With the regional spherical of competitors for the 2025 US Espresso Championships now full, all eyes are turning to the nationwide stage. Final week, the USCC introduced that the US Roasters Championship would kick issues off at Roastronix headquarters in Houston in early February. And yesterday, January thirteenth, the USCC launched host info for 4 extra nationwide competitions. We’re heading to Raleigh-Durham, y’all!
Going down in late February and early March, the 4 nationwide competitions can be unfold out over the course of two weekends. First up is Durham, with the US Brewers Cup, Latte Artwork Championship, and Espresso in Good Spirits competitors. The three occasions will hosted by Fortuna and can happen February twentieth by way of twenty third. Then two weeks later, March sixth by way of ninth, in Raleigh, the US Barista Championship can be held at Black and White Espresso’s roasting house.
US Cup Tasters, the one competitors with a nationwide occasion but to be confirmed, can be introduced within the coming weeks, per the USCC.
It’s arduous to imagine however we’re lower than a month from crowning the primary US Espresso Champion of the 2025 season. And that’s simply the beginning. Then comes a gradual stream of occasions by way of March, culminating in Houston the next month, with the SCA Expo that can play host of the primary World Espresso Championship of the 12 months, the World Roasting Championship.
For extra info, go to the US Espresso Championships Instagram account.
Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Community and a employees author primarily based in Dallas. Learn extra Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.
