Sprudge Explained

Url:sprudge.com
Commercial:Yes
Type:Blog
Owner:Dolcepump LLC
Launch Date:September 2009
Current Status:Active

Sprudge is an American blog founded by Zachary Carlsen and Jordan Michelman and based in Portland, Oregon, focusing on "coffee news and gossip".[1]

History

Founded in 2009,[2] Sprudge is a coffee news and lifestyle website. It is the flagship blog of the Sprudge Media Network, which manages sister sites Sprudge Maps, Sprudge Live, and Sprudge Wire.[3] In its first three months of existence, the website was called "The Sprudge Report"[4] and was a direct visual parody of the Drudge Report.[5] [6]

Today, the site focuses primarily on coverage of the modern specialty coffee industry, coffee history, and coffee within cultural and sociopolitical contexts. It publishes a breadth of City Guides, as well as includes a job board for those seeking careers in the industry.

Sprudge came under scrutiny after publishing the name of an anonymous author of a blog titled "The Bitter Barista", resulting in the termination of the author's job.[7] [8] [9]

In 2013, Jordan Michelman and Zachary Carlsen received the Distinguished Author Award from the Specialty Coffee Association of America.[10] The Sprudge Media Network was recognized as a 2017 Webby Award Honoree in the Cultural Blog/Website category.[11]

In 2016 the Coffee Sprudgecast was launched, a podcast featuring interviews with business owners, baristas, and other members of the world coffee community. The Coffee Buildcast, a subset of the Coffee Sprudgecast, focuses on new coffee shops under construction.

In 2018, Michelman and Carlsen co-wrote The New Rules of Coffee: A Modern Guide For Everyone, an illustrated guide to coffee published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Penguin Random House.[12] Their second book, But First, Coffee was published in 2023 by Union Square & Co. focusing on brew methods and diverse coffee recipes.

Sprudge teamed up with South by Southwest to curate the Roasters Village, an extension of the 2018 SouthBites Trailer Park food program at the festival.[13] Today the concept of Roasters Village lives on within the Sprudge site as spotlighted links to current interesting coffees available for purchase online.

References

  1. Web site: Bitter Barista Fired Over Satirical Blog. 2016-07-29. 2016-10-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20161010235416/https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/bitter-barista-fired-over-satirical-blog. live. BuzzFeed. 12 February 2013 .
  2. Web site: Interview with one co-founder of Sprudge . The Coffeevine. 21 December 2015. 29 July 2016. 18 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160818141619/http://thecoffeevine.com/blog/news/interview-co-founder-of-sprudge-com-jordan-michelman/. live.
  3. Web site: About - Sprudge Wire. 2016-07-29. 2016-08-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160804182432/http://sprudgewire.com/about-us/. dead . Sprudge Wire.
  4. Web site: Crawling forth in 2010... . barista magazine's blog. 2010-01-07. en-US. 2016-08-01. 2016-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20160916031914/http://baristamagazine.com/blog/crawling-forth-in-2010/. live.
  5. Web site: SPRUDGE REPORT 2009. 2009-09-12. 2016-08-01. https://archive.today/20090912061509/http://www.sprudge.com/2009/SPRUDGE_REPORT_2009.html. 2009-09-12. Sprudge Wire.
  6. Web site: 2012-08-25 . Pull up a Chair: a Conversation with the Editors of Sprudge . https://web.archive.org/web/20160814213138/http://www.cornerofthecafe.com/sprudge-interview/ . 2016-08-14 . 2023-04-04 . Corner of the Cafe . en-US.
  7. Web site: Bitter Barista loses job over snarky blog about customers, boss. 11 February 2013. 29 July 2016. 18 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918064352/http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/bitter-barista-loses-job-over-snarky-blog-about-customers-boss/. live . Seattle Times.
  8. Web site: Bitter Barista Fired for Blog Brew-Haha. ABC News. 2020-06-29. 2020-11-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20201111234354/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/satirical-barista-gets-fired/. live.
  9. Web site: Seattle barista fired over bitter blog that rips customers, boss . Fox News. 12 February 2013. 29 July 2016. 19 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160819012632/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/12/barista-fired-over-discovery-snarky-blog-making-fun-customers-bosses.html. live.
  10. Web site: Specialty Coffee Association of America Announces Recipients of 2013 Recognition Awards . The Specialty Coffee Chronicle. 2016-07-29. 2016-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816233310/http://www.scaa.org/chronicle/2013/02/15/specialty-coffee-association-of-america-announces-recipients-of-2013-recognition-awards/. live.
  11. Web site: Sprudge Media Network. The Webby Awards. 2017-09-18. 2018-02-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214142336/https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2017/websites/general-website/cultural-blogwebsite/sprudge-media-network/. live.
  12. Web site: The New Rules of Coffee by Jordan Michelman, Zachary Carlsen . PenguinRandomHouse. 2018-03-01. 2018-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180302103906/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/567235/the-new-rules-of-coffee-by-jordan-michelman-and-zachary-carlsen/9780399581625/. live.
  13. Web site: The Buzzy New Addition to SXSW's Food Lineup This Year . Food and Wine. 2018-03-01. 2018-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180302051634/http://www.foodandwine.com/events/sxsw-coffee-roasters-village. dead.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sprudge".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.