I have been a coffee drinker for the longest time. I honestly can’t remember when I started it and I wouldn’t last a day without it. So when we got the invite from Toby’s Estate, I was simply over the moon.

Toby’s Estate is a specialty coffee roaster and retailer that originated from Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia. The chain’s flagship cafe and roastery opened in 1998 with the vision of bringing high quality and sustainably sourced coffee to Australian drinkers. The roastery and cafe became known for the best coffee in Sydney and became the leader in the industry.

Toby’s was brought to the Philippines by Rebel Alliance Food Supply Inc.  It was formed by four friends who are passionate about the specialty coffee movement. They wanted to share their common passion to the Filipinos, thus bringing the Australian brand in the country.

Recently, Toby’s just released two new Single Origins for Filipinos to try and be familiar with.  But before we go into that, we had the chance to try their best seller Costa Rica El Jaguar Single Origin coffee and some of their great dishes first.

Every sip of the Costa Rica El Jaguar brings out its chocolate & caramel notes with a velvety smooth long finish giving it a fully-rounded & balanced cup. It possesses a complex and intense acidity with citric sweet notes. Full-flavored cup with notes of fruitiness, prune sugar cane, chocolate and caramel.

Country: Costa Rica
Region: Tarrazu
Altitude: 1500 MASL
Varietal: Caturra and catuai
Processing: Honey Processed
Roast Profile: Light Roast
Body: Medium
Flavor: Full-flavored cup with notes of fruitiness, sugar cane, chocolate & caramel
Finish: Smooth long finish

Chorizo Pasta – made out of Rigatoni Pasta, chorizo bilbao, tomato compote, shaved parmesan and fried basil leaves.

Patty Melt Sandwich – their burger version and their best seller sandwich that comes with potato chips.

Mushroom Pasta – Linguine pasta with three kinds of mushroom (shitake, oyster and button), sauteed in olive oil and with shaved Parmesan on top.

Nutella Banana Waffle – made out of Liege dough, Nutella, banana and whip cream on top.