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UPDATE: Your Seattle Disloyalty Card Is Now Available!
UPDATE: As of May 7th, 2010, your very own Disloyalty Card is now available at these fine cafes: Aster (BALLARD 5615 24th Ave NW ) Equal Exchange Espresso (BALLARD 1400 NW 56th) Fonte (DOWNTOWN 1321 1st ave) Herkimer (U…
Sprudge.com Recommends: The PINO Electric Kettle
Sprudge’s International Headquarters in Amsterdam recently went on a passionate hunt for the perfect electric kettle. After doing extensive research on the topic, we’ve happily decided to go with the PINO Electric Kettle, available at Sweet Maria’s web shop.…
Triumph Of The Swill: In Mother Russia, The Donuts Dunkin’ You
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…
UPDATE: Gorilla Back In Business Says NYT
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…
Virmax at Four Barrel In San Francisco
Sprudge.com recently attended a stirring presentation by the folks at Virmax, with regard to some of the top quality coffees they’re currently sourcing out of Colombia. They focus on the Cauca, Huila, Nariño and Tolima regions, all located in…
Nether Netherlands: Stumptown To Open In Amsterdam
From Space Cakes to Coffee Cakes, this just in: Stumptown Coffee Roasters is opening a pop-up cafe in Amsterdam. Could there possibly be enough marijuana in Amsterdam to satiate the pot-craved urges of Stumptown’s finest baristas? Will there be…
Say Mr. Tully Man, Tully’s Top Banana: “Retirement Come And Me Want To Go Home”
Tully’s CEO and Founder, Tom O’Keefe, has announced his impending retirement from the mid-major macro roaster he began in 1993. Tom O’Keefe says he’s retiring June 30 as chairman of Tully’s. He made the announcement Friday at a shareholders…
Official: Starbucks Farmers Source Coffee From Factories, Not Farms
Advertising is Good For You – Starbucks Needs New…
32oz To Freedom: The Super-Sized Starbucks Trenta Hits Test Markets
Big Gulp enthusiasts everywhere rejoiced on Thursday morning when Starbucks officially announced the introduction of the 31oz “Trenta” size in test markets in Arizona and Florida. Reps insist the size will only be used for low-calorie iced coffee and…
Triumph Of The Swill: Burger King To Sell SBC, Folgers Puckers Smuckers, She’ll Be Comin’ Round The Green Mountain When She Comes
The Whopper of Coffee Hey hey, ho ho, BK Joe Has Got To Go: SBC to be sold at Whopper Warehouse by Autumn 2010 High U.S. unemployment has dented breakfast sales at fast-food chains since fewer people are driving…
CEO Say, Can You See? Tully’s Mucky-Mucks Get Massive Raises While America Suffers Dreadful Recession
Feeling a pinch in your pocket? Tipping your barista less and less each day? Wondering where your expendable income has gone? Then you must NOT be Tom O’Keefe or Carl Pennington Jr. These twin towering paragons of the Tully’s…
Feedback Weedwhack: Starbucks Closes Customer Complaint Call Center
From the Seattle Times… Starbucks said Thursday it will close a 130-worker call center at its Seattle headquarters and rely on an outside company in Albuquerque, N.M., to handle customer feedback. The move will be completed by September, affecting…
