Standing tall: Winners of the night (from left) Tan Zhi Ying, Kelvin Wong and Phua Yi Ren with their cash prizes and trophies during the Ipoh Latte Art Throwdown 2015 at Coffee Tag, Ipoh
WITH slightly shaking hands and a focused gaze while pouring milk into espresso, 18-year-old barista Tan Zhi Ying beat 15 other hopefuls and won first place in Ipoh’s first Latte Art Throwdown.
The Penang-born lad, who has been in the coffee scene for 10 months, said he did not expect to enter the finals, much less emerge as the champion of the night.
