A Picture A Day: Happiness is.. a hot cup of freshly brewed coffee!

Yesterday, the team and I, thanks to the invitation of our boss, were able to attend this event to celebrate the awesomeness of coffee.

Dubbed as Coffee Art Exhibit, Cafe Alamid Express, in partnership with R.O.X and Victorinox, the event was an exhibit of beautifully painted pictures using coffee as paint and coffee beans for mosaic. The event featured works of eight fantastic artists: Ella Hipolito, Mike Melchor, Lito Ballaran, Brando Bati, Jerel Limayo, Kathleen Lei Limayo, Dante Palmes and Jennifer Romulo.

The team and I were quite hoping that they will serve cafe alamid, but they opted for the regular brew. It would have made the event more interesting. Like a coffee tasting of sort :) Anyway, cafe alamid is apparently, the most expensive coffee in the world! It is basically coffee beans eaten by a local cat called alamid, fermented in the cat's digestive system and then, pooped, collected and processed.

So how do you use coffee to paint? According to a website, you have to be steeping coffee grounds in water, so the longer it is there, the darker the paint. But compared to regular paints, using coffee can be tricky and hard because it can be sticky.

Below are some of my favorites from the exhibit :)