The Sprudge Report - The Sprudge Twenty
Introducing the 2025 class of the Sprudge Twenty
Introducing the new class
We are delighted to welcome you to the official announcement of The Sprudge Twenty. This is the seventh class of Sprudge Twenty honorees, part of an annual tradition honoring and amplifying leaders in the global coffee community. In the coming weeks and months we’ll present interviews with each of the members—a chance to reflect on their careers, talk about goals for the future, and share what matters to them as coffee professionals in 2025. Read on to discover the Sprudge Twenty for 2025.
A new coffee thermometer
No one wants to burn their tongue on coffee that’s just too dang hot. And maybe you don’t have an AI mug or a cute cat robot to blow on it for you. If so, there’s a new contactless thermometer on Kickstarter that may be just what you are looking for.
Coffee in Margate
Margate may not be the top of your list of United Kingdom cities to visit, but should you find yourself on England’s southeastern shore, you’ll be pleased to find an exciting coffee scene developing. This week on Sprudge, we take a tour of the coffee shops in Margate for your next UK vacay.
A Build-Out
We took our foot off the gas a little bit this week for the Build-Outs of Coffee. Just one. It’s a brief reprieve before we are raring to go again post July 4th holiday. We’re checking out Night Swim Coffee in Charlotte, who is opening their seventh cafe in North Carolina.
The Bear serves coffee now
Season four of The Bear, FX’s realistic depiction of restaurant life, is out now, and folks have taken notice of the fictional fine dining establishment’s latest addition: a coffee program. Much like the rest of the show, the coffee at The Bear is very true to life. In that it is frustratingly uneven. Good coffee, but what’s going on with that machine?
Make espresso in your Audi
Automaker Audi has announced a limited run new Q7 Signature Edition SUV that has, amongst other accoutrements, an espresso maker. It’s luxurious, it’s caffeinated, it’s got 19 bars of pressure (which can’t be right).
Press releases
This week in press releases, we learned about Single O opening a new cafe in central Tokyo. The Yurakucho cafe opened this week and continues the Japanese expansion of the Australian coffee brand.
Four new World Coffee Champions
What a weekend it was in Geneva, Switzerland. And at the end of it all, four new World Coffee Champions were crowned. Titles for the World Latte Art Championship, World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship, World Cup Taster Championship, and the World Cezve/Ibrik Championship were all up for grabs, bringing in over 80 competitors from around the globe. Who were the big winners? Read on to find out.
The Grateful Dead and Verve Coffee on The Coffee Sprudgecast
Our latest episode of The Coffee Sprudgecast gets all groovy gravy as we jam out on some of Verve Coffee’s Grateful Dead collab blend. Then co-host Jordan Michelman sits down with Verve co-founder Colby Barr to find out more about what it was like to work with the band.
Roaster’s Village
We’re highlighting outstanding coffees from some of our favorite roasting partners each week here in the newsletter. This week’s selection of tasty coffees are…
Blueprint Coffee – Ethiopia Kochere
PERC – Colombia Wilton Benitez Tag Team
Equator Coffees – Golden Hour Blend
Passenger – Ethiopia Agaro
Klatch Coffee – Wanderlust
Madcap Coffee – Ethiopia Reko
La Barba Coffee – Colombia Sebastian Ramirez Washed Pink Bourbon
Mr. Espresso – Brazil Córrego Da Boa Vista
Verve Coffee Roasters – Morning Brew Blend
Onyx Coffee Lab – Ethiopia Gore Dako
Olympia Coffee – Burundi Gitwe Natural Micro Lot 4
Portland Coffee Roasters – Endless Summer
Partners Coffee – Block Party
Sightglass Coffee – Summer Solstice
Stumptown Coffee Roasters – Colombia El Jordan
Night Swim Coffee – Kenya Kirimahiga AA
Joe Coffee – Lincoln Center
New job listings from Sprudge Jobs
Visions Espresso - Field Service Technician - Seattle, WA
Do you have a news tip? Feedback? A funny joke? Send us an e-mail, use the contact form on Sprudge, leave a message at 1-888-55-SPRUDGE, or send us a letter at P.O. Box 3943 Portland, OR 97218.