The days are getting shorter, the leaves are falling, the pumpkin spice latte recipes are influencing—and for us? It means big European coffee events, awards season, gift guides, and an extra helping of tea in the moody afternoons. Much tea is talked about on the Coffee Sprudgecast thanks to our continuation of the DONA Tea Library deep dive, including a tea sourced from the Wah Estate featured in a recent article from writer Navdeep Kaur.

We always take a moment to cherish coffees from our Roasters Village and on this episode the hosts drink a fine cup of Penrose Espresso Blend from Blueprint Coffee out of St. Louis, Missouri. While an espresso blend by name, the coffee itself makes a delicious cup of filter. The hosts locked the coffee tight in a new Miir Airlock Coffee Canister—a piece of Coffee Gear we're playing with at the Sprudge HQ. Coffee canisters aren't the only thing fresh out of the box—that's right, the hosts dialed in the coffee on the Timemore Chestnut C5 Pro. How much futzing was required? Tune in to find out.

Later in the show, Jordan Michelman talks about our future travel to Milan for HostMilano, The World Barista Championship, and La Marzocco's big Out of the Box. The events are all happening October 17-21, 2025. Michelman also hints at a very screening of The Rise of Espresso happening in New York City in November. More on this soon! Put in a pin in it, we'll circle back.

Until then, enjoy this trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ir_3yeDlGg

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This episode of the Coffee Sprudgecast is sponsored by Ceado, Pacific Barista Series, La Marzocco, Ghirardelli, and DONA.