One Touch, One Perfect Cup of Coffee with Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Single Serve Beverage System

Have you always dream of making the PERFECT cup of coffee every morning?

Well I have the PERFECT SOLUTION for you!

Read on..

L-R: Jay Isais & Jesse Martinez

I was extremely lucky to be able to meet up & had an exclusive interview with two World Coffee Masters, Jay Isais & Jesse Martinez from Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf home office, i.e California, US. And the last time they are here in Malaysia 7 years ago!

Mr Jay is the Senior Director of Coffee, Roasting & Manufacturing in Coffee Bean home office. He is responsible for selecting the best green coffee beans available from world's finest growing regions, as well as for all coffee & tea manufacturing, for warehousing and distribution worldwide. He hunts from Latin America and East Africa to South Asia and the Pacific and he told me that Costa Rica is the largest coffee supplier for Coffee Bean.

While Jesus (Jesse) Martinez-Beltran is Master Roaster at Coffee Bean Master Roasters, he is responsible for coffee quality control & roasts The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf beans daily in small batches, conducting and supervising the process manually to ensure that each batch is roasted to perfection

I'm sure everyone has this question in mind!

HOW TO MAKE A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE (without much effort or knowledge)?

Mr Jay then showed me this the CBTL Single Serve Beverage System and I wondering why he showed me this!

Mr Jay said with ONE TOUCH gives ONE PERFECT CUP

I'll tell you why...

This CBTL Single Serve Beverage System is designed in Italy and to be used exclusively with The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf hand-selected premium espresso, coffee and hand-plucked whole-leaf tea capsules, this CBTL System combines modern technology, functionality and Italian design to create the perfect cup with just one touch.

Existing machines in the market make espresso only or coffee and tea only but with CBTL System we can makes espresso, coffee & tea with just one touch!

And of course I tried to make a cup of coffee during the interview session!

Yes this is the instruction and it is so simple!

Each espresso capsule, coffee capsule and tea capsule features an internal two-filter system to ensure evenly balanced extraction and optimal flavor.

No way to go wrong with this, because it's so simple to use! 

And a perfect cup of coffee ready to be enjoy!

But I always prefer cappuccino or latte over black cofffee!
 

Well no worries, they even came out with this CBTL Milk Frother! YAY

Mr Jay said pour in fresh milk & push the button

And it is ready in 1.5 mins, pretty fast right?

This dual function milk frother produces just the right amount of heated or frothed milk to re-create our favorite specialty beverages – including latte, cappuccino, cafe mocha and macchiato – like those we enjoy at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf stores !

And best of all we do not even need to wash this CBTL Single Serve Beverage System after using it because it disposes the capsule at into the large capsule drawer that holds up to 10 capsules situated just behind the drip tray. Best for the lazy people like me!

Well this CBTL Single Serve Beverage System comes in two models i.e the Kaldi and the Contata. Both offer have the automatic proportioning system that ensures consistency in taste and aroma...all thanks to the unique twin pressure system that provides high pressure to capture all the aroma, texture, flavor and great crema of espresso, while gentle pressure allows flavors in coffee and tea to develop naturally and with great balance.

Contata available in Gray/Black and is priced at RM880 and Kaldi which has an ultra-sleek design is available in Metalic Red, Metalic Black, Metalic Blue/Silver , Metalic Gold/Silver and Metalic White/Silver is priced at RM980.

Each CBTL capsule is hermetially sealed to prolong freshness and preserved the delicate aroma. In addition, the internal double filtration system ensures evenly balanced extraction & optimal flavour. These single serve capsule are packaged 10 per box with retail price of RM21.00

NEW flavours that has just been recently introduced such as Espresso Intenso, Espresso Carnevale, Mocha, Java, Brazil, Breakfast Blend, Creme Brulee and Irish Cream. And if you have realised there are more flavours choice here compared to the counter. The prices are RM23.50 for Intenso and Carnevale – 10 capsules/box. RM37.60 for Mocha Java, Brazil, Breakfast Blend, Crème Brulee and Irish Creme – 16 capsules/box.

In addition, exclusive powers such as French Deluxe Vanilla & Special Dutch Chocolate are sold in single serve sachets , 8 per box for RM29.00 per box allowing us to recreate the creamy smooth and delicious speciality beverages.

And this CBTL Milk Frother shown above is priced at RM390 and they have other accessories too!

Yay, thanks to Coffee Bean & Tea Left I had Single Serve Beverage Machine in stylish Kaldi model in Metalic Red to put at home. And I was given a set of capsules of different flavours too!

Here are the closed up pictures!

Honestly I think CBTL Single Serve Beverage System is such an awesome coffee machine that every coffee lover should have at home or office because it is really a sleek, stylish, slim-built & easy to use coffee machine because all we need is one capsule to create the perfect cup of coffee, expresso or tea at our convenience at our home or office with a touch of button. And most importantly to me its messy free bcos I do not need to boil water, measure the coffee powder & clean the mess after making a cup of coffee.

No way to go wrong & messy with this Coffee's Bean Single Serve Beverage System because with one touch, our perfect cup of coffee/espresso or tea will be created! And it comes with one year warranty!

A pic with the Coffee Master Jay Isais & Jesse Martinez

Jay told me that I can be a Cheat Coffee Master because every time I make coffee , espresso and tea with this CBTL Single Serve Beverage System it will be perfect without fail. Awesome right?

The CBTL Single Serve Beverage System is available for sale in all Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's stores, Parksons KLCC & Parksons Pavilion or you can even buy it online at their website & they will deliver to your doorstep! And if you are a Citibank and Maybank Credit Card holder, you can redeem it with your Citi Reward Points and Maybank Treats Points!

For more information, visit www.cbtl.com.my

Macy’s Going for Gold campaign, supporting our Malaysian Badminton team in Olympics 2012!

London 2012 Olympic Games has started for a few day and as our eyes are on Malaysian team, Macy, one of the largest retailers of home furnishings in Malaysia gears up to celebrate in a big way. With the Malaysian badminton team in particular as one of the favourites with its sights on gold, Macy aims to rally as many Malaysian’s as possible to root for our nation’s badminton team and at the same time reward its customers. Yay all of us hope Lee Chong Wei can bring win Malaysian first gold medal!!

Macy’s Going for Gold campaign is doing just that, going for gold! Upon the Malaysian Olympic badminton team taking home gold, Macy promises a full refund to 50% of its customers.

Means if Malaysia wins a gold in badminton Macy will offer a full refund to 50% of their customers. There is no limit on the refund and he or she is entitled to a full refund. It’s a really crazy idea but Macy believes it’s worth every penny!

Badminton is one of Malaysia’s stronger points in the games and Macy really wanted to find a way to show appreciation not only for the sport but also dedicate their campaign to athletes who really do deserve the recognition and have made our nation proud in the past and of course at the same time wishing them the best for their present and future.

For Gold campaign period kick starts from the 20th of July 2012 till the 1st of August 2012.


Some of very nice Macy's sofa

I like this best!

For more information on terms and conditions please log on to http://www.macy.my/

Anytime shopping with Doorstep!

Nowadays online shopping is so common for beauty stuffs, electronics, clothing and etc BUT what about Grocery ??

I believe most of us either has no time to go to the market or hate to go to the market.

Most of the time, the wet market (i.e pasar) is always wet, smelly and dirty..!

Honestly, I love cooking but no time to go market to buy fresh ingredients! ,

Even if I got time to go on weekends, always have trouble looking for parking and the need to wake up very early to get the freshest ingredients.

So sometimes I go to the supermarket, but then again parking and long queue in paying are still a big problem!!!

So recently someone recommended me Doorstep, quite unbelievable how simple is it !

I was told Doorstep gives you the luxury of doing your grocery shopping anytime, anywhere without the agony of being stuck in traffic, throwing away precious time waiting in queues, going through the endless battle of looking for parking and the torment of lugging those heavy grocery bags.

Everything your ordered (whether big or small, heavy or light) will be at your doorstep after a few clicks on your computer's mouse!

So easy like 1, 2 and 3!

Some more same day delivery service wooo!!

Currently they offering FREE delivery !!

Let me see how convenient is it ...

The items that are available in this website are divided in different categories for easy searching.

Got fresh fruits to be ordered...



And also got vegetables to ordered !

Doorstep has its very own refrigerating facility to keep everything fresh.



Not only that !! Got fresh cut vegetables available too, save time and effort!!!

Ready to be used anytime !



There are wide selection of meat, from poultry to seafood ...



And what is best is, if you are vegetarian... Worry not, they have mock meat!!



They also makes personal care products available at Doorstep!



Beauty care products ~



Just toothbrush, they already have wide selection to cater to different people need



Not just that, they have varieties of items under Household products... From prayer items to insecticide!


p/s: Need to buy laundry detergent urgently as was running low..



And since I made the purchase just before Chinese New year, they have the CNY hampers




And I ordered some goods for CNY to bring back home :)

Got my favourite mini tangerine ... yum !

I would say everything under one roof!!!


So after I clicked on what I wanted, I proceed to sign up as member and get my login name and password..



After that, I am allowed to choose which slots of time for my item to be delivered to me ! I choose 4 to 6pm and put a note that item to be delivered by 5pm.



Actually at the time I make this purchase it was 2.30am , so I was wondering if the goods would be delivered on the next day ...

And now got Free Delivery Promotion .. !


I am doing final checking before I confirmed ordered!

Okay method of paying - either cash on delivery or secured payment method by credit/debit card or internet banking.

I chose cash on delivery ....

The very next morning I received a call from Doorstep to confirm my order , address and delivery time !! Very efficient !!

At 4.30pm , 2 man rang my doorbell ! One of the man who hand carried my stuffs to me and looked so delighted!

Wah they are here already !

I checked, paid the cash and signed the bill!

DONE!

Yes everything I wanted are on my doorstep , so easy !

Honestly, the fruits are very fresh and the mini tangerine that I bought to bring home for CNY are so sweet ! My friends who came to my house for CNY even asked me where I bought it!!! And I of course recommended them Doorstep!

I will definitely continue using this service as it is convenient and now I can shop online and pay for my sister grocery and send to her doorstep and she need not walk or take taxi to go already ! And I can buy some household items for my parents too , just pay and send to their doorstep, save them the troubles too!!

I can say BYE BYE to traffic jam, car park problems and long queue now with DOORSTEP!

Currently Doorstep has a wide coverage for delivires which includes KL, Ampang, PJ , Subang and even Putrajaya and Cyberjaya! And good news is they are in the midst of expanding their network !!!

To find out more about Doorstep, visit and follow the link below!
Doorstep Homepage [http://doorstep.com.my]
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And I will recommend this to my office too, so that my colleague Asa can now go online to make purchase and save the trouble for her to go to the supermarket to buy the pantry stuffs and carry all the way back to office for us !!!