Elliot Lau moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue an entertainment career. He quickly became a friendly and well-known face in Los Angeles’ third wave coffee culture. To date, he has worked at many ...

Hybrid immersion brewing is having a resurgent popularity amongst pour-over tinkerers. The Clever Dripper, the one that started it all, is old news at this point and has given way to the Hario Switch, ...

Pan Wei of Parking Coffee in China is the 2026 World Barista Champion. This is Pan Wei’s second time competing at the world level, after winning the 2021 China Barista Championship and placing 27 th ...

After the Liberation Day tariffs were deemed to be a failed experiment (read: unconstitutional), the US government was ordered to repay the over $100 billion they collected. The repayments began going ...

Some like drip coffee and others like coffee drip. (Please forgive me I’m old and not sure if I’m using that word properly.) Coffee is not just for your mouth anymore, you can wear it on your head, ...

ORIGAMI CUP USA 2026 Celebrates the Collaborative Art of Pourover Coffee Brewing in Houston, Texas HOUSTON, TX — Slow Pour Supply announces ORIGAMI CUP USA 2026, a national pourover competition taking ...

To the average consumer, few things seem more simple than a cup of coffee—just add water (and/or milk and sugar). For those of us on the other side of the equation, however, the feeling tends to be ...

We are delighted to welcome you to the official announcement of The Sprudge Twenty, presented by Sprudge and Pacific Barista Series. This is the eighth class of Sprudge Twenty honorees, part of an ...

The coffee world was a very different place twenty years ago. This was before the infusion era of tech-industry investments, venture capital and consolidation; back then the specialty coffee industry ...

Welcome to The Sprudge Twenty Interviews presented by Pacific Barista Series. For a complete list of 2024 Sprudge Twenty honorees, please visit sprudge.com/twenty ...

Over a cappuccino at Frederix Micro Roasters in Amsterdam, Houtman told me more about this man, whose name has remained largely unfamiliar to his Dutch compatriots. Here I share highlights of our ...