Coffee Schmuck Of The Week: Robbery, Then Robur-E
Meet Christopher Watson, whose epic ballad of thievery, schmuckery, and coffee commerce comes to us from Jackson, Mississippi: The first thing Christopher Watson bought after he allegedly robbed a Jackson bank was a cup of coffee. Congratulations, dear Watson,…
Boy Wonder: Callum Hale Thomson
15-year-old UK Barista All-Star Callum Hale Thomson rides a unicorn pegasus in outer space. You’re welcome,…
Buono – The J-Pop Sensation
If only my Buono Kettle were as lively, energetic and…
Godawful Gaddafi And The Nescafe Auto-De-Fé
Muammar al-Gaddafi, soon to be deposed dictator of Libya and he-whose-name-is-spelled-a-thousand-ways, has lashed out a number of targets for the revolution in Libya. These include Osama Bin Laden, Barack Obama, the nation of Israel, and…Nescafe? “Bin Laden … this is the…
You Gaturiri Watch This New Stumptown Origin Video
Everything depends on coffee here. Shot in November 2010, the newest Stumptown origin video from Nyeri, Kenya is aesthetically gorgeous, challenging and artful, exactly the sort of short filmmaking we love. Filmed in and around the Ngunguru and Gaturiri…
Back To “C” Futures: Market Talk With SCAA Prez Peter G.
The alarming state of coffee futures has been el topic du jour across the blogosphere in recent weeks. As a primer, have a look at this recent feature by the Dorothy Parker of Specialty Coffee, Erin Meister, whose article…
AmBIEBER Alert: Help Us Find This Missing HunkShot™!
We were alerted via Tweet that a Justin Bieber look-a-like was spotted at the Chicago Coffeefest. Help us find this missing HunkShot™! If any of our readers knows the identity of this major babe, let us know. We are…
A 5-Course Coffee Maker Meal Of Sadness
You know the routine: family and friends mean well, but sometimes their coffee-related gift giving leaves much to be desired to your evolved, erudite Specialty Coffee palate. This means you might very well have an extra Mr. Coffee sitting…
I Want To Live Like Coffee Common People, I Want To Do Whatever Coffee Common People Do
In the last week or so, an ambitious new Empire State Building of blogatorial importance and heft has risen high over the skyline of Specialty Coffee. It is called CoffeeCommon.com, it’s the most important new website in coffee, and…
NCRBC 2011: Mad Cap Chap Ryan Knapp Laps Saps
A big day for Mad Cap Coffee Company, as two of their baristas took top prize in today’s North Central Regional Barista Competition. Congratulations to Ryan Knapp and Trevor Corlett. Scott Lucey of Alterra took second place. Congratulations to…
North Central USBC Finalists Announced
Round One of The North Central Barista Competition is over. Congratulations to finalists Trevor Corlett, Ryan Knapp, Brett Felchner, Alli VanHyft, Scott Lucey, Cody Kinart and Ultimate Warrior. Sprudge.com was able to secure an exclusive interview with the Warrior, who…
Andrew Brewtbart Returns: “Of Trolls And Trotskyites”
It’s been almost 9 months since the world has received a full-length telex from Andrew Brewtbart, the Boca Raton-based coffee pundit, published author, and self-proclaimed “leading voice of the Conservative Coffee Movement”. His latest salvo addresses speciatly coffee’s internet culture of trolling anonymity,…
