Great Taste Coffee Makers
| Great Taste Coffee Makers | |
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| History | |
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Presto Ice Cream (1975, 1977, 1988-1989, 1992) N-Rich Coffee Creamers (1976, 1982) Presto Fun Drinks (1980-1981) Great Taste Discoverers (1978-1980, 1983) Great Taste Coffee Makers (1982, 1983-1987) Great Taste Instant Milk (1987-1988) Presto Tivolis (1989-1991) Tivoli Milk Masters (1991) |
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| Joined PBA | 1975 |
| Team colors |
Great Taste Coffee Great Taste Milk Presto Fun Drinks Presto Ice Cream Presto Tivoli |
| Company | CFC Corporation (now merged with Universal Robina Corporation) |
| Owner(s) | John Gokongwei |
| Board governor | Ignacio Gotao † |
| Head coach | Tony Genato Nilo Verona ✝ Alfonso Marquez Baby Dalupan Jimmy Mariano |
| Disbanded | 1992 |
| Championships | |
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6 championships 1984 Second All-Filipino |
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6 championships
1984 Second All-Filipino
1984 Invitational
1985 Open
1985 All-Filipino
1987 All-Filipino
1990 All-Filipino
The Great Taste Coffee Makers were a basketball team that played in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1975 to 1992. It was one of the founding members of the PBA, the Asia's first and oldest professional league. The franchise was owned by Consolidated Foods Corporation (now merged with Universal Robina Corporation) and named after its brand of instant coffee, Great Taste Coffee. The franchise also played under other CFC brands such as N-Rich, Presto and Tivoli.
The franchise won six PBA championships, mostly under coach Baby Dalupan.
In 1993, CFC sold its PBA franchise to Sta. Lucia Realty & Development, Inc.
While Great Taste was known to be a blockbuster and powerhouse team to those who got to watch the game in the early 1980s, this team was also one of the ragtag and also-ran teams of the 1970s. Not exactly blessed with the biggest names among the present set of players then, they did become competitive owing more on the sheer hearts of their players rather than talents. Having started in the MICAA under coach Narciso Bernardo in 1973, notable players who donned the Presto/Great Taste jersey in the 70s included the Aldanese brothers Noli and Jing (who replaced Fely Fajardo as coach in the second conference of 1976), Manny Paner, Florendo Ritualo (the father of Ren-Ren), Danny Pribhdas (the father of Danilo, Jr of the UST Growling Tigers), and Johnny Revilla. Coaches included Tony Genato (Quinito Henson's father in law), Chino Marquinez (who also acted as team manager) and Nilo Verona.
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