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Toby’s Estate
Latte Art Throwdown - Singapore

The team at Toby’s Estate Singapore re-
cently organized a Halloween Latte Art Throwdown
that received great reception from the local coffee
community. The throwdown saw a participation
of more than 60 baristas in the preliminary rounds
from 5th to 15th October 2015.
Eventually, only 32 baristas made it to the
finals on the 27th of October. The art was decided
based on a dice roll and was each panel of the dice
contained a different art. Different vessels were also
used for each round, beginning with a Piccolo Glass,
Gibraltar Glass and finally, the Cappuccino Cup.
The finals were also determined based on a best of
3 rounds format.
Some of the sponsors included Dankoff
Coffee Specialist, Fresh & Natural, Cerebos, JAB
Brewers, Coat of Arms Pitchers, Pies & Coffee,
Bodum and Hospitality Essentials. Jervis Tan, the
current Singapore Latte Art Champion from Kins-
men emerged victorious in the end, proving that he
has not taken a break from the industry ever since
he competed in the World Circuit. Vanessa Caceres
from Jimmy Monkey took second place and Iwan
Setiawan, the Indonesia Latte Art Champion 2015
from Common Grounds took third.

Jamba Juice’s
Innovative Concept Store

Ben and Jerry’s Vegan Ice Cream Is Coming The opening of Jamba Juice’s new
innovative concept store in Pasadena, Cali-
fornia, is scheduled for January 2016. This
store will be totally different from the other
850+ Jamba Juice’s stores in that it will work
Feeling guilty after finishing a quart of ice cream alone? Ben and as a test space for new products, technology
Jerry’s will make you enjoy the frozen treats even more without guilt by offer- and customer experience, allowing guests to
ing the vegan ice cream. As their fans have asked Ben and Jerry’s to launch the promptly give feedback and, at the same time,
dairy-free line a while ago through various channels, including over 30,000 to gain extraordinary experience. According
signatures on Change.org, the company has explained that it is simply because to the plan, the store will be equipped with
they want their ice cream to be the best ever and, of course, for their new many useful and customer-friendly features,
products, they have to do a lot of testing. Finally, Ben and Jerry’s has made an such as a sleek interactive bar area, a modern
announcement on their website that the new non-dairy products will be made test kitchen and a specious WiFi-enabled
with almond milk as it has proven the be the best dairy-free frozen dessert seating area. Innovative solutions and new
base, while their flavor guru, Kristen Schimoler, also comments that almond initiatives that are launched in this store will
milk provides the best blank canvas to carry the funky chucks and swirls. The help Jamba Juice to push its boundaries and
good news is that the wait is almost over since the debut of Ben and Jerry’s continue to improve product development,
vegan ice cream will be made in a few months! technology and customer experience in the
future.

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