Welcome to the bulletins for the sixteenth Annual Sprudgie Awards offered by Pacific Barista Collection, honoring the easiest in espresso.
Nominees for every class had been chosen by a worldwide public poll. Public voting for the Sprudgies befell over a multi-week interval, together with open nominations and finalist ballots.
Congratulations to all of the nominees—to us, each single finalist was a winner.
Listed here are the winners, honorees, and finalists for the sixteenth Annual Sprudgie Awards, offered by Pacific Barista Collection.
Notable Roaster
This award honors a espresso roasting firm doing exemplary work in 2024. This may increasingly embrace roasted espresso high quality, the power of e-commerce, cafe places (if relevant), and all different aspects of operating a profitable espresso roasting firm.
Winner: September Espresso (Ottawa, CA)
Honoree: DAK Espresso (Amsterdam, NL)
Finalists:
Espresso Aid (Quito, Ecuador)
Slick Espresso (Muscat, Oman)
Dayglow Espresso (Los Angeles, USA)
Little Waves Espresso (Durham, NC)
Surroundings Espresso (London, UK)
Individuals Possession (Paris, France)
Notable Espresso Producer
This award honors excellent work by a espresso producer.
Winner: Basha Bekele (Ethiopia)
Honoree: Diego Bermudez (Colombia)
Finalists:
Astrid Medina (Colombia)
Maricela Esperón (Mexico)
Luis Alberto Balladarez (Nicaragua)
Tamiru Tadesse (Ethiopia)
Wilder Lazo (Colombia)
Abel Salinas (Ecuador)
Finest New Product
This award honors a brand new espresso product launched on the market to the general public within the yr 2024.
Winner: La Marzocco Swan Grinder
Honoree: UFO Dripper (V2)
Finalists:
AeroPress Go Plus Journey Espresso System
xBloom Studio
Sibarist Twin Chamber Paper Filter
Timemore Black Mirror Primary 2
Empirical Water
Nucleus NCD Pulse
Finest Espresso Video/Movie
This award honors an authentic espresso video or movie launched within the yr 2024.
Winner: COFFEE The Common Language — Episode 2 (Los Angeles)
Honoree: Eric Espiritu for Chef’s Desk and Dayglow Espresso — “Autumn In LA”
Finalists:
Espresso Breath — “The One In Chicago”
Aramse — “Be taught To Pour And By no means Look At Your Kettle The Identical”
European Espresso Journey — “Boram Um: Turning into The World Barista Champion”
Kate Foster & John Hesselbarth for New Harvest Espresso — “Los Portillos”
Anaiis Cisco — Drip Like Espresso
Enrico Ventrice for Academia del Caffè Espresso —“The Rise of Espresso”
Finest Espresso Writing
This award celebrates the very best espresso writing of the yr.
Winner: Morgan Eckroth — “I’m not a espresso snob however” — showing on Espresso For Right here
Honoree: Christopher Feran — “Brokers, ‘Middlemen’, And How The Work Is Really Finished” — showing on ChristopherFeran.com
Finalists:
Peter Giuliano — “Is Style Nature or Nurture” — showing on Pax Culinaria
Lukasz Galecki — “Barista Tales” — showing on European Espresso Journey (collected)
Sabine Parish — “Celesty Paytxayeb Suruí” — showing in Standart Subject 37
Nick Mabey — “How Excessive Costs Are Exposing The Hole Guarantees of Specialty Espresso” — showing on Meeting Espresso
Owen Racer —“His espresso is coveted all over the world. His doesn’t know if his future is on the farm” — showing in The Guardian
Laudia Anokye-Bempah, Irwin R. Donis-Gonzalez, and William D. Ristenpart — “What Coloration Is Your Espresso?” — showing in 25 Journal Subject 22
Finest Espresso E-book/Journal
This award honors an impressive espresso journal or print publication launch.
Winner: Espresso Individuals Zine
Honoree: SOLO Journal
Finalists:
Softer Volumes: Cafes
The Artwork Of Espresso Brewing by Søren Stiller Markussen
Drift
Dial In Journal
Standart
Barista Journal
Finest Social Media
This award honors excellent work throughout social media platforms.
Winner: James Hoffmann — @JimSeven
Honoree: Morgan Eckroth — @MorganDrinksCoffee
Finalists:
Lance Hedrick — @LanceHedrick
Brian Quan — @brian.quan_
Jimmy Johnson — @jimmythebarista
Laila Ghambari — @lailaghambari
Bartholomew Jones — @cxffeeblack
Emilee Bryant — @emstagrim
Finest Espresso Podcast
This award honors excellent work within the podcast medium.
Winner: Tim Wendelboe’s Podcast
Honoree: Espresso Data Hub
Finalists:
It’s Simply Espresso
Pikola
Purchase The Drip
Making Espresso with Lucia Solis
Completely Dissolved
Espresso Literature Overview
Finest Design/Packaging
This work honors notable design or packaging work in espresso.
Winner: Koppi (Helsingborg)
Honoree: Surroundings (London)
Finalists:
Painted Leopard (Berkeley)
Three Marks Espresso (Barcelona)
Cherry Espresso (Fort Value, TX)
Dune Espresso (Santa Barbara)
Companions Espresso (Brooklyn)
A Matter of Concrete (Rotterdam)
Finest New Cafe
This award is offered to a restaurant that has opened in 2024.
Winner: Alquimia Espresso — San Salvador, El Salvador
Honoree: Frutas Selectas by Nomad Espresso — Barcelona, ESP
Finalists:
BIGFACE — Miami, FL
Calico Espresso — London, UK
Hello-NRG — San Francisco, CA
Krea Espresso — Istanbul, Turkey
Particular Company — London, UK
Ondo Espresso — Los Angeles, CA
Sustainable Cafe or Espresso Roaster
This award is offered to a restaurant or espresso firm for prioritizing sustainable environmental and business stewardship.
Winner: Isla Espresso (Berlin, Germany)
Honoree: Paso Paso Espresso (Hanover, Germany)
Finalists:
Yallah Espresso (Cornwall, UK)
Seam Espresso (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Sunshine Espresso (Wyoming, USA)
Skylark Espresso (Brighton, UK)
Glen Lyon Espresso Roasters (Aberfeldy, Scotland)
Horsham Espresso Roaster (Sussex, UK)
Notable Occasion
This award is offered to a espresso occasion, competition, convention, or competitors.
Winner: Ladies-Powered Espresso Summit
Honoree: The Barista League
Finalists:
CoffeeFest Madrid
Espresso Fest Los Angeles
Pesta Kopi Mandiri by Jakarta Espresso Week
Glasgow Espresso Festival
London Espresso Competition
World of Espresso Busan
Excellent Achievement
This award is offered annually to a exceptional espresso individual, group, trigger, or entity that embodies espresso excellence. This yr’s slate of Excellent Achievement nominees are every being acknowledged as full and rightful winners of a Sprudgie Award.
Invoice Murray + Nationwide Espresso Affiliation
Abel Salinas
The sixteenth Annual Sprudgie Awards offered by Pacific Barista Collection.
