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For Your Perusal: Serious Eats Presents “Meister’s Odyssey”
Just begun over on the Serious Drinks blog (a division of Serious Eats, obviously, but with better writers), an ongoing series on coffee history written by Sprudge fave and Counter Culture Coffee mensch Erin Meister. Round one starts with Ethiopia,…
A Little Funk To Start Your Week
Enjoy the loose grind groove of “Coffee Provider” by The New Mastersounds, likely the funkiest band to ever come out of Leeds. Just try not to shake your booty: Sourced by Evan Gilman of Blue Bottle / Local…
NBC 2011: James And The Giant Speech
Year in and year out, the Nordic Barista Cup hosts invaluable talks by the best and brightest minds in coffee. Here’s a recap and analysis of one of our favorite talks from NBC 2011, presented by James Hoffmann and featuring…
Newest Barista-Hipster Meme Is Atlanta’s Dustin Mattson of Octane
Ugh. The QuickMemes dares to take on “the hipster” in a cookie-cutter LOLCat-monetize-the-shit-outta-it fashion. When will making fun of MemeBlogs be the next meme? That’s Dustin Mattson of Octane Coffee in Atlanta. Eater.com sez: Mattson finished 5th place at…
Los Strandgeles: New York Times Profiles LA Coffee
Running today via the NYT Online, some ace L.A. coffee coverage from the world’s coffee chronicler of note, Oliver Strand. Featuring Spring For Coffee (serving Ritual, Intelli, Stumptown and Blue Bottle), Bru Coffee Bar (serving Ritual), Coffee Commissary (serving…
Sports Illustrated Football Guru Peter King Shouts Out Kaldi’s Coffee
Peter King is a traveling Sports Illustrated football journalist with a penchant for five page columns, asides, larks, “things I think I think”, and shout-outs to the coffee and beer across America that strikes his fancy. From his most…
Map Of Coffee In Manhattan By Charrow
Joe Barista and artist Charrow has created this beautiful map highlighting some of the best cafes in Manhattan. “Because the speciality coffee industry is catching up in NY the rate at which new shops are opening is a bit…
Greggory Hullzenblogger: I Wants To Works For Wendelboes!
(And now, a word from Greggory Hüllzenbløgger, Norwegian Coffee Articulate and Deputy Editor of the Sprudge.com Scandinavian desk.) Bjørn Børg! Greggørys heres, writing with hearts øn sleeves, annøuncings my great excitements at upcømings jøbs øf empløyments – the Tim…
Extra Hotter Than Hell: KISS Coffee Shop Coming To NYC?
Ok, so, first off – did you know that there is an official KISS coffee shop in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina? We’re not making this up. Coffee with attitude didn’t exist in the marketplace until KISS Coffeehouse exploded onto…
Happy 25th Anniversary, Terry & Kelly
Terry and Kelly Ziniewicz are celebrating their Silver Anniversary today, from the EspressoParts headquarters in Olympia, Washington. They’re truly an inspiration to us newly-married types and absolute sweethearts. Have a terrific 25th anniversary guys, we love you very much,…
