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Our November, 1989 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine must have been stolen by the mailman. Otherwise, we would have long ago called to your attention this article on the differences between serum cholesterol content in boiled…

According to sources at the WBC, the Romanian Barista Championship is going on right now (April 29-30) at the Bucharest Hard Rock Cafe. Not much is known about this event, and desperate google searches have unearthed some lovely late-90s…

Sprudge.com loves Scott Rao’s (The Professional Barista’s Handbook) newest tome, “Everything But Espresso“. Scott Rao caused quite a stir on coffeed.com earlier this year when he made the bold claim that Chemex was a waste of “beautiful, expensive coffee…

Coffee geeks, pop culture wonks, and New Yorkers the world over were saddened today by the news of Leslie Buck’s passing. From the New York Times: It was for decades the most enduring piece of ephemera in New York…

The Extract MojoToGo was the undeniable darling of SCAA 2010. Vince Fedele’s universal refractometer app is attracting attention and accolades everywhere it goes, including being named the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s Best New Product in the Education and Training…

We previously brought Michael Tangney to your attention last January, when we featured his outrageous story of oedipal vengeance and auto fluid malfeasance. His mug shot alone qualifies him as one of our very favorite all-time coffee schmucks of…

Bold police work, extra bold blend. From the San Francisco Chronicle: Daly City police Sgt. David Mackriss, who was on duty and in plainclothes, had just gotten a cup of joe from a Starbucks and was planning on driving back…

Sprudgie Award Winner Four Barrel Coffee Roasters out of San Francisco has just launched their newest sensational mug series: Ride Free. Featuring a kilt-wearing commando man, a kite, a bra and Sprudge.com favorite: a Segway with streamers. Are they…

American megachain Dunkin’ Donuts have announced plans for expanding their joe-and-dough emporiums into Moscow, the very heart of Putin’s new Russia. In a city famous for selling coffee at an average price of $10.19 a cup, Dunkin’ could be…

Espresso machine manufacturer La Marzocco has just released their own iPhone/iPad application. As far as coffee apps go, this one really makes me want to move out of my mom’s basement; it features the current line of LM machines…

It’s been two weeks since the all-staff walk out at Gorilla Coffee in Brooklyn, New York. The NYT is now reporting that the Brooklyn cafe / beard-and-baby gathering space is officially back in business. For Gorilla, which has become…

Separated At Birth? Former Ninth Street Espresso trainer Nick Kirby & Ritual Roaster trainer Ben Kaminsky Jaminsky photo via…

Spotted at Sightglass Coffee in San Francisco: the sexiest POS set-up ever. Get yourself a custom built lazy susan wooden iPad dock, download the Square app and BOOM! The card reader plugs in to the headphones jack and with…

Kopi Luwak: Sprudge.com Says It’s Gimmicky Garbage Oliver Strand of the New York Times has been doing a terrific job reporting on coffee in recent months. Which is why a number of folks on Twitter were confused and dismayed…

A smorgasbord of coffee commerce, a glut of caffeine-induction production, a bumpercrop of international bean juice capitalism: this is the SCAA showroom floor. Every imaginable device and delight, some new, some new to you, plus producers, consumers, shot maestros,…

BREAKING: Milwaukee-based Alterra Coffee has agreed to a global distribution deal with Mars Incorporated, who will adopt the Alterra brand into their FLAVIA single-serve coffee system. From the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel: Alterra Coffee Roasters Inc. is selling its global…