Welcome to finalist voting for the 16th Annual Sprudgie Awards, presented by Pacific Barista Series. From a global pool of nominees comes a final list of finalists: eight choices per category, plus the opportunity to write in the candidate of your choice. Please vote using the ballot here, and share this post to encourage your communities to vote. Voting is absolutely free and open to all thanks to our sponsors at Pacific Barista Series—thank you, Pacific!
Voting is open through Friday, April 4th at 11:59 PM PST.
We are awarding a full Sprudgie Awards win to all eight finalists for Outstanding Achievement. The remaining categories will be determined by public vote as in previous years. Read more on this decision below.
Voting for the 16th Annual Sprudgie Awards presented by Pacific Barista Series closes at 11:59 PM PST on Friday, April 4th. Find the 16th Annual Sprudgie Awards Finalist voting ballot at https://sprudge.com/vote.
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.
DAK Coffee (Amsterdam, NL)
Slick Coffee (Muscat, Oman)
September Coffee (Ottawa, CA)
Dayglow Coffee (Los Angeles, USA)
Coffee Relief (Quito, Ecuador)
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.
Abel Salinas (Ecuador)
Astrid Medina (Colombia)
Diego Bermudez (Colombia)
Marciela Esperón (Mexico)
Luis Alberto Balladarez (Nicaragua)
Tamiru Tadesse (Ethiopia)
Wilder Lazo (Colombia)
Basha Bekele (Ethiopia)
Best New Product
This award honors a new coffee product released for sale to the public in the year 2024.
AeroPress Go Plus Travel Coffee System
La Marzocco Swan Grinder
UFO Dripper (V2)
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.
Coffee Breath — “The One In Chicago”
COFFEE The Universal Language — Episode 2 (Los Angeles)
Eric Espiritu for Chef’s Table and Dayglow Coffee — “Autumn In LA”
Kate Foster & John Hesselbarth for New Harvest Coffee — “Los Portillos”
European Coffee Trip — “Boram Um: Becoming The World Barista Champion”
Aramse — “Learn To Pour And Never Look At Your Kettle The Same”
Anaiis Cisco — Drip Like Coffee
Enrico Ventrice for Academia del Caffè Espresso —“The Rise of Espresso”
Best Coffee Writing
This award celebrates the best coffee writing of the year.
Peter Giuliano — “Is Taste Nature or Nurture” — appearing on Pax Culinaria
Lukasz Galecki — “Barista Stories” — appearing on European Coffee Trip (collected)
Christopher Feran — “Agents, ‘Middlemen’, And How The Work Is Actually Done” — appearing on ChristopherFeran.com
Sabine Parish — “Celesty Paytxayeb Suruí” — appearing in Standart Issue 37
Nick Mabey — “How High Prices Are Exposing The Hollow Promises of Specialty Coffee” — appearing on Assembly Coffee
Owen Racer —“His coffee is coveted around the world. His doesn’t know if his future is on the farm” — appearing in The Guardian
Morgan Eckroth — “I’m not a coffee snob but” — appearing on Coffee For Here
Laudia Anokye-Bempah, Irwin R. Donis-Gonzalez, and William D. Ristenpart— “What Color Is Your Coffee?” — appearing in 25 Magazine Issue 22
Best Coffee Book/Magazine
This award honors an outstanding coffee magazine or print publication release.
Standart
Softer Volumes: Cafes
The Art Of Espresso Brewing by Søren Stiller Markussen
Drift
Dial In Magazine
SOLO Magazine
Barista Magazine
Coffee People Zine
Best Social Media
This award honors outstanding work across social media platforms.
Morgan Eckroth — @MorganDrinksCoffee
James Hoffmann — @JimSeven
Lance Hedrick — @LanceHedrick
Brian Quan — @brian.quan_
Jimmy Johnson — @jimmythebarista
Laila Ghambari — @lailaghambari
Bartholomew Jones — @cxffeeblack
Emilee Bryant — @emstagrim
Best Coffee Podcast
This award honors outstanding work in the podcast medium.
It’s Just Coffee
Pikola
Buy The Drip
Tim Wendelboe Podcast
Coffee Knowledge Hub
Making Coffee with Lucia Solis
Totally Dissolved
Coffee Literature Review
Best Design/Packaging
This work honors notable design or packaging work in coffee.
A Matter of Concrete (Rotterdam)
Scenery (London)
Painted Leopard (Berkeley)
Koppi (Helsingborg)
Three Marks Coffee (Barcelona)
Cherry Coffee (Fort Worth, TX)
Dune Coffee (Santa Barbara)
Partners Coffee (Brooklyn)
Best New Cafe
This award is presented to a cafe that has opened in 2024.
Alquimia Coffee — San Salvador, El Salvador
BIGFACE — Miami, FL
Calico Coffee — London, UK
Frutas Selectas by Nomad Coffee — Barcelona, ESP
Hi-NRG — San Francisco, CA
Krea Coffee — Istanbul, Turkey
Ondo Coffee — Los Angeles, CA
Special Guests — London, UK
Sustainable Cafe or Coffee Roaster
This award is presented to a cafe or coffee company for prioritizing sustainable environmental and industry stewardship.
Isla Coffee (Berlin, Germany)
Yallah Coffee (Cornwall, UK)
Seam Coffee (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Sunshine Coffee (Wyoming, USA)
Skylark Coffee (Brighton, UK)
Paso Paso Coffee (Hanover, Germany)
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.
CoffeeFest Madrid
Coffee Fest Los Angeles
Pesta Kopi Mandiri by Jakarta Coffee Week
Glasgow Coffee Festival
The Barista League
London Coffee Festival
Women-Powered Coffee Summit
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. The 16th Annual Sprudgie Award winners for Outstanding Achievement will be honored in a special announcement. Watch this space!
Voting is open through Friday, April 4th 11:59 PM PST.
Voting for the 16th Annual Sprudgie Awards presented by Pacific Barista Series.
