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Black Coffee: The Live Podcast Is Now Available
Black Coffee, the new event series from creative director Michelle Johnson (The Chocolate Barista) premiered last week at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon. Hosted by Michelle Johnson,...
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Watch The Black Coffee PDX Video Now
It’s here! A complete video presentation of Black Coffee, the new event series from creative director Michelle Johnson (The Chocolate Barista), is now available via Sprudge Media Network on YouTube....
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Letters From Daniel: Coffee Scene Investigation
Soooooo yesterday we reported to you on a rash of mysterious letters received by coffee roasting companies in and around the city of Portland, including well-known local Oregon roasters like Roseline...
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Announcing The 2017 Sprudgie Awards Finalists
From tens of thousands of votes cast all across the world, nominations poured in for the 2017 Sprudgie Awards, honoring the very best in specialty coffee. These votes have now been calculated, and we...
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Sprudgie Awards Spotlight: The 2017 Nominees For Best New Cafe
Earlier this week we unveiled the nominees for the Ninth Annual Sprudgie Awards. Voting is now open across a dozen categories, honoring the very best in coffee. Voting ends December 31st, 2017 at 11:59...
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Art In The Cafe: A Conversation With May Barruel Of Stumptown Coffee
I believe in the power of cafe walls. Growing up in Tacoma, Washington, my first exposure to visual art and coffee went hand in hand, at long-departed coffee bars like The Usual and Temple of the...
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As Total Retail Coffee Sales Stagnate, Cafe Sales Increase
The American economy is doing pretty, pretty, pretty okay right now. Or at least that’s what Bloomberg Markets is saying; I really have no idea. I know the Dow Jones did a thing and the president...
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Black Coffee: The New Event From Michelle Johnson Premieres April 24th
My dear coffee friend, come, sit. It’s time for us to have “the talk.” It may seem like we’ve had this talk before—the one that involves race and how it intersects with coffee culture, but trust me...
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NXT LVL Joins Michelle Johnson’s Black Coffee Event On April 24th
BLACK COFFEE, the new event from creative director Michelle Johnson, debuts in Portland, Oregon on April 24th. This live podcast event draws from the coffee industry’s deep pool of Black intellectual...
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Black Coffee Is Coming April 24th
We’re just a few short days from Black Coffee, a new live podcast event from creative director Michelle Johnson in Portland, Oregon. Tickets are available here, and today we’ve got some exciting...
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Black Coffee: The Live Podcast Is Now Available
Black Coffee, the new event series from creative director Michelle Johnson (The Chocolate Barista) premiered last week at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon. Hosted by Michelle Johnson,...
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Watch The Black Coffee PDX Video Now
It’s here! A complete video presentation of Black Coffee, the new event series from creative director Michelle Johnson (The Chocolate Barista), is now available via Sprudge Media Network on YouTube....
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Letters From Daniel: Coffee Scene Investigation
Soooooo yesterday we reported to you on a rash of mysterious letters received by coffee roasting companies in and around the city of Portland, including well-known local Oregon roasters like Roseline...
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Stumptown To Release CBD Cold Brew Elixir Just In Time For The Holidays
Tomorrow is April 20th, colloquially known as 420, a holiday you’ve all been waiting for. That’s right, tomorrow is National Cold Brew Day, which definitely started by Stumptown as a joke, but is now...
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A Coffee Drinker’s Guide To Detroit
What is left to say about Detroit? By now, you’ll have heard the boom and bust stories, the tales of failure and recovery. It’s old (and frankly rather boring) news—let’s just agree that Detroit is...
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Stumptown Coffee Debuts A New Short Film And A Fresh, New Bag Design
Stumptown Coffee Roasters out of Portland, Oregon launches its second film in collaboration with Los Angeles-based film company Farm League this month. The film, Wax & Gold, is a 20-minute short,...
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Previewing The 2019 LA Coffee Festival
The 2019 Los Angeles Coffee Festival is coming! Festivities run from November 8th-10th at Magic Box by The Reef, the global events space in downtown Los Angeles. Tickets are still available! Buy your...
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Coffee Sprudgecast Episode 081: The One With Ezra Baker
Ezra Baker (Photo by Justin Warsh) We’re back with a new episode of the Coffee Sprudgecast podcast! We chat about our trip to Florence to check out Accademia del Caffé Espresso by La Marzocco and our...
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Coffee Sprudgecast Episode 082: The One With Dandy Anderson
Dandy Anderson Another week another episode of the Coffee Sprudgecast. Jordan Michelman and Zachary Carlsen talk about the Sprudgie Awards Presented by Pacific Barista Series. Preliminary nominations...
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