The next governor, Enrique Oraa, had greater success when he transplanted them at higher altitudes in 1877 and distributed seedlings among the native Igorot people.
[3] However, a native chief named Camising from Kabayan purportedly saw the benefits of the crop and introduced arabica coffee to his own people.
The coffee they produced were both for local consumption and sold as luxury exports to Spain, where they fetched high prices.
But it faltered in the 1990s due to rapidly rising inflation and government neglect, resulting in farmers shifting to other crops like corn.
[2][5] In recent years, provincial governments are attempting to bring back coffee production for both local and international markets.
In 2016, the Department of Trade and Industry in Cordillera launched a shared service facility and laboratory for processing and cupping arabica in the Benguet State University, the first in the country.