Sprudge contributor Harald Johnsen Vøyle recently attended the Japan Aeropress Championship at Fuglen Tokyo. Here’s his breakdown of the top three performing recipes – for a full cultural account of this event, check out this supplemental feature. JAC photography comes to us courtesy of Mariko Kurose. Editorial and translation for this feature was greatly aided by the contributions of Yuuki Kakiha

Our London correspondent Elyse Bouvier continues her 2013 United Kingdom Barista Championship coverage with this in-depth look at John Gordon, your 2013 UKBC Champ! John Gordon is your new 2013 United Kingdom Barista Champion! This is John’s third UKBC win, and yet only his 4th time competing nationally. That makes him 3 for 4 – I’d say those are pretty good odds. I spent a glorious few days watch

Seasoned brewing champion Andy Sprenger, formerly of Ceremony Coffee Roasters, now embarking on a brand new roasting business, has won the 2013 US Aeropress Championship – taking home two trophies, for both first place as well as “most innovative brew”. The World Aeropress Championship began in 2008, and has grown today into several national competitions taking place around the world. The 2013 US

Here ye, here ye, specialty coffee enthusiasts: a contest is afoot! The geniuses behind Able Brewing and the KONE metal brew filter are about to engage the public in a community event so fantastic, so outrageous, with such remarkable prizes, that we’re nearly bursting Xtreme Xcitement over our privilege to bring you this news. Able needs help finding the perfect KONE brew recipe. They like to know

Welcome to the fourth installment of SprudgeTips, our series on practical instructions for everyday coffee life. We can take no credit for this one – it was developed by Ray Penrod at Portland’s esteemed CoffeeHouse NW. Mr. Penrod has solved the riddle of how to effectively drink espresso paired with sparkling water. Turns out it’s kind of a choose-your-own-adventure type situation: First sip the