Philippines Coffee production in the Philippines Coffee production in the Philippines began as early as 1740 when the Spanish introduced coffee in the islands. It was once a major industry in the Philippines, which 200 years ago was the fourth largest coffee producing nation. As of 2014, the Philippines produces 25,000 metric tons of coffee and is ranked 110th in terms of output. However local demand for coffee is high with 100,000 metric tons of coffee consumed in the country per year. The Philippines is one of the few countries that produce the four main viable coffee varieties; "Arabica", "Liberica" (Barako),