World Barista Championship Atlanta 2009

Required Reading – Tonx Opens Micro-Roastery

Posted in barista, brewed, coffee, home-barista, News, Required Reading, Roasts on December 20th, 2011 by Colin Loh

I followed a link on facebook posted by Espressoparts that coffee blogger Tonx opened up a micro-roastery in an article in LA Weekly by Tien Nguyen. This article is required reading. Yes, I’ve even started a category that is titled “Required Reading”. This category will contain my favourite reads from now on.

The LA Weekly article went on to… Continue reading

Tags: blogger, brewed, coffee, espresso, home-barista, roastery, subscription, tonx, usa

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ChristchurchCafe.com

Posted in Cafe, News on April 26th, 2011 by Steve Cairns

I was catching up with CG podcasts today and listened to the Christchurch post-earthquake episode that was really moving. The city has been devastated we all know … as has Japan. One of our most respected coffee gurus, Carl Sara, who has a cafe there, has set up a website with some help from Mark Prince (CoffeeGeek), Steve Leighton (HasBean) and Lawrence Brown (Web designer) – a virtual cafe, where… Continue reading

Tags: beans, carl, coffee, coffeegeek, donate, espresso, hasbean, ristretto, sara, uk

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Getting To Do What You Love

Posted in barista, Cafe, jimseven, News, singapore on April 12th, 2011 by Colin Loh

“Getting to do what you love…”

As far back as I can remember, I have been quite lucky and have always managed to turn my passion into a job. I’ve done this with comics and toys for 14 years. Now, I’ve elected to do the same with my other love, coffee. Walking away from a barista

Tags: barista, cappuccino, espresso, jimseven, latte_art, singapore

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The Big Picture

Posted in barista, championship, competition, News, Rant, singapore, wbc, world on March 29th, 2011 by Colin Loh

“As a barista trainer, I would rather resign than compromise on the quality of coffee and training I deliver.” And I did. My last day in The Line [Restaurant] will be April 25th. Sorry, I can’t bring myself to conduct training in a manner that would set the quality of coffee in Singapore back to the Dark Ages. It’s not what I signed up for.

I posted this on… Continue reading

Tags: barista, challenge, championship, coffee, espresso, facebook, singapore, snbc, wbc, world, world barista championship

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Singapore National Barista Championships Day 2 Highlights

Posted in barista, championship, competition, News, singapore, wbc, world on March 23rd, 2011 by Colin Loh

Actually, I’m not even done writing about SNBC 2011 Day 1. There is an information overload from the stuff and experience one can get going to expos like these. I’ve pulled a few shots from a La Marzocco Strada, spoken to most of the SNBC competitors about their passion, their signature drinks, spoken to the judges, got a few tips on how to roast, how to cup, how to blend… Continue reading

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The Number One Highlight of SNBC 2011

Posted in barista, Cafe, championship, competition, News, Pulls, singapore on March 22nd, 2011 by Colin Loh

The number one highlight of Singapore National Barista Championships 2011, held in conjunction with Tea & Coffee World Cup Singapore (for me) has to be Oriole Coffee Roasters’ brand spanking new espresso machine, the La Marzocco Strada! This is the first Strada to appear in Asia, according to May Soo of Wineberry, the La Marzocco distributor in Singapore. This is the Strada EP (Electronic Paddle).

: The translucent side panels give us an inkling of the internals

: From the customer’s viewpoint. Sadly, they don’t get to see the naked pours.

: So hot it sizzles

: Leaving no stone unturned, which is what the La Marzocco Street Team did, by re-designing the portafilter …

: to make it easier for baristi to ….

: The La Marzocco Pressure Profiling Cheat Sheet

Tags: barista, championship, espresso, keith, La_Marzocco, naked-portafilter, oriole, ristretto, singapore, snbc, strada

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Singapore National Barista Championships 2011 Day 1 Highlights

Posted in barista, championship, competition, News, singapore, wbc, world on March 22nd, 2011 by Colin Loh

I wrote a first draft of a post I extremely liked until the wee hours of this morning, but I felt I was straying from the subject heading too much, therefore, although I feel it should justly be the highlight of this entire event, I shall address it last instead.

For those heading out to Singapore National Barista Championships, running alongside Tea & Coffee World Cup Asia today and… Continue reading

Tags: americano, barista, championship, competition, espresso, jimseven, latte_art, naked-portafilter, oriole, sans-crema, signature, singapore, snbc

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Latte Art Showdown II at Oriole Cafe

Posted in News on October 30th, 2009 by Colin Loh

Oriole Cafe will be organising a latte art competition on 2nd November 2009. For those who don’t check or have Facebook accounts, the details are below, as excerpted from their Facebook updates:

Get your milk jugs ready and steady your nerves,
Back after 8 months (sorry we’ve been busy…)!
New exciting and… Continue reading

Tags: espresso, latte_art, oriole, singapore

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WBC 2009 Atlanta: John Jhi Chiang Ting Singapore

Posted in News on April 17th, 2009 by Colin Loh

Coupled with the bad internet connection, I could only catch every other frame during John’s routine. The emcee is James Hoffmann, WBC 2007 Champion, now at Square Mile Roasters. Anyway, here are whatever pictures I could take during the event. As John says in his routine, “Please enjoy…”

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Tags: barista, championship, espresso, oriole, signature, singapore, ting, wbc, world

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