Oriole Mac Yellowbird Blend

Posted in coffee, cupping, espresso, john, Notes, oriole, oriole-coffee-roasters, Pulls, Rant, Roasts, taste, ting on December 27th, 2011 by Colin Loh

Oriole Coffee just announced their new Yellowbird seasonal espresso blend this Christmas week. Previous iterations of Yellowbird have been a duo-origin blend, Brazilian and Ethiopian, and this new YB follows in its ancestral footsteps. Made up of 20% Ethiopian Sidama, and 80% of a semi-washed Brazilian bean from Fazenda Machado, this YB proves to be another winner in… Continue reading

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Quoting From A Different Age

Posted in Rant on November 10th, 2011 by Colin Loh

We live in a different age. While some would be pretentious or literary and start quoting Wordsworth or William Shakes, I find myself pulling phrases from Travis and Ferris, or Bickle and Bueller; your pick.

Living in this very moment:

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” — FB, 1986… Continue reading

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Subscribe To Craft Coffee

Posted in Rant on August 5th, 2011 by Colin Loh

image510356501.jpgI read Brian W Jones’ blog, paid heed to his advice, and now, according to Craft Coffee, I became their first Singapore-based customer. Craft Coffee is based in New York, and if you pick up a coffee subscription from them, you get a tasting box each month made up of… Continue reading

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Nespresso Pixie and Onirio Launch

Posted in espresso, nespresso, Rant, Reviews, singapore on April 14th, 2011 by Colin Loh
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Nespresso Pixie launches in Singapore

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I just got back from Red Dot Design Museum where Nespresso has just launched their smallest Nespresso machine named the Nespresso Pixie. Read this post for the Previous Nespresso Experience

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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.

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My Singapore National Barista Championships 2011 Pre-Day 3 Predictions

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

Having watched the Day 1 and Day 2 performances of these finalists, and having predicted ALL the SNBC 2010 winners last year, my pick this year before even watching the finals are: (in no particular order ;) not wanting to give them undue stress)   1st:   Keith Loh (Oriole Cafe)   2nd:  Ryan Tan (Papa Palheta)   3rd:   Suhaimie Sukiman (CuppaChoice)

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WBC 2009 Day One: Best Looking Signature Drink

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

What I thought was the best signature drink from WBC 2009 Day One goes to Akihiro Okada from Japan.

Akihiro Okada's signature drink preparation

Akihiro Okada's signature drink preparation

Akihiro paints the insides of martini glasses

Akihiro paints the insides of martini glasses

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Judging WBC Judges

Posted in Rant on February 8th, 2009 by Colin Loh

During the break before the awards ceremony of SNBC 2009, there was a friendly competition between Eleen Cai (SNBC 2007 Champion) and John Ting (SNBC 2008 Champion). It was a competition to make as many cappas as you can in 10 minutes. The highlight of the event was uh, someone volunteered me to be the 8th guest judge. All guest judges were chosen from the audience. The WBC judges took… Continue reading

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Singapore National Barista Competition 2009

Posted in Rant on February 8th, 2009 by Colin Loh

I just came from SNBC 2009 Finals held at Suntec Convention Hall today. Whew! What a turnout. Sadly, I didn’t see any familiar faces from our local home roaster’s group, CGSG (Coffee Greens Singapore). Cafes that had baristas in the finals were 2 from Oriole Cafe, Ian from TCC, 1 from Spinelli’s, Danny Pang from Geek Terminal, and 1 from Jones the Grocer (Ahmad… Continue reading

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I Spy With My I

Posted in iPhone, Rant, Roasts, singapore on November 10th, 2008 by Colin Loh

On a lighter note, I caught this with my iPhone as I passed by Starbucks (branch at Shaw Tower) one day:

“To be a Starbucks Roaster,
You need skill, artistry and
a really good watch.”

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