K'fi T;boli's coffee

lot of root crops’ delicacies and tribal wears and accessories are on display by the road.

The Holon House of Coffee is also located in the area.

One of the tribe’s coffee makers and vendors, Jennifer Tamonggal, who is seven-month pregnant, was there, patiently catering tourists buying the K’fi coffee and their tribe’s accessories for pasalubong.

“We are happy that a lot of tourists are visiting Lake Holon now, it means better sales for us,” Tamonggal said in vernacular.

K’fi coffee is sold usually on weekends. She shared that sometimes, the coffee supply is not enough to meet the demand needed by the tourists.

“We usually can sell 400 to 600 sachets of K’fi coffee weekly,” she said adding that she is saving money from selling native coffee for her child’s delivery.

Also with her is Maricel Tamonggal, who is currently studying in the town’s public school. Maricel is helping Jennifer selling pasalubong items for her daily allowance.

In another stall, a 28year old mother of three, Emma Bulol, is gladly accommodating tourists who are tired of hiking by selling root crops’ delicacies such as camote (sweet potatoes), balanghoy/ balinghoy (cassava) and native bananas. Bottled water and soft drinks are also on display.

“While my husband is farming (abaca, corn, cassava, etc.), I am here selling these, at least I have some sort of income,” she said.

Emma added that she is earning some P1,000 daily from selling root crops’ delicacies and beverages.

In this agriculture blessed area in T’ bo lit own, the T’bolis are also taking advantages from these by doing small businesses for extra income realizing that they shouldn’t just heavily depend on farming alone.