An Insider Look At The Coffee Power Rankings

An Insider Look At The Coffee Power Rankings @foodrepublic @chantytown @SI_PeterKing

Chantal Martineau writes for the Village Voice, Saveur, Imbibe, and a blog called Food Republic, who recently published this provocative list of Coffee Power Rankings. A power ranking for coffee? What is this, ESPN? Is Ms. Martineau secretly Peter King in disguise? Did she write this column from the Cincinatti Marriott? The answer is yes, no, yes, and maybe. This is the second Coffee Power Ranking issued by Martineau in the last two months. The editorial team at Sprudge wanted to figure out Martineau’s Ranking System and, with reverse engineering, were able to crack the code. Martineau, like the developers of many other sports rating systems , does not divulge the exact methodology behind her rankings. She offers but one rating system, take it or leave it. Sprudge Researchers have figured out that this system uses Google search results and Twitter activity, with no referen...

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