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An interesting announcement of sorts today from Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, as per Oliver Strand and the New York Times Diner’s Journal: Doug Zell, the founder of Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, announced that he will share his duties as chief executive…

We’ve just learned that Brian Fairbrother, twenty-year veteran of Vivace, is currently hospitalized after a cycling accident. His current condition: After the doctors have analyzed all of Brian’s test results it has become apparent that he suffers from severe brain…

Hurricane Irene hit Vermont with a vengeance on Sunday 8/28. Our town of Waterbury was completely flooded by the raging Winooski River and Vermont Artisan Coffee and Coffee Lab International were hit hard as well with hip deep water…

Bloomberg is reporting on the current state of the ECX in their September 5th issue of BusinessWeek. The title of the article, “Starbucks Rivals Reject Ethiopian Coffee as Exchange Robs Beans of Cachet”, is very misleading. We here at…

The Vermont Artisan/Coffee Lab in Waterbury, Vermont has been badly damaged by Tropical Storm Irene. Flooding and power outages have destroyed computers, equipment and coffee. Sprudge.com has as of yet been unable to reach the owners.…

Sprudge.com has the inside post-storm scoop from various NYC coffee sources: *A lot of stuff is closed – this includes cafes in Brooklyn (Gimme!, Blue Bottle, etc) and cafes in Manhattan (Third Rail, Vandaag, etc). This means everyone got…

The most recent post on the Starbucks Gossip blog caught our eyes here at the Sprudge Global Network: “People who become good Starbucks managers work waaaay more than 45 hours a week, especially in Seattle” The post goes on to…

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…

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…

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…