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Asian Barista Championship 2008

Posted by Hao on April 23, 2008 at 4:30am
Finalists for ABC 2008:(in no particular order)Australia - Mr. Scott CallaghanKoreaMalaysiaNew Zealand - Mr. Carl SaraTaiwanI got to the competition area late, so I didn't get to see the announcement for the finalists. My apologies for not getting the Korea and Malaysia barista's names.I got to see Scott's performance and it was great. He was obviously one of the favorites, and competing at centre table show-cased his presentation skills immensely. He attempted 4 different milk art for his capps - heart, rosetta, double hearts and double rosetta. His table was crowded with photographers! I couldn't get a shot of any of his drinks. His signature beverage had elements of orange juice, star anise, reduced rose syrup, ginger and was meant to be an after-meal beverage, layered in flavor and complexity. i thought he quite cleverly bent the rules by combining the OJ and something else in the blender, without any ice though, and effectively made a "blended freestyle espresso-based beverage." I don't remember reading any rules that states it needs to be an ice-blended beverage...More tomorow. Sorry I couldn't live-blog a la zacharyzachary style. It's my first industry event and I was busy checking the floor out.Later..
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