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Colombian Aguagate Continues One Year Later

Jeff Babcock and Seattle’s historic Zoka Coffee Roasters have been dealing with a real PR nightmare after seeing a slew of newspapers, blogs and local TV Seattle affiliates go live with…

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As we were preparing for a cupping yesterday, an interesting conversation arose while we were taking in the dry fragrance of some Kenya microlots. You can’t  smell sweet. Things also don’t smell sour, bitter, salty, or umami. These five…

Tomorrow, September 29th, National Coffee Day (and 1/2 of Sprudge.com’s birthday) is a chance for you Chicagoans to get your paws on the Strada EP. Event happens at the Counter Culture Coffee Chicago training lab, 177 North Ida, Unit…

Sprudge.com recently attended the Soyuz Coffee Roasting pop-up cafe in Red Square, staffed by 7 National Champion baristas from around the world. We’ve profiled each of the champions, and we’re wrapping things up today by featuring Alejandro Mendez, Barista…

A bi-coastal bevy of sources, each more connected and trusted than the last, have intimated to Sprudge.com that MadCap Coffee’s eagerly awaited 2nd location will be… That’s right, enormous stolen postcard image, the new MadCap space will open in Washington D.C. A full…

Yes, that’s right, Fortune Magazine, a magazine dedicated to covering all things Brent Fortune, have just released their brand new top 17 list of American coffee roasters. The only criteria? These shops had to strike Brent’s fancy just so. Congratulations to all of you who…

Sprudge Pal Matt Miletto reports that “the feel good moment at CoffeeFest Seattle” is that photo you see above, in which Vivace honcho David Schomer embraced Christopher Nicely Abel Alameda after placing first at the Millrock Latte Art competition…

First, by means of introduction: Home-Barista.com is the place home baristas go to talk to other home baristas, and a clearinghouse for discussion amongst industry bigwigs (or, depending on how long it’s been since you had a snack,  ex-industry…

When actor Hugh Jackman has time off of his busy Hollywood schedule and isn’t making coffee, he’s apparently punching glamor-wrestlers’ faces off. Many of you might not know this, but multi-year Canadian Barista Champion and WBC top tier finisher…

From a chilling East Bay Express feature about the sad, stark realities of a corporatized Peet’s Coffee and Tea: This is Peet’s Coffee & Tea, circa 2011: successful, efficient, and, many say, losing its edge and its ethos as it continues…

Middle manager takes a Wednesday off and thinks he has the city all to himself – no wait lists, no foot traffic, no lines… until he realizes he lives in San Francisco. It’s all true. This is indeed a…

People are travelling from near and far to be at the fabulous Seattle City Convention Center for this weekend’s CoffeeFest. Sprudge is a bit melancholy about the whole thing – we’re in New York and San Francisco right now,…