Our Heritage is the Future
We are a young startup based in Quezon City that just launched last July 2023, but our interest in bees, honey, and the environment have spanned years. Without bees and thousands of other pollinators it would not be long before our ecosystem collapsed. Bees pollinate our native trees here in the Philippines (they particularly love Narra) and flowering plants. This support other insects, which then support birds, bats, mammals, and everything up the food chain with food and shelter.
Our vision is to become a leading player in the mead and honey market worldwide with the use of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. Ultimately, we want to save the planet by supporting sustainable honey production. Creating La Mesa Mead and our Coffeexmead shops gave us the opportunity to educate and highlight the role of bees in the ecosystem to our customers. Additionally, since we have started talking to potential grassroot beekeepers who are interested to venture into beekeeping for income, their appreciation on preserving biodiversity and planting native trees have also gained ground.
- King del Rosario, President/Co-Founder
- Vanessa del Rosario, Co-Founder
Our Journey with the QCertified Program
Coffeexmead is part of the inaugural batch of the QCertified Program of the Quezon City LGU. The initial batch includes 12 MSME manufacturers. The program is under the Small Business and Cooperatives Development and Promotions Office (QC SBCDPO) in partnership with the Food and Drug Administration Philippines (FDA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), and Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
The main objectives of the program are:
- FDA accreditation and licensing
- Scaling up of operations
- Funding
- Promotion of products manufactured in Quezon City
Some seminars and workshops attended under the QCertified Program.
- Philippine FDA Overview and GMP Training for FBOS
- 5S of Productivity Improvement
- Basic Food Hygiene & Food Safety Hazards
- Marketing 101
- Philippine Mandatory Labelling Requirement for Food & Packaging and Labelling Clinic
- Good Warehousing Practices
- Introduction to Food Additives
- Business Proposal Writing Workshop
- Thermal Processing Workshop
- Process Mapping and Layout Seminar
- Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Manual Documentation Workshop
- Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) Plan & Manual Documentation Workshop
- Business Pitching Seminar
- Introduction to Food Additives
- Business Proposal Writing Workshop – (with QC Chamber of Commerce)
- Intellectual Property Rights and Branding Seminar (with Design Academy of the Philippines)
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Manual Lecture and Workshop
Fail Fast and Innovate
Mission. To become a leading player in the mead and honey market worldwide by leveraging on a sustainable honey network of Filipino beekeepers. We also aim to improve honey and mead production with the use of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
Vision. To save the planet by supporting sustainable honey production
Our Company Culture
Trust
We do as we say, and we say as we do. We use hard data to make informed decisions
Respect
We will respect everyone and every idea. Our success is fueled by our people.
Transparency
We will operate as transparent as strategically possible to build on the trust of all our stakeholders.
Kaizen
We will be fast and will continue to evolve to meet our customer needs.
Contact Us
Coffeexmead Corporation
Block 97 Lot 28, Regalado Highway,
Villa Vienna 1B, Neopolitan Greater Lagro Fairview,
Quezon City, Philippines 1118
E-mail us at hello@coffeexmead.com for questions, feedback, proposals, and so much more.