The World Barista Championships are underway! Singapore’s Ryan Kieran Tan (Papa Palheta) was the first of 52 baristi to perform his routine. Check out his meticulous clockwork performance.
[Update: Ryan Kieran Tan came in at rank #28 of 52 countries for Singapore. Congratulations, Ryan!]… Continue reading
“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.
I posted this on… Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
