We’re back in Kansas City for part two of our special SprudgeLive Coffee Sprudgecast series. These episodes will take you to the event floor at the 2019 US Coffee Championships in Kansas City. There we join multimedia directorย Elizabeth Chai, whoโ€”in addition to helming our must-follow Instagram coverage of the eventโ€”taped a series of original interviews for this week’s episode of the podcast.

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In this episode, Chai talks to 2018 United States Brewers Cup Champion Rose Woodard.ย Woodard used the final three minutes of her routine to call for equality and fairness for all competitors.ย โ€œThe standards these competitors are held to are that of a white, male, heteronormative perspective,โ€ Woodard told the judges. โ€œThatโ€™s a major issue that needs to change before we can make progress in this industry.โ€ Read more about this routine here.

Kaley Gann performs at the 2019 United States Brewers Cup (Photo by Elizabeth Chai)

Chai then interviews 2019 United States Brewers Cup Champion Kaley Gann (Messenger Coffee). Chai spoke with Gann on finals dayโ€”moments before learning she’d become this year’s champion. Gann will compete in Boston at the World Brewers Cup Championship in a few short weeks.

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Sprudge Media Networkโ€™sย coverage of the 2019 US Coffee Champs is made possible by Joe Gloย and Mahlkรถnig. All of SprudgeLiveโ€™s 2019 competition coverage is made possible by Acaia, Baratza, Faema,ย Cafe Imports, and Wilbur Curtis.

Sprudge is an official media partner of US Coffee Championships.

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2019 Sprudge Live coverage is produced by Zac Cadwalader. Our lead photographer is Charlie Burt. Multimedia direction by Elizabeth Chai.

See y’all in Boston!

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