Business
The Lingo Of Longo: Porto Rico Founder Says Specialty “Ripping Off The Public”
Arabica futures are approaching $3/lb. According to Porto Rico founder Peter Longo: “The only people who can absorb it are those who are already ripping off the public — those who have turned coffee into wine,” he said. “It’s…
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…
Triumph Of The Swill: Starbucks Expands To Hotel One-Cups
Starbucks will bring their finest pre-ground to nearly 500,000 hotels worldwide, courtesy of Courtesy Products and their CV-1 roboswill single-cup brewer. We know guests staying at luxury and premium hotels value a great cup of coffee. By pairing Starbucks…
Congratulations, Discovery Coffee!
Victoria, British Columbia roasters Discovery Coffee are celebrating their five year anniversary! Congratulations to Logan, Aaron, Beth and John. Sprudge.com is going to celebrate by having a pour over of Discovery La Candelilla Geisha here in Portland, at our NW Trinity…
Congratulations, Coffee Collective!
Coffee Collective is celebrating their three year anniversary. Congratulations to Casper, Klaus, Peter and Linus. Sprudge.com is going to celebrate by having a Coffee Collective shot here in San Francisco, courtesy the fine folks at Ma’velous.…
Jason Dominy On Rising Costs and Raising Prices
Do you ever notice that the price you pay for gas goes up and down throughout the year? And what is it based on? Well, mostly it’s based on speculation as to what it will cost in the future…
Bikini Kill: Washington Jury Convicts “Dreamgirls Expresso” Owner
One Washington State bikini barista stand owner is headed to jail. Find out why after the…
Tracy Allen On Rising Costs and Raising Prices
Is the law of supply and demand as strong as the force of gravity? Sometimes it seems like it, but gravity is easier to deal with. Supply and demand is far less predictable than the fact that if you…
Triumph of the Swill: Starbucks Simplifies Logo, Expands Global Raj To India
The Starbucks marketing department has been all aces in 2011, getting attention from the new logo change (who cares?), incessantly bullying Kraft (stop that!), and going all “Victor/Victoria” on their 15th Avenue space in Seattle. Leggo my logo: “Our…
Huge Pain In The Aspen Coffee Scene: Cheeky Lawsuit Hits Bottom
Breaking overly-litigious news from Aspen, Colorado, America’s nexus of wealthy snow bunnies and hunky ski instructors: An Aspen coffee shop has filed a lawsuit against one of its former employees for turning off an espresso machine on his last…
