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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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SNBC 2011 and The story so far

Posted in barista, championship, competition, singapore, wbc, world on March 21st, 2011 by Colin Loh

I know I have not been blogging for a long while. It’s almost like taking a long hiatus, but I hope to be able to start writing again. My wish to participate in the coffee industry has been answered, and since 2010, I’ve been hired as a barista in a bistro, then a cafe, and now I’m a full fledged barista trainer in a prestigious hotel. More about myself in… Continue reading

Tags: barista, championships, diamant, expobar, national, singapore

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USA wins WBC 2010

Posted in championship on June 26th, 2010 by Colin Loh

Congratulations, World Barista Champion 2010 Mike Phillips (USA)!

Mike Phillips is World Barista Champion 2010

1st: Mike Phillips (USA)

2nd Raul Rodas (Guatemala)

3rd Scottie Callaghan (Australia)

Congratulations to all!… Continue reading

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Watch the livestream for WBC here

Posted in barista, championship, wbc, world on June 24th, 2010 by Colin Loh

Watch the World Barista Championship on the link below.

http://www.livestream.com/worldbaristachampionship2010

Mike Phillips from USA next!!!

The music rocks, if not for the constant lag… Continue reading

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Singapore on WBC 2010 Day 2

Posted in barista, championship on June 5th, 2010 by Colin Loh

I’ve just heard news from the results of the drawing for the order of performances during World Barista Championships 2010. Keith Loh, representing Singapore will be the FIRST PERFORMER on Day 2 of the event.

[Extracted from WBC 2010 Competitors Page]… Continue reading

Tags: barista, championship, keith, loh, london, singapore, snbc, wbc, world, world barista championship

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Mitr Phol BC Finalists

Posted in barista, competition on June 5th, 2010 by Colin Loh

These are the finalists for the Mitr Phol Barista Competition 2010. The winners will be performing their routines later today.

Terrence (30 mls)
Nizam (Jolly Frog)
Sham (CuppaChoice)
Fadhly (CuppaChoice)
Arfian (30 mls)

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The REAL Latte Art Challenge

Posted in barista, competition on June 5th, 2010 by Colin Loh

When I first heard that Nestlé is sponsoring the latte art competition, I was already wondering what magic new espresso machine they are going to pull out of their hat this time. Yes, Nestlé, as in Nespresso infamy. Someone actually leaked (untruthfully) that it was going to be a Nespresso machine that was going to do the espresso base for the cappuccinos. I smsed the rest of the CGSG group… Continue reading

Tags: barista, competition, cuppachoice, latte_art, singapore, steve_cairns, suhaimie_sukiman, ting

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MITR PHOL Barista Challenge 2010

Posted in barista, competition on June 3rd, 2010 by Colin Loh

[This post has been updated with correct dates and times as of 3 June 2010]

CUPPACHOICE INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD has been given the honour and responsibility to organise and run a Barista Challenge on behalf of MITR PHOL THAILAND and MAXWILL (ASIA) PTE LTD, in conjunction with MITR PHOL SUGAR Trade Show 2010.

The Trade Show will be held from the 4th to 6th June and the Barista… Continue reading

Tags: barista, cgsg, challenge, cuppachoice, espresso, ethiopia, kenya, latte_art, sidamo, signature, singapore, steve_cairns, ting

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3rd CuppaChoice Barista Challenge at Ngee Ann City

Posted in barista, competition on May 11th, 2010 by Colin Loh

[Dates have been updated as of 3rd June 2010]

I was going to announce this event much earlier on, but I’m glad I was busy and couldn’t do so. After a few revisions from CuppaChoice, here’s their final draft. SNBC 2010 #3 Suhaimie, if there are any changes…. Please let me know.

CuppaChoice International is organising their #3 Barista Challenge @ Takashimaya Departmental

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