Specialty coffee subscription in the Philippines.

A monthly specialty coffee subscription, shipped anywhere in the Philippines. One 250g bag per month at a transparent price that includes delivery. The bag isn't the same for every member — the algorithm picks each subscriber's bag from a rotating curated set of Cascara-verified roasters, matched to that member's Cellar Identity.

The mechanic is simple. You take the eleven-question palate quiz. You log brews — your own, or beans you try at cafes. The model converges on a kite that captures which corner of the Process Spectrum your palate lives in. Each month, our curators source roasters across all four corners, and the algorithm picks the closest fit for you.

You see your incoming bag a week before it ships. If you want something different — to push out of your default corner, or just because you're curious — swap it for any other bean in that month's rotation. Skip months when you're traveling. Cancel any time.

Most subscriptions fall into one of two patterns. Roaster-of-the-month boxes ship the same bean to everyone — fine if your palate happens to match this month's pick, frustrating otherwise. Self-selection subscriptions hand you a menu and ask you to choose, which demands taste vocabulary you may not have yet — and produces the same guessing problem the menu in front of you was supposed to solve.

Cascara is built around a third option: a model that learns who you are, then picks for you. The kite is the leverage. With it, your monthly bag becomes a curated recommendation — not a subscription to whatever's on rotation, not a self-served menu — and the recommendations sharpen the more you log.

A 250g bag of specialty coffee. Roasted within the last two weeks. From a Cascara-verified roaster — meaning we've cupped through the lineup and confirmed it meets specialty quality before it gets into the rotation.

A short tasting card. Process, origin, varietal, brew suggestions — and notes from us on why this bag was matched to you, so the model becomes transparent rather than a black box.

A scan-to-rate link. The fastest way to log this brew, which is what teaches the algorithm. Every brew you rate sharpens the next month's pick.

The kite is what we use to pick your first month's bag. Calibrating before launch means your first Drop already reflects your palate — not a generic starter bag. Members who calibrate early also get more brew log entries before their first month, which means a sharper model on day one of subscription.

The calibration is free, takes five minutes, and doesn't commit you to anything. If the Drop doesn't fit when it opens, your kite still gives you a useful shortcut on every cafe menu in Manila in the meantime — more on the quiz here.