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Founded in 2009, Sprudge is a coffee news and lifestyle website. It is the flagship blog of the
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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.
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to curate the
Roasters Village, an extension of the 2018 SouthBites Trailer Park food program at the festival. Today the concept of Roasters Village lives on within the Sprudge site as spotlighted links to current interesting coffees available for purchase online.
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was launched, a podcast featuring interviews with business owners, baristas, and other members of the world coffee community. The Coffee
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