Singapore National Barista Competition 2009

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

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Oriole Coffee The Bodum Way

Posted in barista, Cafe, espresso, john, nespresso, onirio, oriole, oriole-coffee-roasters, Roasts, singapore, taste, ting on May 11th, 2011 by Colin Loh

On this coming weekend of 14th, 15th May and on the next weekend of 21st, 22nd May, Oriole Coffee Roasters will be making Bodum French Press presentations at Takashimaya Shopping Centre at Ngee Ann City. The baristi instructing the Bodum French Press class are past Singapore National Barista Champions, John Ting (2008, 2009) and Keith Loh (2010).

Of special mention and also an update to this blog post is… Continue reading

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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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Video – SNBC Finals – John Ting

Posted in championship, Video on March 1st, 2010 by Colin Loh

This is the video of John Ting’s (Oriole Cafe) performance during the SNBC 2010 Finals on 27 February 2010. John won 2nd Place in this year’s Singapore National Barista Championship.

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Video – SNBC Day 2 – John Ting

Posted in championship, Video on February 27th, 2010 by Colin Loh

Here’s a video of John’s performance at this year’s SNBC. Having participated in SNBC every year since 2007, John has been placed Runner Up in 2007, and Champion in 2008 and 2009. His latest WBC 2009 rank representing Singapore is #21.

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Tags: barista, championship, espresso, latte_art, metcalf, signature, singapore, snbc, ting, wbc, world, world barista championship

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SNBC Day 2

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

Today, I came prepared, with my naked portafilter, a digital thermometer crippled from my Eric Svendson’s setup from home, and my Espro tamper.

While attention was focused on the latte art competition on the floor, I stole away to try my stint at the Rancilio Classe 6 unit at the door. A few points in summary:

My Rancilio naked portafilter locks in at 6 o clock

The… Continue reading

Tags: barista, beans, bright, championship, erics-e61-thermometer, espresso, naked-portafilter, oriole, singapore, snbc, ting, world, world barista championship

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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…”

John… Continue reading

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

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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

Tags: barista, bright, cai, championship, latte_art, metcalf, singapore, snbc, ting, wbc

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