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You’d think I could dream about Venus or the Olsen twins or something. But I woke up two nights ago at 2a, having dreamt about the aeropress. I thought I had come up with a new way to brew…

Rolando Mirondo has been announced the winner of the Grand Barista Cup and will go on to compete in the Asia Barista Championship in Singapore. Sources have speculated that Rolando Mirondo did, indeed, help your Sprudge.com writers craft a…

The winner for the 2010 GLRBC was announced this afternoon. Congratulations to Mike Phillips, 2009 USBC Champion. See you in Anaheim! 1st Place: Michael Phillips (Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea) 2nd Place: Trevor Corlett (Madcap Coffee Company) 3rd Place: Charles…

At press time, the Northeast Regional Barista Competition SCAA Facebook Group has two confirmed guests. This makes the NERBC less popular than “Left Handed Commnists For Obama”, “I Bet You This Pickle Can Have More Fans Than Nickelback”, and…

Competition time means cappuccino time – steam wands at the ready, homogenization checks in place,  rosetta wrists steadied, all to add the right dollop of froth to the macch or capp that just might get you on a “Got…

A little more than one week ago, the following story aired on Seattle’s own NPR affiliate, KUOW 94.9 FM. A resulting uproar has taken shape throughout Seattle coffee shops and blogs. A lot has been said, including one of…

Mr. Keith Loh has been crowned the 2010 Singapore Barista Champion, besting competitors from across the island nation. Not content to simply win the SBC, Mr. Loh went on to pull a full Jeremy Sterner,winning both the Barista event…

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BUNN’s has an answer to the Starbucks’ Clover system, now available for testing at Cafe Grumpy. It looks like if this… had a baby with this… The overall aesthetic? “Accidental Retro”. And what about the fruit pressed from its…

Perhaps the most fascinating discussion in the whole coffee universe is happening right now at Jimseven.com, James Hoffman’s outpost of learned civility and coffee thought provocation. James takes Geoff Watts’ recent posts on “things I hope become historical footnotes”,…

In an unfortunately titled piece “Baristas Gone Wild”, Salon.com writer Thomas Rogers daintily dips his pinkie toe in into the world of Specialty Coffee, and largely comes out unscathed. He offers us a brief history of “the wave”, gives…

Jim Seven calls in the rhetorical bomb squad to investigate seasonality, shelf life, and “baggy” flavor. Green coffee is trickier because green coffees don’t age the same way.  Each lot is an individual little time bomb.  As much as…

Geoff Watts looks into the future, appraises the past, and sets the bar for the next decade in Specialty Coffee. A new decade is arrived. Are you ready for it? Is the world of Specialty Coffee ready for it?…

Andrew Brewtbart, famously reclusive leading figure in the conservative coffee movement, has aimed his poisoned pen at Intelligentisia’s CEO Douglas Zell. The controversy stems over a recent Zell Speaks blog post in which he claimed credit for a number…

Zell is back on the…

From Phil Proteau: On January 20th, at approximately 2pm, Ultimo Coffee Bar in South Philly featured the first ever (that we know of) North American grown and processed coffee to be retailed in a coffee shop.  This mini micro…