Barako, Liberica, and Excelsa coffee beans from Cuenca Batangas and my first home coffee cupping trial

Barako coffee is not a favorite. I associate it with sourness which I do not prefer in coffee. Hence, I have not tasted one in years. However, two weeks ago we went to Cuenca, Batangas at the invitation of my cousin. Whenever I would visit a town outside of Metro Manila I like to drop…