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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

Tags: beans, brazil, coffee, espresso, ethiopia, La_Marzocco, oriole, roast, sidamo, singapore, ting

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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