What a wild three days it’s been right here on the Black & White Espresso roasting HQ for the 2025 US Barista Championship. 25 opponents descended upon Raleigh, North Carolina for an opportunity to be topped the USBC champion and earn the best to symbolize America on the World Barista Championship later this 12 months in Italy. However by the point we made it to at this time’s Finals spherical, there have been solely six opponents remaining.

It’s inconceivable to overstate the extent of competitors at this 12 months’s occasion. It appears like one thing we are saying yearly, however each years it feels more true than the final. This one is actually no exception. It’s laborious to not be impressed by rookie competitor Circle Chan working her method via Spherical One and the Semis to make it to Finals. Or by Isaiah Sheese’s willpower that has introduced him to a few straight Finals (minus the 12 months he took off) after almost a decade of competing. The compelling tales at Finals this 12 months had been as many as there have been opponents.

 

Thus it feels cosmically unfair that not everybody will win. However there might be just one 2025 US Barista Champion, and we all know simply who that’s. There’s a lot to debate, a lot to preach upon from the weekend in Raleigh, and we’ll little doubt which have for you within the coming days. However now’s a time of celebration, not only for the winner however everybody who competed this weekend. So with that in thoughts we current to you the outcomes from the 2025 US Barista Championship.

Champion: Kay Cheon – Dune Espresso Roasters – Santa Barbara, CA

Runner-Up: Isaiah Sheese – Archetype Espresso – Omaha, NE

Third Place: Jason Yeo – Saint Frank Espresso – San Francisco, CA

4th: Noel Goodwin – Hagen Espresso Roasters – Seattle, WA
fifth: Circle Chan – The Espresso Motion – San Francisco, CA
sixth: Jak Ryan – Proud Mary Espresso – Austin, TX

Sprudge’s protection of the 2025 US Barista Championship in Raleigh, North Carolina is offered in by La Marzocco and Pacific Barista Collection.