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Our 24-hour SprudgeTips Hotline - +1 (567) CRINKLY - has been ringing off the hook over the last three days. Our tips@sprudge.com inbox is overflowing. Why? The source of all this chatter, this throbbing piece of juicy gossip, is that…

Last Thursday night, in the heart of downtown Philadelphia… …which isn’t actually called “downtown”, it’s called “Center City”, but we digress… …there’s around a hundred coffee types, give or take, hanging out in Elixr Coffee. There’s free beer, PT’s…

What’s worse than robbing a coffee shop? Robbing a coffee shop you used to work in! Meet Vivian Hutchinson, formerly of The Village Coffee on Freret Street in beautiful New Orleans, Louisiana. Her schmucky story comes to us from…

We reported last week about three Intelligentsia hunks turning in their resignation letters. But why? NYT’s Oliver Strand revealed yesterday that they’re opening their own roaster in LA: Handsome Coffee Roasters. So we showed up uninvited to their house, rummaged…

We’ve received a reliable tip regarding a new product rollout planned by Starbucks in 2011: the Sessanta, a 64oz size tub-o-fun designed for oil tankering premium iced coffees, Tazo shaken iced tea and iced tea lemonade. It’s a product that’s sure to delight…

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Judy Shiendlin needs to drink more coffee, our resident physician Dr. Alfred Sprudgenbaum says. Judge Judy has recently passed out. We received a hot top from a network producer’s assistant, who passed along some information about Judy’s condition. Judge…

A few weeks ago we brought you a look at Counter Culture Coffee’s new web comic, aptly titled “What’s The Deal With The Coffee Market?” and featuring the eye-catching artwork of CCC’s artist in residence, Katy Meehan. Sprudge wanted…

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Professor Sprudgely says: Let’s unpack and analyze the following paradigm: 12 K-30 grinders, 12 different espressos, and a milieu in which “baristas are not encouraged to mix or blend”. Whether intended or not, these practices result in a sort…

SO much has been written in 2011 about the future of the coffee market. With all the information available, it can sometimes be hard to know where to start. That’s why Sprudge.com has paired with Counter Culture Coffee to…

2005: Specialty cafes adopt Clover one-cup-at-a-time-machine. 2008: Starbucks buys Clover. 2008: Most specialty shops ditch Clover, adopt manual pour over systems. 2011: Starbucks creates an automated version of the manual pour over. 2012: Specialty shops adopt Automated Drip machines…

Meet Christopher Watson, whose epic ballad of thievery, schmuckery, and coffee commerce comes to us from Jackson, Mississippi: The first thing Christopher Watson bought after he allegedly robbed a Jackson bank was a cup of coffee. Congratulations, dear Watson,…

The alarming state of coffee futures has been el topic du jour across the blogosphere in recent weeks. As a primer, have a look at this recent feature by the Dorothy Parker of Specialty Coffee, Erin Meister, whose article…

It’s been almost 9 months since the world has received a full-length telex from Andrew Brewtbart, the Boca Raton-based coffee pundit, published author, and self-proclaimed “leading voice of the Conservative Coffee Movement”. His latest salvo addresses speciatly coffee’s internet culture of trolling anonymity,…

The 2011 USBC competition season is upon us, and with it, the maiden voyage of the all-new Brewers Cup. We’ve talked to a lot of folks in the industry about Brewers Cup, and the most common questions we’ve heard…