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Do you love amazing Japanese game shows? Do you love Streamer Coffee front man and latte art genius Hiroshi Sawada? Then give yourself over to the technicolor madness: Did you see that gorgeous pour? The loving camerawork, the enthusiasm…

Barista Champion and certified HunkShot™ Devin Pedde of IntelliLA stars in a new Broken Social Scene music video and gets BRUTALLY HACKED TO PIECES. It’s very graphic. Don’t drink the wine, Devin! Eww! I know she has that whole…

In keeping with longstanding Sprudge tradition, we put our heads together prior to the Sunday announcements in Bogota and pre-wrote potential headlines for each of the 6 finalists. While Alejandro Mendez of El Salvador ultimately prevailed in taking home…

Like the “Lost Levels” from Super Mario Bros. 2, we’re proud to make public that which perhaps would have been best left private. In this exclusive to Sprudge.com, listen below for the lost JimSeven Podcast live from the WBC in Bogota, Colombia.…

Ooof, what time is it? Did they announce the big winner yet? Wait, what DAY is it, and where IS everybody? Ugh, this weekend was a real doozy. Hiiiiiiiiii! Randy here, dusting off the debris from last night’s all-nighter here in…

Seattleites and curious Northwesterners, we’re one week away from the maiden voyage of the Northwest Coffee Festival, a “caffeinated wonderland” of espresso, pour over, beer, live music, chocolate, rodeo ponies, and who knows what else, happening June 18th and…

Look at how absolutely bumpin’ this thing gets in the last 30 seconds… Check this out and more via Marco Über…

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It’s that time again: Counter Culture Coffee have released their Transparency Report, clearly laying out all their specs at origin, including prices paid, the last time the producer was visited and the length of the relationship between CCC and the…

An epic story of speeding, striking, stalking and schmucking from The South Oregon Mail Tribune: A serial coffee-stand stalker was arrested on various charges Saturday night after he led police on a brief car chase in northeast Medford and…

Meet The Barista Photo Project, a crowd-sourced slice of barista life brought to you by Batdorf and Bronson education and training expert / current chair of the BGA / all-around good guy Jason Dominy. Featuring simple photo snapshots, the…

Continuing our coverage of The Story That Won’t Die, there’s some fascinating depth and clarity available today from Oliver Strand and The New York Times Diner’s Journal. It seems that “officials of four of the nation’s top high-end coffee…

Just breaking on the Wilamette Week: A secret, highly-respected source has stepped forward to bring stunning, surely-everyone’s-business insider information to the public regarding Stumptown’s relationship with TSG. To protect the name of this anonymous, respected source – and so as to…

Alejandro Mendez of El Salvador is your 2011 World Barista Champion! Rounding out the competition, here’s the complete list of finalists: 2nd Place – Pete Licata, USA 3rd Place – Matt Perger, Australia 4. Javier Garcia, Spain 5. Miki…

The milk situation at WBC2011 leaves much to be desired. Por ejemplo: this “Megalitro” of opaque, floppy, potato chip bagged milk product, foaming up super weird at 8,600 feet. There are a total of three milks available, including this…

While the drama, passions and pageantry of WBC Finals Sunday play out on Livestream, make sure to check out some of these blogs covering the event live from Bogota: *The Barista Magazine Pasteboard has been killing it all week…