It's the season of pumpkin pie spice. It's the season of Pumpkin Spice Caskets. It's the season of love. We're in between the hot and the cold—a transitional period, if you will. On this episode of the Coffee Sprudgecast, we dig into the cost breakdowns of Pumpkin Spice themed funeral prep, if we're still elevating PSLs in 2026 (we are), and play with a whole suite of espresso gadgets from our friends at MHW-3BOMBER.

We enjoyed a Hario v60 of Cartel Roasting Co. Kenya Kirinyaga Kiangoi AA (shop all of Cartel Roasting Co. coffees here).

An espresso of Stumptown Coffee Natural Kenya Karimikui made with the MHW-3BOMBER XPRESS-58 espresso machine and an assortment of tools—scales, groomers, tampers, oh my!

Cheers to Miir: Hosts explore Miir's first expansion into the ceramic world made with vegan bone china!

Order your specialty Pumpkin Spice caskets at Titan Casket.

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

Here in Portland, Oregon the air is cooler, days shorter, and desire for hot coffee…greater? The seasons change and that means our delicious summer series The Build-Outs of Coffee is coming to close. But not before our last installment of what we like to call The Coffee Buildcast!

Coffees are sipped! Build-outs are discussed!

We sip a natural Nightswim Coffee Don Lisandro Gesha (Huila, Colombia) with notes of acai, blueberry yogurt, rosewater, and sweet basil. It's brewed with a Hario v60 and served in a hand-blown Verve Culture mezcal glass. While this coffee is currently unavailable, delicious coffees abound on Nightswim Coffee's official web shop.

Also in the studio is a new brand from Blanchard's Coffee called 93000000.net. It's called Orange Soda, it's #93,000,003, and it's delicious! Read about the design behind this new brand in our Coffee Design article, too!

Coffees are all well and good but how good are coffees with a complementary tisane? That's exactly what we were thinking when we brewed some fresh Garden Lemongrass from our friends at Dona in Brooklyn, NY.

Build-Outs discussed on this episode include a brand new Los Angeles Stumptown Coffee Roasters cafe and a super fresh Fresh Pot in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The 2026 Build-outs of Coffee is presented by DONA, Pacific Barista Series, and La Marzocco.

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

As the summer grinds on so too do the builds! Fresh cafes are popping up all across the world and we're delighted to showcase them every year in our annual Build-Outs of Coffee series. On the latest episode of the Coffee Sprudgecast, we get into it and feature two thrilling builds that caught our eye.

Before we get into cafes, we always need something to sip, and the hosts have a truly delicious instant coffee from Tucson's Presta Coffee Roasters. We also have a special treat—a delicious Mocha Moment Presented by Ghirardelli with Zachary Carlsen and Sprudge's very own Robyn Brems.

This week's Mocha Moment was, in fact, three mochas—cortado sized—and served as a flight. Using Ghirardelli sauces, the flight consisted of a White Mocha, a Sweet Ground mocha, and a Chocolate mocha. Using Pacific Barista Series Coconut Milk and Chocolate Fish Coffee Roaster's Kovu Espresso as the base, the flight offered three sweet treats. It's our hope that this catches on across the country, as we would love to have several small mochas in one sitting.

The 2026 Build-outs of Coffee is presented by DONA, Pacific Barista Series, and La Marzocco.

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