bluberry muffin and rose hips

got some beans (ethiopian yirgacheffe) from the japanese team at WBC. Pulled some wondewrful shots today. On the first pull we got wonderful balance. one would expect overpowering floral notes. but this one was just really nice and balanced. with sweetness right to the end(flowers and blueberry sugar). it was slightly oily but wow the shots were unexpected. pity we only got 150gms. sigh.

Pictures from the WBC

Boy was it an awesome week in Atlanta at the WBC.

We learnt so much, went to some cupping classes, tried some amazing coffee.

Here's the first installment of pics from my camera. We'll be uploading some from john's too later, once I get around to him!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oriolecafeandbar/

Latte art

Here's a random one. This shot was taken some weeks back. The latte art was done for a magazine shoot (Can't remember now) and I piggybacked the shot on my camera too. We don't usually make such large cups(this one was a 12oz cup I think, we usually use a 6-8 oz cup for Caps).

This is fun. I'm getting the hang of blogging.

some reviews

here's a few links to reviews on us:

http://www.hungrygowhere.com/singapore/oriole_cafe_bar/

http://www.soshiok.com/articles/11685

http://shiokhochiak.blogspot.com/2009/03/oriole-cafe-and-bar-espresso-to-satisfy.html

Inaugral blog!

Phew it took us long enough to start this!

Here we go:

Oriole cafe has been buzzing non-stop since we opened this year in Jan.

here's a link of pics, in case no-one's seen it yet.
http://web.mac.com/lohkeith/iWeb/Site/Oriole%20Cafe%20%26%20Bar.html

Ok now I've got to compose my thoughts before I write the next note...

peace
keith