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One chapter of Capitol Hill’s coffee history is coming to an end Tuesday as word spreads that Online Coffee Company will be closing its three Seattle locations including its two shops on Capitol Hill. It’s a little bit of a…

While errbody and they middle-class mama weighs in on coffee market fluctuation, things are changing on the ground for Mexican agricultural regions formerly known as poppy producers. For examples why coffee should cost as much as it costs, and more, this piece from…

Arabica futures are approaching $3/lb. According to Porto Rico founder Peter Longo: “The only people who can absorb it are those who are already ripping off the public — those who have turned coffee into wine,” he said. “It’s…

As Starbucks reaches the big 4-0, we want to take a moment to set aside the Leni Riefenstahl “Triumph Of The Swill” jokes and declare our own sort of Khaki Chums 1914 trench warfare Christmas Truce: for the next…

Some good news out of coffee producing regions in Kenya this week. In Kenya’s coffee growing area of Komothai, record prices at auction have farmers dreaming of a better future and driving to improve their crop. Record high commodity…

This just arrived in our inbox. Sprudge.com, We have had a pretty major earthquake in Christchurch 12 days ago. Long and short is it has wiped out our central city and along with that, lots of cafes and a…

Tom Owens,…

In the last week or so, an ambitious new Empire State Building of blogatorial importance and heft has risen high over the skyline of Specialty Coffee. It is called CoffeeCommon.com, it’s the most important new website in coffee, and…

Starbucks will bring their finest pre-ground to nearly 500,000 hotels worldwide, courtesy of Courtesy Products and their CV-1 roboswill single-cup brewer. We know guests staying at luxury and premium hotels value a great cup of coffee. By pairing Starbucks…

Sprudge.com friend Meister dishes on the mystical sceince of coffee dating, or in the words of 1/2 of Sprudge’s mom, “a brew romance”. Get your popcorn ready! Of course one of the most important parts of a first date is…