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Ghana News Agency, our favorite Ghanaian news agency, reports today on the shocking seizure of stolen coffee bound for the Republic of Togo: Police at Peki-Opokuase barrier in the Volta Region on Sunday intercepted a truck loaded with 72…

This just in from the Doubles Club. The NYT reports: Of the 30 swell young ladies who will be formally introduced to high society during the International Debutante Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria on Dec. 29, the most swell may…

Welcome to “Yelp, I’ve Fallen And I Can’t Shut Up”, a new weekly series on Sprudge.com where we’ll call on our readers to send us the best, worst, dumbest, most hilariously amazing Yelp reviews from around the world! A…

NYT elder Florence Fabricant reports on Bob Marley’s son, Rohan, currently cashing in on Jamaica Blue Mountain: Rohan Marley got into the coffee business more than 10 years ago. “A Rasta from Jamaica called offering land,” he said. Since…

Another wrinkle in the Fair Trade / Direct Trade discussion – Illy’s University of Coffee, a training program that sidesteps Fair Trade certification while promising “above-market growing standards”. Read on: “Fair Trade certification is a system which is based…

Shawn Hackett, a self-described “Shotstradamus” with soothsaying predictive powers in the C futures market, dropped a doomsday scenario of coffee-price-soarin’ into our Google Alerts… Arabica coffee prices may be set for a “straight up vertical spike” to a record…

We certainly wouldn’t kick you out of bed for eating crackers if you stuffed this package in our Christmas stocking… I recently purchased the Coffee Acidity Taste Kit by Coffee Chemistry to test your threshold of acids found in…

Those of you in our tame little corner of the foodie word may not be aware, but organic and sustainable practices are very important to practitioners of the Dark Arts. Today’s forward-thinking Satanist uses ONLY organic mutton blood and…

Feel da riddim! Feel da rhyme! C’mon everybody, it’s massive federal loanin’ time! Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, yesterday (December 14) announced a $310.5 million emergency loan fund for coffee dealers, which will provide them…

Coava’s follow up to the Kone – the Disk. For Aeropress! Mike White at ShotZombies got to try one out: This is a stainless steel Aeropress filter manufactured by Coava Coffee. You could say that it’s a companion piece…

Armchair environmentalists, farmer’s markets, and organic California-grown coffee: is this the Fourth Wave? When customers stop by Jay Ruskey’s stand at the Santa Barbara farmers market these days, they may or may not be impressed by the likes of…

Our dear friend George Howell drops some serious knowledge on his blog today: George Howell File Photo, courtesy of Eric Levin Although retail and wholesale coffee prices have remained quite stable over the past decade, the price of raw…

Yay science! According to a study published in the journal Human Psychpharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, the combination of caffeine and glucose revs up the brain. Researchers also found that by pairing the ingredients, both helped attention and memory. The…

Oprah has come Down Under fire for a recent segment on her mega-talk show, wherein Australian TV personality Carrie Bickmore takes Oprah on a tour of Australia. The Australian Tourism board reportedly paid the talk-show-diva-supernova $3 million for her…

  The Straits Times is who we turn to for all things kopitiam, to learn more about the small but vibrant Singapore coffee scene headed by shops such as Cofeee Bean and Tea Leaf and Coffee Club, and rarely do they…

Juicy gossip! Acquiring Peet’s would accomplish two things for Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). It would bulk up its portfolio of grocery store-ready brands and deliver a solid distribution network, which is particularly important now that Starbucks’ distribution deal with Kraft…