𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘢𝘯.

Just a somewhat random 2025 photo dump More focus on myself this year, not so much necessarily coffee(although a lot of the photos are😂 I can’t seem to get away after all) but trying to put myself back outside of just competitions and seeing other things also in other perspectives. Nothing much to say but looking forward to you 2026.

Another wrap to another BrC for this year. Thank you for all of those who saw and have told me this my most stable performance yet (at least with the least amount of stage fright), I’m glad that some of that little bravado I still had got through 😂 The topic of acidity was something I thought of last year because facing customers everyday, you get asked for recommends, or the most often one: ‘is the coffee sour?’ Or ‘which one is less sour’ So I wanted to think of something simple that could be handled by everyone, and with any bean and it’s a funny story because I accidentally landed on this recipe because I got called away to answer and my brew at that time was blooming past 2 minutes and so I just rounded it off with a single pour to save it. And it was worth it, because that cup was really yummy😂 So I tried over these months to bring it across again in this year’s BrC. But sometimes accidents do happen for weird unexplainable reasons (my 3rd Kalita got randomly stuck and thus resulted in that cup being underfill) and we just learn from the experience. Just wanted to write this to share some funny anecdotes that I don’t have time to share on stage and to write out the recipe although it isn’t really anything special, but it does actually work across most drippers, so I hope it can help anyone at any stage with expressing acidity, and maybe fall in love with that part of coffee. ‘1+1’ Brew Method (for 15g version) 0:00 50g water 1:00 200g water Total 250g water, aim for 1:45 - 2:30 total time. Pretty simple in that it only requires you to adjust grind size to find that sweet spot. And water temperature around 94-96C. I hope this recipe is at least a bit of fun and simple to play with for everyone 😌 I have plenty of figuring out to do but I’ll definitely come back stronger! Thank you all those who helped me, answered my many questions or helped me with some of my emotional stress with no conditions asked. Thank you @hksca_ , judges, and volunteers. Good luck to the top 9 and look forward to tomorrow! #hkig

𝕒𝕣𝕥. 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤. 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 Just some of the photos & random moments I took on an islands trip around Sai Kung featuring art installations done over the last 3 years (This is an annual event called the Sai Kung Arts Festival, quite unique in that it features multiple islands and the harmony it has with each island). Such incredible weather and each piece of art carried such warmth with each of their backstory connecting them back to certain bits of history or lore to each island. Thanks @muiszewa for inviting me on this tour, it was really lots of fun😌 #hkig

This year, I learnt the huge importance of schooling my expression and that the judge poker face is very very hard. Okay not only just that😂 (but it was so hard getting my jaw not to twitch from all the laughter I was holding back) My second year as a judge for HKCIGS and it has been such a ride! Rolling through all those rounds in preliminary and then not fully expecting to being also able to judge in the finals. Thank you for giving me this chance, it was admittedly very nerve-wrecking but I am ever so grateful for all the guidance @susie_deballon @sieuming @christian8947 @sophie_chan So much laughter and fun (also much seriousness!) that I’ve never thought I would experience without this ‘family’ of ours, inclusive of the other ‘children’ @xena0801 @stanfordchin @ivancpp.coffvengers )😂 Lots of reflections in these past few days and there was definitely a lot to feed myself for growth not only as a judge, but also as a competitor and person in general. Congratulations also to all competitors and finalists and to our champion 🏆！ #hkcigs 📸️ @tay.wong_

A no-regrets impulse decision to get on a plane to Tokyo for the first time on a quick two-day ‘speedrun’ What started about what coffees to drink on dayoffs turned into this whirlwind journey through a new country for me. And what better than this beautiful end before the flight back? (: Not only a much-needed rest but also a refresher not only into myself, but also all around me. Not everything needs to be 100% perfect, just that we should be happy and what we want to do can be done, step by step. (More bits later!) #hkig #tokyo #shibuyasky

Just that obligatory (?) post to look back at 2023 since I didn’t post it yesterday but I guess fitting with my BC opening😂 “ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴀʏɪɴɢ, ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ, ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ.” Too many things in 2023: many good, many not so good. But all are experiences to my growth. It’s not easy admitting my weaknesses or faults in myself but some of these have made me face myself in very raw moments, and I’m glad I broke through them and well, some maybe not so yet. The above is not everything but just some of the major stuff in the year: 1. My first Barista Championship: whatever got into my head to be convinced and take that dive headfirst when I’ve never stood behind an espresso machine, I hope I still have that in the future😂 the most insane 4-5months of training to put me on that stage, lots of frustration and crying and moments of insane happiness with the breakthroughs. This was really one of the biggest things for me in 2023 and thank you so much to all those who walked beside me throughout it(: no competition is a one-man job and I am always so glad to have my competition teammates. 2. My first Brewer’s Cup: planning my own routine and workflow for the very first time as a home brewer and making it into the top 24 was more than I could have asked for😂 3. First time attending a WCC show in Taipei and volunteering backstage: many new friends made and experiences learnt 4. The usual Aeropress thing🤣 yes I do tend to like to immerse myself in competitions. To me they’re like little goals and I love the experiences I get through them. 5. First time judging for Coffee in Good Spirits 6. My first origin trip: to the mother country of coffee, Ethiopia Many things have changed throughout last year and well, I don’t know what 2024 will have for me, but I will be ready to face it! And no matter what, always try to stay being ‘me’. #hkig #instadaily #specialtycoffee #foodstagram #coffeegram #instacoffee #homecafe #homebarista #hkcafe #homebrew #coffeebeans #coffeereview #精品咖啡 #咖啡豆 #手沖咖啡 #일상 #데일리 #커피 #카페 #홈카페 #커피스타그램 #카페스타그램 #먹스타그램 #데일리그램 #珈琲 #コー​​ヒー #コー​​ヒーブレイク#コー​​ヒー豆 #ハンドドリップコーヒー #ファインダー越しの私の世界

'我想下年玩brc，不過我只想要laurina/ aramosa，可唔可以幫我搵？' 本身只想試下做judge的我，上年生個諗法想用low caffeine打比賽，所以決定不如試下玩 一路準備 一路練 發現自己好多不足 始終 要一路沖啡 同埋 一路present 係好難好難😂 岩又新鮮出爐新rules 又更多野要估點打 係好frustrated 特別因為結果我用兩隻豆 script又長 自己不停overrun workflow好多野要學返 consistency…更加唔好講🤣 當日qualifier 冇諗到 企到上去個10分鐘 係我最享受的10分鐘 係值得呢段時間的苦練 更加冇諗到 達到初目標 入到24 主要寫呢個係想紀錄下我第一次的 hkbrc qualifier 同埋 多謝身邊的人： @roast.cup.repeat 多謝你幫我搵呢pair豆，佢地真係好優秀 我好開心可以係台上發揮到佢地😂 一路而黎你有支持同埋鼓勵我呢個home brewer 到今次你幫我炒比賽豆，it’s more I could have thought of being able to do. Thank you for being my roaster and let’s continue fighting on in the next round(s)🔥 @ceci_the_coffeeholic 又多位好重要好重要的朋友😊 一開始做你個客，到變成依家好似多個家姐同埋好好朋友。🥰多謝你陪我係身邊as coach and assistant。冇你 我諗我唔會咁穩定同埋個日可以咁順利！下round 再要麻煩你了🤣 @lamont_loo 係短短時間認識你🤣thank you for all your comments， watching my routine， and brutally cutting my script where it was needed🤣🤣 因為你個final cut，我個日的表演係我咁多次最smooth Last but not least, my lovely competition team🥰 其實覺得真係好癲 由hkctc，aeropress到依家hkbrc 可以搵到一班人一起打比賽 一起團練 大家陪大家一起跑同埋長大 繼續要keep住呢把火🔥 @lo_jackie （多謝你做second coach🤣） @wingsist @coffee.photohk @derickngg @filter.paper.trail thank you for your advice and encouragement all this time🫡 I can’t say I understand a lot more, but at least it’s a LITTLE more. Perhaps finally finally 多謝一路支持我的朋友們🥰 呢段時間我真係靜左好多好對唔住🙈🤣 y’all know who you are :p 五月Preliminary再見啦大家😝 𝐻𝒦𝐵𝓇𝒞 𝟤𝟥’ 𝒬𝓊𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒻𝒾𝑒𝓇 𝐵𝑒𝒶𝓃𝓈 Blend of: Colombia Finca El Paraiso Special Fermentation Laurina (Oxidised Coffee Cherry Pulp & Yeast from Orange Blossoms) @fincaelparaisocoffee @diegosamuel.bermudeztapia Colombia Cafe Granja La Esperanza Natural Laurina @cafegranjalaesperanza 𝔸ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸 Violets, Apricot Juice, Hint of orange blossoms ℍ𝕆𝕋 Canned pineapple juice, violets, apricots, hints of orange blossom 𝕎𝔸ℝ𝕄 Violets, mikan, apricot, pink rose tea ℂ𝕆𝕃𝔻 Violets, mikan, apricot, pink rose tea, hints of canned pineapple juice 📸️： @fi.fionalau @_coz_u #hkig #instadaily #specialtycoffee #foodstagram #coffeegram #instacoffee #homecafe #homebarista #hkcafe #homebrew #coffeebeans #coffeereview #精品咖啡 #咖啡豆 #手沖咖啡 #일상 #데일리 #커피 #카페 #홈카페 #커피스타그램 #카페스타그램 #먹스타그램 #데일리그램 #珈琲 #コー​​ヒー #コー​​ヒーブレイク#コー​​ヒー豆 #ハンドドリップコーヒー

𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒 𝕔𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟚 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕦𝕞𝕡 2022 was a year where I literally ‘threw myself out’ and grew ever so so much Photo 1: 一個比較少見的戴眼鏡的我 Just a slight different angle and recent photo of me that I liked🤣 Photo 2: Joining a mini cup taster’s game fray with many other previous champions and home brewers and discovering, well I might just like it Photo 3: Taking part in @normallyclosed_ ‘s Extraction game and taking home 3rd place 🤍 Photo 4 & 5: Taking a leap and participating in HKCTC 2022 - and doing myself proud in landing in the Top 8, finishing at 6th Photo 6: Home Brewer’s Competition with only 50% sensory intact after COVID, interesting experience?😶‍🌫️ Photo 7 & 8: My first guest shift @duetcups . 手沖炒場 and over 40 brews served🤣 it was my absolute pleasure🥰 Photo 9: Full 5 days of volunteering for 2022 HKBC with lots of shenanigans and learning done as timekeeper 💗 Photo 10: Finally cinching @leaderboardcoffee 1st place💜 at the end of 2022! 太多野可以reflect 所以寧願photo dump。 多謝今年陪住我行的朋友，一路都支持我 希望2023再可以進步 可以搭入新方向 New discoveries always but with the closest friends and family always with me🥰 #hkig #instadaily #specialtycoffee #foodstagram #coffeegram #instacoffee #homecafe #homebarista #hkcafe #homebrew #coffeebeans #coffeereview #精品咖啡 #咖啡豆 #手沖咖啡 #일상 #데일리 #커피 #카페 #홈카페 #커피스타그램 #카페스타그램 #먹스타그램 #데일리그램 #珈琲 #コー​​ヒー #コー​​ヒーブレイク#コー​​ヒー豆 #ハンドドリップコーヒー #ファインダー越しの私の世界

因要timekeep 錄唔完🥲 final time：14:59 HKBC 22‘ Finals - Wilson Chung，Chart Coffee

HKBC 22’ Day 2 Preliminary Round - Jackie Lo

𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕠𝕟𝕖-𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕒 ɢᴜᴇꜱᴛ ꜱʜɪꜰᴛɪɴɢ & ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ 終於可以靜靜地寫下八月尾第一次企bar的經驗！ 首先，感謝 @duetcups 同埋 @_kwokck 俾我呢個機會第一次企係bar同埋做第一個guest shift XD 我成日會亂入bar玩，從來冇諗過會正式冲啡俾大家。 當然，都好多謝每位黎探我的朋友，無論係咖啡師或home brewer。好多我都好unexpected會黎支持我，所以我真係好開心！ 個日選的豆的roasters對我係呢兩年浸係精品咖啡呢個世界不停比我驚喜的roasters (除左unir，呢個係HKCTC期間的新發現同埋比左我好大驚喜！） 所以都多謝 @hatchcrafted , @19grams.coffee , @harvest_coffeeroasters 同埋@unir_coffee for the very yummy coffees (: 我諗我最大的takeaway係咖啡師成日需要有的brew consistency 同埋stability。平日的我成日坐係電腦前工作，首先唔慣企全日（好佩服呢！）：對脚真係差d死。係不停炒場要不停出手冲的情況底，發現自己要maintain我本身有四個好唔同的brew recipes (包括全部用C40的唔同grind size)都好難maintain。越夜其實認真自己taste到，我想要的quality不停drop as我自己體力越黎越低。本身guest shift前有諗過要唔要standardize所有recipe，不過之後決定唔想，因爲想盡量show每一隻豆的character (係我角度）。絕對係一個好好的經驗同埋好多takeaways! 雖然經歷過得一日，已經都令我更加佩服咖啡師（從來都清楚唔簡單，but knowing & experiencing is two different things)。 可以同大家開心講咖啡同埋見到大家好enjoy，我真係好大滿足感~ 相信呢個唔會係我唯一一次咁玩，所以都期待下次可以再為大家冲咖啡^^ Quite a much later 'latergram', but finally could write some thoughts about my first guest shift. Many thanks to Duet Cups for letting me stand behind the bar! I was astonished to see the amount of friends come to support the event, so thank you to all of you who made time to come over! The 4 coffees that I selected that day came from roasters that had never stopped amazing me during my coffee journey (with Unir being a new one!) namely Hatch, 19grams & Harvest Coffee Roasters. One of my biggest takeaways was the importance of brew consistency & stability. I had different recipes & grind sizes as I had went against standardized recipes to best present each bean and throughout the day, I could feel myself drop in brew quality as my energy dropped. It might have been a short time, but my respect for baristas was much increased. This will surely not be my only time guesting (hopefully!) & I definitely look forward to the next time! 📸: @koovictor @_kwokck #instadaily #specialtycoffee #foodstagram #coffeegram #instacoffee #homecafe #homebarista #hkcafe #homebrew #coffeebeans #coffeereview #精品咖啡 #咖啡豆 #手沖咖啡 #일상 #데일리 #커피 #카페 #홈카페 #커피스타그램 #카페스타그램 #먹스타그램 #데일리그램 #珈琲 #コー​​ヒー #コー​​ヒーブレイク#コー​​ヒー豆 #ハンドドリップコーヒー #ファインダー越しの私の世界

ℍ𝕂ℂ𝕋ℂ 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟚⁠ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ & ᴛʜᴀɴᴋꜱ⁠ ⁠ 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟐 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭⁠ 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝟑𝟐 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞⁠ 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝟖 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟⁠ ⁠ 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺: 𝟚𝟠 - 𝟳/𝟴 | 𝟲:𝟯𝟱⁠ 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟯𝟮: 𝟘𝟠 - 𝟱/𝟴 | 𝟳:𝟯𝟰⁠ 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟬𝟴: 𝟘𝟞 - 𝟱/𝟴 | 𝟳:𝟮𝟱⁠ ⁠ 其實諗諗下，都幾巧係岩岩開始飲精品咖啡的時間，身邊多數認識的同CTC有關。而上年都有幾個不停推我去試試。本身對CTC真係好陌生，又零concept 好抗拒，不過慢慢係過幾個月就想用呢個機會去test我自己sensory係咪真係咁好。⁠ ⁠ 有運參加之前 @filter.paper.trail 同埋 @jaco_clh 搞的小型交流CTC比賽，就覺得勁好玩同埋挑起我想玩比賽呢個心態，所以就決定報名了。⁠ ⁠ 我諗CTC其中最難的一部分係我POV就係作爲一個home brewer,其實都好難有batch brewer拿黎練。同埋一次要沖煮最少三/四款啡都好難（特別又要買好多豆黎練）同埋可以點set題目。自己主要都係攻擊係小型比賽發現對acidity的弱點。⁠ ⁠ 比賽成功報名之後，就好好彩有班朋友一起練CTC,group session真係幫到好多，同埋大家一起諗的題目可以幫到挑戰唔同方面的skills set。真係好感激⁠ @gokanlounge @lo_jackie 咁多晚借地方，同埋一起練！⁠ ⁠ teammates ⁠ @coffee.photohk ⁠ @ceci_the_coffeeholic ⁠ @wingsist ⁠ @_thfung_ ⁠ @xena0801 ⁠ @tim_wong4x1 ⁠ ⁠ 同你地一起練的日子好開心！好彩呢度冇人需要食蜜瓜皮:3 set d題目又真係夠地獄 XD ⁠ ⁠ (多謝 @number9coffee 幫我地炒的ethi地獄，呢個真係好難忘~）⁠ ⁠ many thanks also to @normallyclosed_ @nwm_coffeenwords @noooooooooelchau 比我機會都可以一起練！係冇batch brew情況低下，你地真係做得好好了！呢段時間辛苦你地了~ ⁠ ⁠ 都有機會可以同 @duetcups 一起試都好好玩！有見到另外一種地獄T.T⁠ ⁠ 除左technical，其實mental support都好緊要。⁠ ⁠ 多謝⁠ @emmacky @jk.lok15 @singing_on_the_sun @weiyaaa_v @nikoooffee ⁠ 一路好大支持同埋聼我好多心事, 冇你地 我諗我mental情況會真係好差好差⁠ ⁠ 當然唔會唔記得一開始到宜家支持我的 @coffeeguyyyy 同埋佳粉團們，i love you all！ Your constant cheering and support has held me up countless many times。⁠ ⁠ 係呢段時間最珍惜係個experience& huge growth，同埋見到好多新同埋舊朋友，有除左對CTC有多d知識，都對咖啡呢一界多瞭解了。⁠ ⁠ 可以敢講：做唯一的唔係啡行内的，入到top 8 + finish at 第六位，我真係好驕傲 （唔好打我啊！！）⁠ ⁠ 所以對自己都算有多d自信了，而我sensory都算係我...talent之一？嗯。It is good to have affirmation in a sense and that 因爲咁，我都會繼續有自信不停進步同埋有堅持。⁠ ⁠ 最搞笑同埋真係要堅持係因爲想keep個sensory sharp：戒辣+ 戒酒 +食得好清幾個星期 <-呢個有時真係差d喊出黎LOL⁠ ⁠ 今年HKCTC就咁完畢，it has been a whirlwind of a journey! but the journey still continues,同埋仲有好多弱點再要改善，會繼續努力，繼續飲多d啡！XD⁠ ⁠ 下年HKCTC再見~⁠ ⁠ #hkig #instadaily #specialtycoffee #foodstagram #coffeegram #instacoffee #homecafe #homebarista #hkcafe #homebrew #coffeebeans #coffeereview #精品咖啡 #咖啡豆 #手沖咖啡 #일상 #데일리 #커피 #카페 #홈카페 #커피스타그램 #카페스타그램 #먹스타그램 #데일리그램 #珈琲 #hkctc