The new Cafe Unido cafe in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC Photo by Brian Oh, courtesy of Cafe Unido. With its second United States coffee shop opening this week, Panama-based coffee company Cafe Unido has realized a vision to unite high-quality Panamanian coffee with equally high-quality food and other beverages. Following the more coffee-centric … Read more
Booz and coffee are as classic of a combination as well, chocolate and cake. The coffee provides the nuance in the flavours, while the liqueur gives you that morning buzz that makes the rest of the day a little brighter. But Irish whiskey, cream, and coffee probably shouldn’t be a regular go-to for a weekday … Read more
Welcome to DCN’s Weekly Coffee News. Keep up with all the latest stories by subscribing to DCN’s twice-weekly newsletter, featuring breaking coffee industry news and fresh coffee job listings. Tom Hanks Launches Coffee Brand with a Cause Actor Tom Hanks is the founder of a new company called Hanx Coffee. All profits go to organizations … Read more
In what has surely become a beloved annual tradition here at Sprudge, now it is time to turn our attention to the beloved specialty coffee subcultural practice of the Holiday Blend. Each year, beginning roughly around Thanksgiving, coffee companies around North America (and indeed, around the world) produce special edition coffees with unique branding and … Read more
My new Hot Chocolate Cake is made up of light and fluffy marshmallow buttercream covering the most delicious moist dark chocolate cake layers with chocolate ganache. The weather has officially turned here in Utah! We woke up to snow, so naturally, both of my kids immediately asked for hot chocolate for breakfast – something they’ll … Read more
Not all milks are alike; Here’s the scoop on homogenization and how it affects baristas. BY TANYA NANETTISENIOR ONLINE CORRESPONDENT Cover photo by Nikolai Chernichenko via Unsplash Milk is familiar to most of us. Not just a drink for children, it’s also often consumed by adults and is of course one of the key ingredients … Read more
Welcome back to Roaster Spotlight, a new feature series on Sprudge dedicated to the art and science of coffee roasting, and the intrepid roasters who keep the flame. Roaster Spotlight on Sprudge is proudly presented in partnership with Mill City Roasters. For the latest edition of Roaster Spotlight, we turn our attentions to New York … Read more
Coffee plants in an agroforest system. All images courtesy of Soil Symbiotics. Throughout Latin America, coffee-growing regions are quickly becoming hotter and dryer while at the same time losing substantial tree cover. Globally, coffee farms cover an estimated 11 million hectares of ecologically sensitive land. Many of these farms are the last bastions of standing … Read more
What a competition season it has been for Morgan Eckroth. After taking the United States Barista Championship by storm last April in Boston, bringing her nearly 7 million followers on Tiktok, Instagram, and YouTube along for the ride, the Portland-based coffee professional better known as @MorganDrinksCoffee set their sights on Australia and the World Barista … Read more
You love coffee. You need coffee. And chances are there’s someone on your 2022 Holiday Shopping List who feels the same way about warm, delicious coffee drinks. Each year it’s our pleasure here at Sprudge Media Network to present to you a plethora of holiday coffee gift-giving options, curated in part from our incredible network … Read more