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The first overseas experience for Caleb was Aus-
tralia as he attended ‘international cultural games festi-
val’ in 1998. Everything in Australia was just way too
beautiful and made him feel like it’s actually his home
to be. Since then, he always had a fantasy living overseas.
“I suppose I knew I’ll be living overseas one day so all
of my plan was aimed overseas, and you see me where
I am now.”
If you follow Caleb in any social media, you will
notice that his middle name is Tiger, Caleb Tiger Cha,
it makes it even more interesting since Tiger is not re-
ally his given name. As he was going through his life
with all the experiences and challenges, Caleb under-
stood that life is not all easy and rosy that is why he
needed to rely on something to boost his confidence.
Thinking of the strongest creature in the world, tiger
was the answer: “It just gives me so much power every
time I look at the tiger’s face, so I tattooed it.” Now with
a tiger following him everywhere, it feels like the animal
is taking care of Caleb, protecting him when he gets on
a plane, runs a workshop, trains people and runs a busi-
C
ness. The love for tigers also is reflected in the name of
Caleb’s busines ‘Tigerous Espresso’ that he opened in M
2018. “‘Tiger + tremendous’ became ‘Tigerous’. Now it’s Y
like my religion thing,” says Caleb. CM
The result of this whole journey is Tigerous Espres-
MY
so in Melbourne, it provides education and training
CY
for the coffee people. It also provides Caleb with his
perfect work-life balanced lifestyle. Coming from a CMY
completely different background, what he learned in K
Australia is that you don’t have to sacrifice yourself
alone for your team whereas Koreans mostly do this.
Also, you can have your own character and you don’t
have to be the same to others and no one has a prob-
lem with that. And as we can see Caleb does not only
have his own character, but also a will of a winner and
a strength of a tiger.

You can check Caleb’s fun
Instagram at
@calebtiger

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