Commune
PoblacionWorking · Quiet enough to talk
- Address
- 36 Polaris Street corner Durban Street, Poblacion, Makati
- Hours
- Daily, daytime into the evening. Check ahead for event nights
The Poblacion anchor, and the one that has been championing Philippine coffee the longest. Rosario Juan has run Commune on 100 per cent local beans for over a decade, sourcing from growing regions around the country and teaching people to brew it. It is two storeys with big windows over the Poblacion streets, an events space and a balcony, and it hosts meetups, talks and improv through the week. Daylight hours are the calm ones, before the neighbourhood turns into a bar district.
Why go
- 01100 per cent Philippine coffee, and a decade of it
- 02Two storeys, an events space and a balcony
- 03Calm in daylight, before Poblacion turns
Good to know
- Best time
- Daylight, before the bars open
- Good for
- A morning of writing
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