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Marikina Coffee Shop Directory

Handmade in Marikina

Marikina Field Notes

A small handmade notebook for the cafés on this site and everything between them: what you ordered, who you were with, the street you took by accident. Made in small batches at a home studio in Marikina, so no two copies are exactly alike.

October promo: Buy 1, Get 1

₱150 for two notebooks

One for you, one to share. A single copy is ₱100.

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A hand holding a Marikina Field Notes notebook, its cream cover printed with painted circles and trails of footprints

Five ways people fill it

It is a notebook, not a guidebook. There is no list of places you are supposed to visit and no boxes to tick.

  1. 1

    A coffee journal

    One page per café: what you ordered, what it cost, where you sat, whether you would go back.

  2. 2

    A walking log

    Riverbanks at sunrise, a new route through Marikina Heights, the shoe shops in the old part of town.

  3. 3

    A meetup memory book

    Pass it around the table and let everyone write one line.

  4. 4

    A sketchbook

    For people who say they can't draw. A badly drawn pandesal is still a record of the pandesal.

  5. 5

    A gift

    For someone who just moved to Marikina, or someone who just left. That is what the second copy is for.

New to it? Start with our guide to keeping a coffee journal in Marikina, then pick a café from the directory and give it the first page.

A look at the notebook

The Marikina Field Notes cover: painted circles in earthy colors crossed by trails of footprints
The cover: painted circles in warm, earthy colors, crossed by footprints heading in different directions.
The welcome page inside the notebook, a typewritten letter that begins Dear Explorer
Inside the front cover: a short letter that begins “Dear Explorer” and calls the notebook your quiet companion to notice with you.

There is also a café edition, a mini journal with a map for your café adventures. Ask for it in the Order Form notes.

Want the whole story, from the first copies to the home printer that makes them? Read Marikina Field Notes: a handmade notebook for wandering the city on the CHQ Home Arts Studio blog.

How to order

  1. 1

    Fill out the Order Form

    Tell us how many copies you want and how to reach you. It takes about a minute.

  2. 2

    We message you

    We reply to confirm what is in stock and your total. Payment is by GCash.

  3. 3

    Get your notebooks

    Pick them up in Marikina or have them shipped. The shipping fee is paid by the buyer.

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Questions first? Message @marikinafieldnotes on Instagram.

Marikina Field Notes is made and sold by the same people who run this directory. This page is our own product, not a listing or a paid placement.