LOOK: Rice beverages featured in Puerto Princesa market

Diana Lat, ABS-CBN News

<p>PUERTO PRINCESA CITY - A weekend market in Puerto Princesa City is selling rice - not as food, but as beverage.</p><p>A small establishment named Chokulet features rice beverages from different varieties of rice. One can choose from milagrosa rice, kaingin, brown, and black.</p><p>It also has kapeng bukid, which is a mixture of coffee beans and rice.</p><p>Chokulet also serves chocolate and tablea with a mixture of rice, which is a favorite among children.</p><p>According Prescilia Badua, owner of Chokulet, rice coffee was a childhood favorite in their hometown of Rizal, Palawan. </p><p>They want to contribute to tourism in the province by featuring local products that have been part of their childhood.</p><p>They also take pride that their coffee has no caffeine and has a calming effect.</p><p>Customers said it tastes like coffee and chocolate, with the sweet hint of rice.</p><p>Their products have undergone testing from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and are registered with the Department of Trade in Industry (DTI).</p><p>The owner said the store is still in the process of getting permits from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).</p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/03/28/rice1.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/03/28/rice2.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/03/28/rice3.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/03/28/rice4.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/03/28/rice5.jpg"/></div></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>A weekend market in Puerto Princesa City sells beverages made from different varieties of rice. <cite>Diana Lat, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div></div>

<p>A weekend market in Puerto Princesa City is selling rice - not as food, but as beverage.</p>

A weekend market in Puerto Princesa City is selling rice - not as food, but as beverage.

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LOOK: Rice beverages featured in Puerto Princesa market

LOOK: Rice beverages featured in Puerto Princesa market

Diana Lat,

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Published Mar 29, 2017 03:37 AM PHT

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