USA wins WBC 2010

Posted in championship on June 26th, 2010 by Colin

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

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

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

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WBC 2011 Venue Decided

Posted in championship on March 1st, 2010 by Colin

Just as we know that Keith is representing Singapore in London for this year’s World Barista Championship 2010, the result for WBC 2011 has just come to light. It will be held in Bogota, Colombia. Andrew Hetzel has the full report… Continue reading

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Video – SNBC 2010 Finals – Keith Loh

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

This is the video of Keith Loh’s (Oriole Cafe) winning performance during the Final Round of the Singapore National Barista Championship 2010. Keith went on to win the Championship and will be representing Singapore in the World Barista Championship held in London later this year.

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Video – SNBC Finals – John Ting

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

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 Finals – Suhaimie Sukiman

Posted in Video, championship on February 28th, 2010 by Colin

This is a video of Suhaimie Sukiman’s performance during the Finals for Singapore National Barista Championship 2010. Suhaimie will go on to win 2nd Runner Up for SNBC 2010.

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Video – SNBC Day 2 – John Ting

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

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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SNBC Day 2

Posted in championship on February 26th, 2010 by Colin

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

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At SNBC

Posted in championship on February 25th, 2010 by Colin

I’m awaiting for the SNBC competition to start. As with all other previous SNBC’s, there are the usual familiar faces:

Justin Metcalf, WBC certified judge and looks to be head judge of SNBC this year.

Victor Mah, head of Singapore Coffee Association, the organiser for SNBC.

Ross Bright, roaster at Spinelli Coffee and sponsor of this year’s Rancilio machines.

Danny Pang, past SNBCs’ finalist and of… Continue reading

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