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Everyday there’s some new study that comes out of some old university that claims, approximately, that “Coffee is _____ for your _____!” (Feel free to fill in these blanks as Mad Libs in the comments field below. Get nasty.)…

What a load of horseshit, Gizmodo. Coffee from your favorite donut shop has a problem. It doesn’t taste as good as it should because the lid traps in the wonderful aroma. Taste is 95% smell, so you’re really missing…

Now reading: James Hoffmann’s Love/Hate Relationship With Espresso. “Shouldn’t I spend longer “dialing in”, fighting my flawed grinder (because they’re all flawed), and burning out my palette to emerge the battered hero of espresso brewing, victorious in my reasonably…

According to researchers in the Netherlands, caffeine consumption has been found to be “responsible for more than one in 10 burst brain aneurysms”, along with sexual activity and blowing one’s nose. Dr Monique Vlak, a neurologist and the study’s…

Carl Mundy is a regular Sprudge.com contributor. He is the field office manager for the Waterbed Warehouse in Twin Falls, Idaho. Carl is currently scouting locations for a new chain of drive-thru espresso shacks along US Route 93. Addicted…

This is completely stupid: All you need is a coffee maker, an extra laptop, and no life, soul or sense of personal dignity. Sprudge.com Head Editor and Dictator For Life says…

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…

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…

La Marzocco Profiling Chart: Interesting to note that the suggested profiles make no correlation with flavour, only suggestions to make notes on flavour – something you could say about varying dose or brew time. Does this mean I think…

Metropolis Coffee Roasters – Chicago’s “other” Third Wave coffee empire – have recently pulled “French” and “Italian” roast profiles from their menu. We turn you over to their unfortunately titled “Notes From The Undergrounds” blog for more info: To…