Type of site | Blog |
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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]