One of the world's leading lifestyle cafes, J.CO Donuts & Coffee, will open its fifth branch in the Visayas and the first in Negros Island at 10 a.m. today at The District at Ayala North Point in Talisay City, Negros Occidental.

Its marketing manager, Alvene Ngo, said yesterday said that they have two branches in Cebu and two in Iloilo City and this is their 37 th branch in the Philippines. They also opened their 36 th branch in Davao last week, she said.

Ngo said they will serve free half-dozen donuts to the first 50 customers today.

They currently have 28 flavors of donuts and their best-seller is the Alcapone, which is made white Belgian chocolate with almonds, she said.

“We have unique flavors like Avocado Dicaprio, Tiramisu and Green Tease donuts, which are also best-sellers, and they also offer fruity flavors like Berry Spears and Blueberry More, which have crème cheesy and blueberry cheese sauce on top,” Ngo said.

Ngo said they have their coffee line with their signature coffee drink Jcoccino, their own version of cappuccino. They also pride themselves in serving their Italian-roasted uniquely Indonesian coffee, she said adding that Indonesia is a coffee producing coffee, she said.

Aside from their coffee and donut that go perfectly well together, they also offer their J.CO frozen yogurt with their line of toppings, Ngo said.

They also serve donut sandwiches. Club and that they have four to five variance of sandwiches with filling inside. Their best seller for the J. Club is the Cheezy Rich, which has four types of cheeses on it, she said.

J.CO is a lifestyle café... “You can discover for yourselves that there is more to just donut and coffee with J. CO. You can chill out and lounge at J.CO with its ambiance and their line of products,” she said, adding that J.CO Donuts has been in the Philippines since 2012 and it originated in the Southeast Asian region in 2005.

They are venturing out to reach more people because they have noticed that there are many J. CO lovers in the country, she said.

She also said they decided to open a branch in Negros because they have noticed that there are a lot of places here that serve desserts and the potential for long-term growth and sustained business is high in the Bacolod-Negros region, since pastries and sweet things are very close to the heart of the Negrenses.

Their price is very competitive. For their donuts line, one can get a dozen at P380 and two dozen at P595. They are looking into opening another branch in Bacolod in the future, she added. *CGS

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