If you're craving something sweet and chocolatey, you don't always have to grab a chocolate bar or a chocolate-covered pastry. You can also expand your options and try a chocolatey drink instead! LoCacao is a local beverage brand that offers bottled tablea drinks at ...

There's chocolate, and then there's tablea—its more rustic cousin that's loved for its decidedly less-refined, more pure-cacao flavor. Filipinos use it to make tsokolate and champorado, but it's also worth exploring how it can be employed to make desserts. We spotted a treat that does exactly ...

Tablea Chocolate, a Cebu-based chocolatier, took part in this year’s WorldFood Moscow which is an international food and drink exhibition in Russia held from September 24 to 27, 2019. Tablea Chocolate is owned by Armi Lopez Garcia under the Armson Foods Corporation but was ...

Our local chocolate has received global and international recognition in recent years. We know of at least three amazing local chocolate makers and producers who have garnered acclaim abroad. It should be no wonder. The Philippines is located in the area where cacao trees are naturally grown. Ironically, ...

If you love dark chocolate and the deep, bold notes of local tablea, here's a new chocolate to try. Meet Theo And Brom, a brand of artisanal chocolate and the world’s first Belgian Tableya. It’s called Belgian Tableya because it combines the best of each owner's hometown. ...

Batangas might just be a short ride away from the city, but everything about it looks, feels, tastes worlds away. The air is cooler, the bulalo is better, and there’s so much nature to see. Whether it’s a day trip, a weekend, ...

It’s the season for hot chocolate, dawn mass, and lots of eating. What better way to observe Simbang Gabi but with delicious steaming hot mugs of chocolate and coffee? Maybe you need the motivation to wake up in wee hours of the morning or need ...

There’s a perfect Noche Buena for everyone, no matter what you’re craving or how much your budget. We’ve put together three delicious options for you to choose from and each has our tried and tested recipes, plus a detailed grocery list you can ...

You get only the best feelings from sipping a hot cup of tsokolate de batirol: you feel warm, fuzzy, and calm. Tsokolate de batirol is hot cocoa made from tablea, or blocks of ground and roasted local cacao beans. Tsokolate is traditionally served ...

Red wine hot chocolate is the drink that rocked the Internet in the late months of 2016—it has received nods from the likes of Martha Stewart and The New York Times, and food websites like The Kitchn and PureWow have stirred up their own versions ...

Get to know your Pinoy ingredients and turn your favorite Filipino pantry staples into culinary creations! If you have tablea chocolate sitting in your pantry (we know that you likely have them), a satisfying Pinoy merienda is only a few minutes away. Adjust ...

Make breakfast time extra special with this champorado recipe! This Filipino favorite is made of sticky rice (malagkit), chocolate, and brown sugar. We used local tablea for this recipe but you can use cocoa powder and adjust the taste to your liking. ...

It’s no big secret that most everyone loves chocolate, especially Filipinos. While our chocolate culture isn’t exactly endemic to us (historians say that it was the Spanish who brought chocolate to our shores from Mexico), that doesn’t mean that it isn’t deeply-rooted ...