From a field of 30 to 18 now down to just six. The 2026 US Barista Championship is moving into its final act. It’s taken three days of competition to get us here, two days of Round One competition and then today’s Semi-Final round, but finally we’ve arrived. The Finals are nigh.
For six well-deserving competitors, Sunday is the culmination of months and months of dedication and practice, but getting here wasn’t easy. Competition this year has been fierce, and for as sure as we were about many of the names making it to Semi-Finals, we didn’t have clue one about who would be heading to Finals. But now we do.
Just one more day of competition to go before we know who will be representing America at the World Barista Championship in Panama later this year, and they will come out of this field of six. So let’s meet them, shall we? Here are the Finalists for the 2026 Us Barista Championship.
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Jak Michael Ryan (he/him) – Proud Mary – Austin, TX
Meg Skop (she/her) – The Coffee Movement – San Francisco, CA
Seidy Selivanow (she/her) – Kafiex Coffee – Vancouver, WA
Ziah Bloom (he/him) – Lamppost Coffee – Austin, TX
Jason Yeo (he/him) – Saint Frank Coffee – San Francisco, CA
Morgan Eckroth (they/she) – Onyx Coffee Lab – Portland, OR
See you tomorrow for Finals!
