J.CO Chocolate Caviar Donut
You might have heard the foodie news – J.CO coffee and donuts have landed in the Philippines! Their first stop was SM Megamall in Manila which just opened last March 15, 2012 while I was in South Korea. This will be followed soon with branches in Greenbelt 3, Trinoma, and SM Mall of Asia.
By the end of the year, the Philippine’s master franchiser is opening up 10 branches, with a target of 20 by the end of 2013 and 30 by 2014.
J.CO is a popular lifestyle café chain in Indonesia and some parts of Southeast Asia. It first opened in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2005 with the thrust to fuse the popular donuts of the West with the exotic touches of the East. Other countries in the Asian region soon got into the J.CO craze, including Malaysia, Singapore and, more recently, Shanghai in China.
J.CO SM Megamall Branch
J.CO Donuts
J.CO Hazle Dazzle
It is just right then to follow through this news with an inspection of what this Indonesian-grown donut and coffee brand has to offer.
On focus in this write-up is their main product – the J.CO donuts.
They use a wide array of ingredients sourced from around the world like Belgian chocolates, Californian almonds, American honey, New Zealand cheese, and Japanese Matcha green tea.
Let us look at some of them and their best-sellers.
Moreover, the makers of J.CO donuts seem to have a penchant for Hollywood celebrity names as well…from Jacky Chan’s to Leonardo Di Caprio’s. 🙂 Check these out:
Strawbeery Caviar Choco and Oreology (L-R)
Hazel Dazzle
Donut topped with rich milk chocolate sprinkled with chopped peanuts and filled with a hazelnut surprise
Strawbeery Caviar Choco
Light and fruity donut with strawberry choco topping with crisp chocolate bits
Oreology
One of the worl’d favorite chcoolate treat with white chocolate topping fully covered with ground bits of dark Oreo
JCO Jacky Chunk (leftmost); Meisisipi (middle)
J.CO Avocado Dicaprio (rightmost)
Jacky Chunk
Dark-Chocolate and Peanut combo kick on glazed donut
Meisisipi
Donut laid with rich choco toppingand crunchy choco sprinkles
Avocado Dicaprio
An avocado delight with creany fruit flavors and a teasing chocolate granish on the sides
Tiramisu & Blue Berrymore
Tiramisu
An espresso dessert-inspired creation with Tiramisu-flavoured filling topped with sprinkled cocoa powder.
Blue Berrymore
Filled with cream cheese and blueberry sauce, the white chocolate topping puts the exclamation mark. making it Charlie’s favorite angel.
J.CO 'Glazzy' Glazed Donut (right); Heaven Berry (left)
Glazzy
J.CO‘s classic honey-glazed soft-bite donut
Heaven Berry
Strawberry cream donut topped with swirly white chocolate garnish
JCO Forest Glam (right)
Forest Glam
Black Forest topping composed of cherries, dark chocolate, and confectioner’s sugar
Crunchy Crunchy
Chocoltae covered donut with crunchy chocolate rice crispies on top.
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Alcapone
J.CO’s signature donut with Belgian White Chocolate sprinkled with roasted almond slices.
JCO Alcapone(left) and Green Tease (right)
J. Club Cheesy Rich with a bite
Green Tease
Green tea cream on top!
J. Club Cheesy Rich (top photo)
This cheesy donut is rich with cheddar and cream cheese, among others.
Price
All the J.Co donuts are at a uniform price of P42 (except J.Club Cheesy Rich which is P45) to enable the customers to try all of them without being too concious of the price. A not-so-common pricing strategy if you ask me. 🙂
J.CO Donuts
J.CO Chocolate Caviar (Crunchy Crunchy in the background)