19 rivals took the stage for Spherical One of many 2025 US Barista Championship on the Black & White Espresso Roasting HQ right here in Raleigh, North Carolina. And after practically seven hours of high-caliber barista routines, the mud has settled, the scores have been tallied, and we all know who’s transferring on to tomorrow’s Semi-Finals spherical.
12 of people who went right now had been in a position to make it by to the Semis. There, they are going to meet the opposite six rivals, who earned a bye to Day Two by putting within the prime three at one of many two Regionals that occurred earlier this 12 months. So let’s meet all of them, we could?
11:20am Christian Ortega (he/him) – Olympia Espresso Roasters – Seattle, WA
11:40am Tyler Montague (he/him) – Brew Espresso Bar – Raleigh, NC
12:00pm Brooks Berdeen (he/him) – Union Espresso Greensboro – Greensboro, NC
12:20pm Christian Gutierrez (he/him) – Moongoat Espresso Roasters – Costa Mesa, CA
12:40pm Isaiah Sheese (he/him) – Archetype Espresso – Omaha, NE
1:00pm Dakota Graff (he/him) – Onyx Espresso Lab – Rogers, AR
1:20pm Noel Goodwin (she/her) – Hagen Espresso Roasters – Seattle, WA
1:40pm Cory Sponsler (he/him) – The Espresso Motion – San Francisco, CA
2:00pm Kay Cheon (he/him) – Dune Espresso Roasters – Santa Barbara, CA
2:20pm Jak Ryan (he/him) – Proud Mary Espresso – Austin, TX
2:35pm Jake McFarland (he/him) – Black & White Espresso – Raleigh, NC
2:50pm Grey Kauffman (they/them) – Seattle, WA
3:05pm Jason Yeo (he/him) – Saint Frank Espresso – San Francisco, CA
3:20pm Seidy Selivanow (she/her) – Kafiex Roasters – Vancouver, WA
3:35pm Miranda Huncovsky (she/her) – Moongoat Espresso Roasters – Costa Mesa, CA
3:50pm Circle Chan (she/her) – The Espresso Motion – San Francisco, CA
4:05pm Hugo Cano (he/him) – Amberson Espresso – Indianapolis, IN
4:20pm Jamie Patel (he/him) – Counter Tradition Espresso – Durham, NC
Sprudge’s protection of the 2025 US Barista Championship in Raleigh, North Carolina is offered in by La Marzocco and Pacific Barista Collection.
