GLRBC Champ: Mike Phillips

The winner for the 2010 GLRBC was announced this afternoon. Congratulations to Mike Phillips, 2009 USBC Champion. See you in Anaheim! 1st Place: Michael Phillips (Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea) 2nd Place:... 

Business

32oz To Freedom: The Super-Sized Starbucks Trenta Hits Test Markets

Big Gulp enthusiasts everywhere rejoiced on Thursday morning when Starbucks officially announced the introduction of the 31oz “Trenta” size in test markets in Arizona and Florida.... 

• Triumph Of The Swill: Burger King To Sell SBC, Folgers Puckers Smuckers, She’ll Be Comin’ Round The Green Mountain When She Comes
• CEO Say, Can You See? Tully’s Mucky-Mucks Get Massive Raises While America Suffers Dreadful Recession

Science

Carl’s Corner: The Smokeless Coffee Cigarette

Well folks, it looks like a Harvard University professor finally got up off his doughy leftist butt and invented something I can really get behind. It’s a puff of caffeine delivered right... 

• Move Over Mark Prince: Meet Kevin Gould, “Food Futurologist”
• This Nose Knows If What Grows Blows

Origin

Stevie Vicks Goes Deep Inside The Inaugural ECX Direct Specialty Trade Cupping and Auction

Sprudge.com’s favorite new blog is Hodi, Karibu! from Sprudgie Award winner Stephen Vick. He just reported on the first ECX DST Cupping and Auction. For those of us who have been following... 

• Keeping Up With the Mother Joneses: A Fair Trade Affair 4 U…
• Watts It To Ya? Intelli Coffee Buyer Explores The New Decade In Coffee

Videos

Frank’s Hot Doggery And Texas Coffee Game-Change Depository

Neat little video from the fine folks at Frank’s in Austin, TX. Impressive long pour. See you in Anaheim! WE LOVE COFFEE from FRANK on Vimeo.  Read More →

• Local Barista Does Good: Intelli’s Ryan Willbur on the News
• The Only Cupping Video on the Internet

Events

NERBC 2010: Least Popular Event In Facebook History

At press time, the Northeast Regional Barista Competition SCAA Facebook Group has two confirmed guests. This makes the NERBC less popular than “Left Handed Commnists For Obama”, “I... 

• Local Barista Does Good: Intelli’s Ryan Willbur on the News
• MARBC and Coffee Fest New York: Inside Update!

Exclusives

Bonhomme & Reg Barber: Separated At Birth?

Separated at Birth: Bonhomme (Canadian Snowman) & Reg Barber (Canadian Tamper Man)  Read More →

• Sprudge.com Guest Bloggers Take On Coffee’s Most Frequently Asked Questions
• Pour Over and Over and Over: Coming to 11,000 Starbucks Near You

Culture

TIME To Hire Some New Writers: Bemoaning The Mainstream Media

James Beard Award-winning food writer and Time Magazine paycheck autographer Josh Ozersky offers his summation of specialty coffee over at Time.com. Here’s some excerpts: In cities across... 

• Sturm und Grunge: NPR’s Coffee Coverage Brings Angst to Seattle
• A Killer Shot: California’s 2nd Amendment Blend

OMG

Gorillas In The Misdemeanor: Half-Ape Man Robs Beaverton Café

Police said they are looking for a man who robbed a Beaverton coffee stand while wearing a gorilla mask.Sgt. Jim Shumway said the man walked up to the Human Bean Coffee Stand, located in the... 

• Caragay For Coffee: Hampden Is Burning!
• Slay On, Slayer: Salon.com Kind of Tries to Talk About Coffee