Share your best Sinulog photo with a Bo’s Coffee drink, and get a chance to win two round trip tickets to Bohol!

Are you starting to hear cheers and drumbeats with a couple of ceremonial dances? Then it’s definitely one of Asia’s largest festivals again!

It’s time to enjoy this year’s Sinulog festivities, and what better way to be part of it than to win round trip tickets for two to Bohol, with accommodation at the Bellevue Hotel! This year, the Philippines’ homegrown coffee shop encourages Sinulog 2013 participants to share their best Sinulog 2013 photos.

How to Join:

1. Like the Bo’s Coffee Facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/boscoffee.
2. Upload a picture of your best Sinulog 2013 Getaway, and tag Bo's Coffee on the photo.
3. The photo must be taken with the participants holding any Bo’s Coffee beverage, at one of the Sinulog 2013 Cebu activities (ie. Cebu Marathon, Grand Parade, Photo Contest, Short Film Festival, Fireworks Display, Choral Competition, Sto. Nino de Cebu Parish Mass, etc.).  You may refer to this link for a full list of Sinulog 2013 activities:http://www.sinulog.ph/index.php/events/sinulog-2013-schedule-of-activities.
4. Write a caption on the photo, which answers this equation: “Sinulog 2013 + Bo's Coffee =”. Photo caption must be in one to three sentences only. Only one promo entry will be allowed per person.

We’ll be announcing the Top 20 entries on February 1, 2013 at 6 pm! The Top 20 Sinulog photo participants will each receive P800 worth of Gift Certificates from Bo’s Coffee.

Wondering how you'll win?

Here's how we're going to be choosing from your awesome photos:

1. From all entries submitted, an official panel of judges will select the top 20 photos as finalists, following these criteria*:
• Representation of the Sinulog Festival theme - 30%
• Creativity and connection with the Bo’s Coffee brand - 30%
• Audience Likeability (via Facebook Likes at 20%, and Online Feedback at 20%) - 40% 
• *The mentioned criteria set will also be used in selecting the Grand Winners on February 18, 2013.
2. The selected Top 20 photo entries will have an official Bo’s Coffee Facebook posted comment.
3. Duration of photo submission will be from January 16 – 30, 2013.
4. Official Announcement of the Top 20 Sinulog photo entries will be on February 1, 2013 at 6 pm. All selected Top 20 photo entries will each receive P800 worth of Bo’s Coffee Gift Certificates.
5. Top 20 photos will be open for official fan voting starting February 2 until 16, 2013. Participants may invite their friends to have the photo entries liked on Facebook.
6. Announcement of the My Sinulog Getaway Photo Contest Grand Winners will be on February 18, 2013. Prizes can be claimed at Bo's Coffee, Cebu Central Office located at R.E Benitez Bldg. F.Ramos St. 6000 Cebu City. If the winners are not Cebu residents, special arrangements will be made in coordination with the winners and Bo’s Coffee. You may claim your prizes within 60 days, from day of notice.
7. Prizes may be transferrable, but not convertible to cash.
8. This contest is open to all residents of the Philippines

And are you also wondering what you’ll win?

Here are the prizes for the Top Three Winners for the Sinulog Getaway Digital Photo Contest:

1st Place

• Two round trip tickets to Bohol with accommodation at the Bellevue Hotel
• P5,000 worth of GCs
• Bo’s Coffee Planner 2013
• Limited Edition Mug
• Any Bo’s Coffee Grande drink

2nd Place

• P3,000 worth of GCs
• 2 Coffee Beans (250g) of your choice
• Any Bo’s Coffee Grande drink

3rd Place

• P2,000 worth of GCs
• 1 Limited Edition Mug
• Any Bo’s Coffee Grande drink

Once again, here are the important dates you have to remember for to get a chance to win exciting prizes:

• Submission of Photo of Entries: January 16 – 30, 2013
• Voting Period for Shortlisted Photos: February 2 to 16, 2013
• Announcement of Winners: February 18, 2013 at 4 pm

Good luck and we look forward to seeing your entries!

To submit your photo entries, check out:

www.facebook.com/boscoffee

Also visit:

www.twitter.com/boscoffee

www.boscoffee.com

Bo's Coffee Froccino Promo and the New Jasmine Guava Iced Tea!

Two for the Price of One with Froccino Rush

Your Mondays and Thursdays just got better! Buy any one of our Tall Froccino Primo or Freeze beverages and get another Tall variant absolutely FREE on September 13, 17, 20 and 24, from 11 am to 3 pm.


Mixed Berry Freeze, Matcha Green Tea Freeze, White Chocolate Mocha Froccino Primo variants may be purchased but will not be included as a free take away beverage.

For more details about the limited offer, ask your friendly Bo's Coffee barista about the promo.

The Froccino Rush will not be available in the following branches:
Luzon - Tagaytay, Molito, Greenhills
Visayas - Tabunok, IT Park, Mandaue, all Bohol branches, all Dumaguete branches & all Tacloban branches
Mindanao - All CDO branches & Metro Lifestyle Davao

Taste the Tropics with the Jasmine Guava Iced Tea

Got your perfect cool down drink yet? Delight your senses in a surprising combination of healthy, fragrant and tropical flavors.   

Bo's Coffee brings you the Jasmine Guava Iced Tea, our new drink this season. A healthy alternative to the caffeine rush from your daily cup of coffee or tea, it has the light and relaxing taste of our Jasmine Green Iced Tea, but with a hint of Guava.   

With its powerful antioxidants, weight loss capacity and the ability to lower the risk of heart diseases, Green Tea brings the health benefits to the Jasmine Guava Iced Tea. With every cup also comes a hint of the subtly sweet aroma of Jasmine, before the whole drinking experience is capped off with the fruity, tropical taste of exotic Guava.  

So, go ahead and treat yourself to a refreshing drink. Have a cup of Jasmine Guava Iced Tea today, at any Bo's Coffee shop near you!

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Two for the Price of One with Froccino Rush

Taste the Tropics with the Jasmine Guava Iced Tea

Food Trip Saturdays: Okonomiyaki at Kagura Japanese Restaurant and Bo's Coffee cookies

Going Japanese for this week's Saturday! Kon'nichiwa!


My love for food has grown and each food adventure makes me more excited to try and experience new things! Of course, the adventures of food exploration made possible thanks to Le boyf. Hihi.


Okonomiyaki -- yes. A Japanese word for a certain kind of food. I first heard of it from my superfriends way back when I was still working in a BPO company. I was like "what??" when they mention it to me and said that I should try it as soon as possible. However, I wasn't able to for some reasons I can't remember why. Fast forward to present day, me and Le boyf tried it out and had me smiling like this: ^_____________________^

Good thing that my boyfriend knew how to go to this Japanese Restaurant my friends has been telling me before. Somewhere in the middle of Makati City (beside Makati Cinema Square), there's this Japanese nook where upon entering, you'll feel the Japanese vibe. Okay, again, I forgot to take photos of the area because I was soooo amazed again like a child. Like I was like entering Narnia the minute I entered that secret door. LOL


There were several Japanese restaurants inside the area. Le boyf and I searched for the one that cooks the great okonomiyaki and so we found Kagura Japanese Restaurant.

very Japanese lang ang peg! Lakas maka-Hapon!

Oh Tokyo soul! I am never really a fan of Jap whatever, but this one gave me the feel that I should trade in my Chinese ancestry to Japanese. Kidding.

By the looks of it, the owner must really be die-hard fans of the Hanshin Tigers, a Japanese baseball team. Well, even their tv screen is set to a baseball game of the Hanshin's. Wonder if that's a live game or a recorded one, didn't ask.


Basically, okonomiyaki literally means "what you like" or "what you want". Others term it as Japanese pancake. It is made up of flour, eggs and cabbage. From there, you'll get to choose several ingredients you would want to add to the batter like pork or bacon, squid, kimchi, octopus, squid, cheese etc. That night, we chose octopus on it. I am getting more and more excited to have my first bite of okonomiyaki and when it arrived, that BIG smile was back on my face!

A big plate of this. Imagine my eyes grew big upon serving.
Though it is referred to as pancake does not mean it is sweet. I could maybe resemble it to a pizza more. I could remember I was silent for the first few minutes eating this. But inside of me, there are fireworks, magic, sparks that played on my mouth. I know, crazy right? But it is wonderful to goodness! The batter was great (especially while still hot) and the sauce just made it tastier and creamier. Although the octopus was quite bit difficult to chew, still it's a perfect match for the okonomiyaki.


Definitely we 'll be back and try other okonomiyaki toppings with it! 


We headed to Glorietta to watch the last-full show of a movie. But the movie time we chose is not until 1 hour and a half so we decided to relax a bit to our new favorite coffee place -- Bo's Coffee.

Mocha Froccino Php135 | Fudgy Nut and Chocolate Chunk cookies, Php35 or 45 each?  Soooorry I forgot the price!

I'm really happy that I was invited for a blog event with Bo's Coffee before. I never really tried their coffee until that day and I was an instant fan of their brews. Now we kept coming back. Their Mocha Froccino is a fave of mine. Just perfect while relaxing and easing up. And the cookies are heavenly! 

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KAGURA JAPANESE RESTAURANT

Little Tokyo Unit 2

2277 Pasong Tamo St, Makati City

894-3856

BO'S COFFEE

G/F Glorietta 5, North Street cor. Courtyard Drive

Ayala Center, Makati City

A tribute to mom: Sugar-free White-Frosted Mini Chocolate Cake from Bo's Coffee

As a sweet gesture for our beloved mothers, Bo's Coffee will offer a special item from May 12 to 13: the White-Frosted Mini Chocolate Cake. It's a guilt-free treat for you and your dear mom! This chocolate cake is sugar-free—even the whipped cream that it's glazed with.

If you're bent on avoiding sugar, pair it with one of Bo's Coffee's sugar-free drinks: the Coffee Vanilla Primo, Strawberry Freeze, Vanilla Freeze, brewed coffee or an espresso beverage.

The White-Frosted Mini Chocolate Cake will sell for P120 and will be available only in Luzon.

Bo's Coffee - your homegrown, just roasted coffee goodness!

In the past, my loyalty for freshly brewed coffee remained with only two coffee shops. For years, these brands have enticed me with their tasty brews and blends fitting my every mood in any day.


Coffee has served me well, from a quick wake up, a taste of guilty pleasure or just leisurely idling by and sitting, reading a good book, looking at different faces and creating a story on my mind, it helps stir my creative juices. It soothes my soul, relaxes me and brings me to my self imposed happy place.
Coffee is evolutionary, it doesn't stay the same, it changes and moves with the times.
These two coffee shops has given me great service that I never thought to venture out of my safe zone, but today I'm glad I did. Because with it I found another that tickled my tastebuds, let me introduce you the wonderful brews of Bo's Coffee and by the way, it's pure Pinoy!

This coffee shop's promise? HOMEGROWN, JUST ROASTED COFFEE GOODNESS.

Bo's Coffee started out as a small kiosk with six tables inside Ayala Center-Cebu on June 28, 1996. Founder and CEO of Bo's Coffee Steve Benitez, like me, ventured into a business on how to convince the Filipino market to buy specialty coffee when they can make themselves their own coffee.

"Coffee was not a lifestyle yet, it was just a product. There were not a lot of coffee shops, and there were no foreign brands in the market." said Steve Benitez. "Back then, people saw coffee as just a product that they can get for free in their homes, and they get it so cheaply at restaurants. So when we priced our coffee at specialty coffee prices, it [met] some resistance.”

He continues, “For the first three months it was really discouraging. If it was purely treated by me as a business, I think I would have folded that up. But it was really more of a passion, because the coffee experience at Bo’s Coffee isn’t just about the just-roasted freshness of our various brews, it was also about the experience of enjoying quality coffee with the people you love.”

After facing initial setbacks, Benitez’s commitment to providing world-class coffee experience for the Filipino community enabled the company to grow and flourish, and eventually, the community grew to love the brand.

So, Who is Bo?

“I studied the coffee business for two years before starting the company,” Benitez narrates. “In one of the exhibitions I attended in New Orleans, there was a booth by an expert coffee roaster: an American-Italian named Bo. I visited a lot of roasters, but he made an impact on me because he was very, very serious about his coffee. I remember him telling me that he didn’t want to become so big because he wanted to ensure quality. When it was time to put a name into the coffee shop, I felt that he was one of those who influenced me greatly. He stood for quality and passion—that’s why I named it Bo’s Coffee.”

JUST ROASTED -- is Bo's Coffee's tagline. To guarantee the peak level of the freshness of the beans, they make sure that they serve you the coffee after roasting. While it's true that coffee beans expire around six months after roasting, Bo's Coffee serves coffee within a month after the roasting date. Now that's real freshness! And this has got me excited as well, they get their coffee bean supplies locally! From Cavite, Batangas and The Cordilleras! They also make sure that it orders beans only as needed so that stocks are kept fresh. No wonder after sipping my coffee that day, I could truly taste the difference!

And on its 16th year, Bo's Coffee is proud to say that they have 58 stores opened nationwide! Wow, from 6 table coffee kiosk to several coffee shops...now that is something us Filipinos should definitely be proud of! Homegrown, fresh coffee goodness!

And Bo's Coffee has offered their latest selections in their shops:

• Biscotti Amaretto - Bo's Coffee's summer beverage! It's a fusion of their biscotti + blended coffee + Amaretto syrup crowned with whipped cream drizzled with dark chocolate syrup and crushed biscotti sprinkles. The coffee that made me hooked with Bo's. First sip and it's heaven!

This Biscotti Amaretto is perfect paired with their Super Moist Chocolate Cake!

• Fillet O' Dory Cream Sandwich - Golden brown, crispy breaded cream dory fish fillet with fresh lettuce in tangy tartar sauce. 

• Fruits and Nuts Trail Mix - yummy and healthy snack everyone will love to nibble with!

Lastly, this has got by surprise. I was staring at their lamps while inside their shop and can't help but to keep admiring it. Though it may be sunny outside, the lamps were emitting a beautiful radiance from it. They may have noticed that I kept admiring the lamps until they revealed that these lamps were designed by internationally-acclaimed and award winning Cebuano Designer, Kenneth Cobonpue! I was like "OMG!"

From the humble beginnings of Steve Benitez to the outstanding success he is experiencing today, his awesome journey is far from finished. Bo's Coffee has indeed made me a fan of theirs, aside from having the freshest roasted coffee in town, they are Proudly Pinoy -- and that's why I'll keep coming back for more! =)

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Bo’s Coffee is a proudly homegrown specialty coffee brand. Since 1996, it has grown to include 58 outlets strategically located in Metro Manila, Tagaytay, Laguna, Cebu, Bacolod, Iloilo, Bohol, Dumaguete, Calbayog, Tacloban, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Cotabato and Zamboanga. 

Find out more on its website, http://www.boscoffee.com

and its blog,http://blog.boscoffee.com.