Welcome to the announcements for the 16th Annual Sprudgie Awards presented by Pacific Barista Series, honoring the very best in coffee.
Nominees for each category were chosen by a worldwide public ballot. Public voting for the Sprudgies took place over a multi-week period, including open nominations and finalist ballots.
Congratulations to all the nomineesโto us, every single finalist was a winner.
Here are the winners, honorees, and finalists for the 16th Annual Sprudgie Awards, presented by Pacific Barista Series.
Notable Roaster
This award honors a coffee roasting company doing exemplary work in 2024. This may include roasted coffee quality, the strength of e-commerce, cafe locations (if applicable), and all other facets of running a successful coffee roasting company.
Winner: September Coffee (Ottawa, CA)
Honoree: DAK Coffee (Amsterdam, NL)
Finalists:ย
Coffee Relief (Quito, Ecuador)
Slick Coffee (Muscat, Oman)
Dayglow Coffee (Los Angeles, USA)
Little Waves Coffee (Durham, NC)
Scenery Coffee (London, UK)
People Possession (Paris, France)
Notable Coffee Producer
This award honors outstanding work by a coffee producer.
Winner: Basha Bekele (Ethiopia)
Honoree: Diego Bermudez (Colombia)
Finalists:
Astrid Medina (Colombia)
Maricela Esperรณn (Mexico)
Luis Alberto Balladarez (Nicaragua)
Tamiru Tadesse (Ethiopia)
Wilder Lazo (Colombia)
Abel Salinas (Ecuador)
Best New Product
This award honors a new coffee product released for sale to the public in the year 2024.
Winner: La Marzocco Swan Grinder
Honoree: UFO Dripper (V2)
Finalists:
AeroPress Go Plus Travel Coffee System
xBloom Studio
Sibarist Dual Chamber Paper Filter
Timemore Black Mirror Basic 2
Empirical Water
Nucleus NCD Pulse
Best Coffee Video/Film
This award honors an original coffee video or film released in the year 2024.
Winner: COFFEE The Universal Language โ Episode 2 (Los Angeles)
Honoree: Eric Espiritu for Chefโs Table and Dayglow Coffee โ โAutumn In LAโ
Finalists:
Coffee Breath โ โThe One In Chicagoโ
Aramse โ โLearn To Pour And Never Look At Your Kettle The Sameโ
European Coffee Trip โ โBoram Um: Becoming The World Barista Championโ
Kate Foster & John Hesselbarth for New Harvest Coffee โ โLos Portillosโ
Anaiis Cisco โ Drip Like Coffeeย
Enrico Ventrice for Academia del Caffรจ Espresso โโThe Rise of Espressoโ
Best Coffee Writing
This award celebrates the best coffee writing of the year.
Winner: Morgan Eckroth โ โIโm not a coffee snob butโ โ appearing on Coffee For Here
Honoree: Christopher Feran โ โAgents, โMiddlemenโ, And How The Work Is Actually Doneโ โ appearing on ChristopherFeran.com
Finalists:
Peter Giuliano โ โIs Taste Nature or Nurtureโ โ appearing on Pax Culinaria
Lukasz Galecki โ โBarista Storiesโ โ appearing on European Coffee Trip (collected)
Sabine Parish โ โCelesty Paytxayeb Suruรญโ โ appearing in Standart Issue 37
Nick Mabey โ โHow High Prices Are Exposing The Hollow Promises of Specialty Coffeeโ โ appearing on Assembly Coffee
Owen Racer โโHis coffee is coveted around the world. His doesnโt know if his future is on the farmโ โ appearing in The Guardian
Laudia Anokye-Bempah, Irwin R. Donis-Gonzalez, and William D. Ristenpart โ โWhat Color Is Your Coffee?โ โ appearing in 25 Magazine Issue 22
Best Coffee Book/Magazine
This award honors an outstanding coffee magazine or print publication release.
Winner: Coffee People Zine
Honoree: SOLO Magazine
Finalists:
Softer Volumes: Cafes
The Art Of Espresso Brewing by Sรธren Stiller Markussen
Drift
Dial In Magazine
Standart
Barista Magazine
Best Social Media
This award honors outstanding work across social media platforms.
Winner: James Hoffmann โ @JimSeven
Honoree: Morgan Eckroth โ @MorganDrinksCoffee
Finalists:
Lance Hedrick โ @LanceHedrick
Brian Quan โ @brian.quan_
Jimmy Johnson โ @jimmythebarista
Laila Ghambari โ @lailaghambari
Bartholomew Jones โ @cxffeeblackย
Emilee Bryant โ @emstagrim
Best Coffee Podcast
This award honors outstanding work in the podcast medium.
Winner: Tim Wendelboe’s Podcast
Honoree: Coffee Knowledge Hub
Finalists:
Itโs Just Coffee
Pikola
Buy The Drip
Making Coffee with Lucia Solis
Totally Dissolved
Coffee Literature Review
Best Design/Packaging
This work honors notable design or packaging work in coffee.
Winner: Koppi (Helsingborg)
Honoree: Scenery (London)
Finalists:
Painted Leopard (Berkeley)
Three Marks Coffee (Barcelona)
Cherry Coffee (Fort Worth, TX)
Dune Coffee (Santa Barbara)
Partners Coffee (Brooklyn)
A Matter of Concrete (Rotterdam)
Best New Cafe
This award is presented to a cafe that has opened in 2024.
Winner: Alquimia Coffee โ San Salvador, El Salvador
Honoree: Frutas Selectas by Nomad Coffee โ Barcelona, ESP
Finalists:
BIGFACE โ Miami, FL
Calico Coffee โ London, UK
Hi-NRG โ San Francisco, CA
Krea Coffee โ Istanbul, Turkey
Special Guests โ London, UK
Ondo Coffee โ Los Angeles, CA
Sustainable Cafe orย Coffee Roasterย
This award is presented to a cafe or coffee company for prioritizing sustainable environmental and industry stewardship.
Winner: Isla Coffee (Berlin, Germany)
Honoree: Paso Paso Coffee (Hanover, Germany)
Finalists:
Yallah Coffee (Cornwall, UK)
Seam Coffee (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Sunshine Coffee (Wyoming, USA)
Skylark Coffee (Brighton, UK)
Glen Lyon Coffee Roasters (Aberfeldy, Scotland)
Horsham Coffee Roaster (Sussex, UK)
Notable Event
This award is presented to a coffee event, festival, conference, or competition.
Winner: Women-Powered Coffee Summit
Honoree: The Barista League
Finalists:
CoffeeFest Madrid
Coffee Fest Los Angelesย
Pesta Kopi Mandiri by Jakarta Coffee Week
Glasgow Coffee Festival
London Coffee Festival
World of Coffee Busan
Outstanding Achievement
This award is presented each year to a remarkable coffee person, organization, cause, or entity that embodies coffee excellence. This year’s slate of Outstanding Achievement nominees are each being recognized as full and rightful winners of a Sprudgie Award.
Bill Murray + National Coffee Association
Abel Salinas
The 16th Annual Sprudgie Awards presented by Pacific Barista Series.ย
