The 2025 US Coffee Championships season is officially underway. Competition kicked off in Houston at the first weekend of November with the Regional Qualifier for the US Roasters Championship, followed shortly thereafter November 8th through 10th with the Regional for the Latte Art Championship in Lincoln, Nebraska. (You’d be forgiven for not being entirely locked in yet because of certain other major news events.)
But now the Regionals have kicked into high gear over the last weekend in Raleigh, North Carolina with not one, but two competitions. Hosted at Black & White Coffee Roasters HQ, both the Barista Championship and Brewers Cup held their first Regional rounds of the 2025 season, sending 18 coffee professionals—12 in Barista and six in Brewers—through to the National stage, joining the 15 competitors from Roasters and Latte Art who have already punched their tickets.
We’re about to get into the teeth of the Regional Qualifiers, but first let’s take a look at everyone who has already made it to the Nationals of the 2025 US Coffee Championships.
Roasters Championship Regional — Houston, TX
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Rudy Altamirano
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Helen Choi
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Tony Auger
- Aaron Zhao
- Diego Guartan
- Kevin Seehousz
- Sum Ngai
- Michael Matthews
Latte Art Championships Regional — Lincoln, NE
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Piyapat “Flook” Lapteerawut
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Liang Weianan
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Truc Ngo
- Enderson Vargas
- kayla Herrera
- Marquis Monzon
- Haley Hill
Brewers Cup Regional — Raleigh, NC
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Marc Chiusano
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Christian Bak
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Joseph Burns
- John Dixon
- Pack Katisomsakul
- Steve Kim
Barista Championship Regions — Ragleigh, NC
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Kay Cheon
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Hugo Cano
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Seidy Selivanow
- Wenbo Yang
- Jake McFarland
- Brooks Berdeen
- Jamie Patel
- Ren Betten
- Addison Mathis
- Journey Skye Smothers
- Franklin Tigreros
- Tyler Montague
The fun is only beginning. This coming weekend, November TK, the final Regional for the Roasters Championship will take place in Portland. Then after a little Thanksgiving break, the Barista Championship, Brewers Cup, and Coffee in Good Spirits will be hosting Regionals in Kansas City, Missouri, followed shortly by the finals CIGS Regional in Westchester, Pennsylvania in December (moved from late-October) and final Brewers Cup Regional in Las Vegas in mid-January. The complete schedule can be found here.
The 2025 US Coffee Championships season is here. It’s time to lock in.
Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.
