Sprudge
Type of site | Blog |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dolcepump LLC |
| URL | sprudge.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 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]
Founded in 2009,[2] Sprudge is the flagship blog of the Sprudge Media Network. The Sprudge Media Network manages sister sites Sprudge Live and Sprudge Wire.[3] In its first three months of existence, the website was called "The Sprudge Report"[4] and a direct visual parody of the Drudge Report.[5][6]
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 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]
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]
References
- ^ "Bitter Barista Fired Over Satirical Blog".
- ^ "Interview with one co-founder of Sprudge - by The Coffeevine". 21 December 2015.
- ^ "About - Sprudge Wire".
- ^ "Crawling forth in 2010... - barista magazine's blog". 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ "SPRUDGE REPORT 2009". 2009-09-12. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Pull up a Chair: a Conversation with the Editors of Sprudge". 2012-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ "Bitter Barista loses job over snarky blog about customers, boss". 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Bitter Barista Fired for Blog Brew-Haha". ABC News.
- ^ "Seattle barista fired over bitter blog that rips customers, boss - Fox News". 12 February 2013.
- ^ "Specialty Coffee Association of America Announces Recipients of 2013 Recognition Awards - The Specialty Coffee Chronicle".
- ^ "Sprudge Media Network - The Webby Awards".
- ^ "The New Rules of Coffee by Jordan Michelman, Zachary Carlsen - PenguinRandomHouse.com".
- ^ "The Buzzy New Addition to SXSW's Food Lineup This Year - Food and Wine".
