Coffee Break–A Change of Heart

Up until last year, I never had a cup of coffee in my life ever! 

Why? because my mother told me not to. “Makabulok ng kape” (coffee will make your mind dull), that’s her dialogue every single time I ask her about coffee, and being an obedient daughter that I am (*beautiful eyes*), I believed her. Besides, I know she’s just looking after me like every mother does.



Needless to say, I grew up thinking that coffee is bad for my health, I have the facts to back it up; coffee is addictive, contains caffeine, plus I don’t like the bitter taste of it. All that however, has changed when Ms. Kris Aquino, randomly keeps chattering about coffee and it’s health benefits in her TV shows. 

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Kris is an endorser of Nestle products in the Philippines. It was 2008 when Nestle launched their wellness campaign. Since then, several of their commercials are geared towards the goal of promoting wellness through their products.

I have always been a fan of Kris Aquino, specially when I became a mother myself. Aside from her colorful love life, she’s identified herself as a person with credibility when it comes to products she endorses. She doesn’t just endorse because of the earnings she’ll get, but primarily because, she believes in the product.  (Remind me again to focus on my subject next time ^.^)

Enough of that detour. Because of Kris’s constant promotion of coffee’s health benefits, I started to think that maybe, there really is something good about coffee. So I researched. I want hard, confirmed facts. These are just some fascinating facts I found out about coffee;

1.) No.1 source of antioxidants. Cell damage caused by sun exposure is eliminated through the natural antioxidants found in coffee. So wrinkles are actually minimized.

2.) Contrary to my mother’s belief (peace Mom), coffee actually helps you learn better and keeps you alert.

3.) Coffee also enhances physical performance.

4.) Surprisingly, coffee helps ease headaches. When you have a headache, blood vessels in your head expands. The caffeine in coffee squeezes blood vessels and help offset the painful effects of blood vessel dilation.

5.) Coffee combats High blood pressure. (Follow the link, and you’ll know how)

And the list goes endless…

In short, when I found out these benefits, I started drinking coffee. Among instant coffees, these are is my favorites.

From Nestle:

This one is so creamy, and it really is white. If you love your coffee to be creamier, this one’s for you.

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This too is creamy but it is much sweeter, thanks to it’s brown sugar ingredient.

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Nescafe has just launched a newer version of this, the one with more foam. Watch it’s video commercial here with no less than the prince of Indie Film in the Philippines himself, Mr. Coco Martin

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Mas Yummy!

Another instant coffee brand I love is Kopiko. This one is the Kopiko counter part of the Nescafe Brown Coffee. Still creamy and sweet. I’m indifferent when choosing between the two, I love them both!

Perhaps, the best instant coffee so far is the Kopiccino from Kopiko. Not only does it tastes so good, it also has additional choco granule, if you want your coffee to have that extra choco flavor and a hint of “sosyal” factor to it, this one is definitely my top choice.

What’s your choice of instant coffee?




^.^ Pink Butterfly