Ottawa's Filipino heritage coffee cart

Every cup starts with Kumusta.

A full espresso bar, the Signature Tres — ube, matcha and arnibal — and a welcome your guests will remember.

Emil making drinks at the Kmusta cart at an Ottawa market
Ang Signature Tres

Three signatures. One story. Ours.

The flavors we grew up with, poured beside every classic your guests already love.

The Ube Latte — purple ube latte in a glass The one everyone photographs

The Ube Latte

Our house ube blend stirred through steamed milk. Sweet, creamy, and purple all the way down — the flavor everyone's discovering, from the people who grew up with it.

The Matcha Latte — green matcha with steamed milk Gently grassy

The Matcha Latte

Matcha and steamed milk — quietly green, and the base of the Ube Matcha, the drink our guests order most.

The Arnibal Latte — espresso with dark brown sugar syrup Caramel-deep

The Arnibal Latte

Arnibal — the dark brown sugar syrup you'd taste on Filipino taho — stirred through espresso and milk.

The Ube Matcha — ube layered under matcha, iced, with cold foam
Our most-ordered drink

The Ube Matcha

Our ube blend swirled through matcha and finished with cold foam — two flavors, one cup, iced only. The one guests come back for.

Find it at the cart — and if you're booking an event, ask us about adding it to your menu.

…and every classic your guests already love. See the full menu

How it works

Three steps to a booked cart

1

Check your date

Tell us your date and guest count on the quote page — you'll see your price right away, and a reply lands within one business day.

2

Pick your package

Signature Events, the Salu-Salo Package, or Festival Mode — sized to your event, quoted to your headcount.

3

We show up like family

Licensed, insured, on time. Setup and teardown included, commercial espresso equipment, one barista per ~75 guests — lines that move.

Why Kmusta

What you're actually booking

Only in Ottawa

Ube, matcha and arnibal side by side — a signature menu nobody else in the National Capital Region pours.

Filipino-owned

The flavors come from the people whose heritage they are — served the way our families serve guests.

Everyone's covered

A full classic espresso menu beside the signatures. Familiar for everyone, memorable because of us.

Turnkey & insured

Commercial equipment, licensed, punctual. Reliability is respect.

Emil Yanga at the Kmusta cart
Why I built Kmusta

The welcome came first

Kumusta — "how are you?" — is the first thing you hear walking into a Filipino home. Before anything is served, you're asked, you're seen, you're welcomed.

I built Kmusta to bring that welcome to Ottawa's events: the flavors I grew up with, served the way my family serves guests. My coffee story started far from home — in 2010, as an overseas Filipino worker in Saudi Arabia, I got my first barista job at Costa Coffee with no experience and no idea where it would lead. Fifteen years of cups and lessons later, that dream is finally pouring in Ottawa.

— Emil Yanga

Occasions

Where the cart shows up

Questions

The things planners ask us

What equipment do you use?

A commercial espresso machine and trained baristas — the same class of gear as a full café. No home machines, ever.

How many guests can you serve?

We staff one barista per ~75 guests so lines keep moving. Tell us your headcount and we'll size the setup.

Are you licensed and insured?

Yes — fully licensed and insured, and we're happy to provide documents to your venue.

Where do you serve?

Ottawa-Gatineau and the surrounding National Capital Region.

How far ahead should we book?

3–6 months for peak season (May–October weddings, September–November corporate). Shorter notice? Ask — we'll tell you honestly.

What do you need from the venue?

A standard power outlet and roughly a parking-space of floor room. We handle setup and teardown.

How does pricing work?

Every event is quoted to its size and package. Check your date and you'll see your number right away — no waiting on an email back.

Kumusta! Let's make your event the one guests are still talking about.

Your date, your headcount, your number — in about a minute.

Join the launch list

Be first to know when the cart opens — new drinks, pop-ups, and booking dates.