Welcome to the announcements for the 12th 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 several weeks in December 2020, with the ballot box closing at 11:59 PM on Sunday, January 3rd, 2021.
Congratulations to all the nominees—to us, every single 2020 finalist was a winner.
Here they are: the winners, honorees, and finalists for the 12th Annual Sprudgie Awards, presented by Pacific Barista Series!
Notable Roaster
Winner: Portrait Coffee (Atlanta, GA)
Honoree: Morgon Coffee Roasters (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Finalists: Tectonic Coffee (Los Angeles, CA), Onyx Coffee Lab (Rogers, AR), Black and White Coffee Roasters (Wake Forest, NC), 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters (Vancouver, BC), Blossom Coffee Roasters (Manchester, England), Three Marks Coffee (Barcelona, Spain)
Best New Cafe
Winner: Drip Coffee (Brooklyn, NY)
Honoree: Mina’s World (Philadelphia, PA)
Finalists: Play Coffee (Fullerton, CA), Amberson Coffee & Grocer (Indianapolis, IN), Coffee Circle (Berlin, Germany), Parable Coffee (Columbus, OH), Young & Daughters (Seoul, South Korea), Cafe Farfelu (Paris, France)
Sustainable Cafe
Winner: Bettr Coffee Co. (Singapore)
Honoree: Olympia Coffee Roasters (Olympia, WA)
Finalists: Caravan Coffee Roasters (London, England), L’Arbre à Café (Paris, France), Blank Street Coffee (New York City, NY), Guilder (Portland, OR), Kind Cafe (Vancouver, BC), Coffee Collective (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Best New Product
Winner: Ode Brew Grinder by Fellow Products
Honoree: Oxo Brew 8-Cup Coffee Maker
Finalists: Reusable Linen Filter by Crooked Nose & Coffee Stories, Peak Water, Bosgaurus Sua Da, Taika, Hardtank, Rishi Sparkling Botanicals
Best Coffee Video/Film
Winner: The Global Coffee Crisis Is Coming, Vox
Honoree: Dalgona Coffee – Explained and Upgraded, James Hoffmann
Finalists: Moving Forward, Grahm Doughty; Axel’s Journey, MolcajeteFilms; No Single Origin, Home Storytellers, Guji Freestyle; Bartholomew Jones; The Barista, Austin Ray Encinias; Coffee Heroes, Jeff Hann
Best Coffee Writing
Winner: Fabiana Carvalho
Honoree: Umeko Motoyoshi
Finalists: Noa Berger, Brit Alexandria, Jenn Chen, Sierra Yeo, Katherine LaVeaux, Shirley Li
Notable Coffee Producer
Winner: Juan Peña, Hacienda La Papaya (Ecuador)
Honoree: Ana Mustafa (Colombia)
Finalists: Anny Ruth (El Salvador), Gilberto Baraona (El Salvador), Gare Ware Jilo (Ethiopia), Ato Tesfaye Bekele (Ethiopia), Rosalba Cifuentes Tovia (Mexico), Virgelina Perdomo (Colombia)
Best Coffee Magazine / Book
Winner: The Triumph: Black Brazilians In Coffee by Phyllis Johnson (USA)
Honoree: Coffee People Zine (USA)
Finalists: Coffee Milk Blood by Vava Angwenyi (Kenya), Roast Magazine (USA), Gourmet Cup (France), Solo Magazine (Spain), Revista Espresso (Brazil), Standart (Slovak Republic)
Best Design Packaging
Winner: Three Keys Coffee (Houston, TX)
Honoree: Fritz Coffee (Seoul, South Korea)
Finalists: On The Go Jo (Chicago, IL), Brandywine Coffee Roasters (Wilmington, DE), Cama Coffee (Taipei, Taiwan), Lykke Kaffegårdar (Farsta, Sweden), Sightglass Coffee (San Francisco, CA), Onyx Coffee Lab (Rogers, AR)
Best Coffee Podcast
Winner: La Crema: Podcast de Cafe
Honoree: Trans and Caffeinated
Finalists: Boss Barista, Making Coffee with Lucia Solis, Cat and Cloud, Keys to the Shop, Craft Your Own Coffee Podcast, The Cxffeeblack Podcast
Best Social Media
Winner: @gillybrewbar (Instagram)
Honoree: @morgandrinkscoffee (TikTok)
Finalists: @baristalifela (Instagram), @_coffeefeed (Instagram), @specialty_pal (Instagram), @Barista_Seung (Instagram), @coffeewerkandpress (Instagram), @cafereina_pdx (née @thearrowpdx) (Instagram)
Notable Event
Winner: Glitter Cat DiGiTiTiON
Honoree: Global Coffee Festival
Finalists: Coffee Chats @ Kore, Barista League: Online, Sensory Summit, Bloom, No Free Coffee Pop Up, World’s Largest Coffee Tasting
Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence
This award is presented each year to a remarkable coffee person, organization, cause, or entity that embodies coffee excellence. In light of an incredibly difficult 2020, and the remarkable accomplishments of each finalist in the category, this year’s slate of Outstanding Achievement nominees are each being recognized as full and rightful winners of a Sprudgie Award. Congratulations to our eight winners of a 2020 Sprudgie Award for Outstanding Achievement.
Coffee Coalition for Racial Equity (winner)
Getchusomegear (winner)
Go Fund Bean (winner)
Southern Smoke Emergency Relief Fund (winner)
Coffee & Tax (winner)
Kore Directive (winner)
Cam’s Coffee (winner)
World Coffee Research (winner)
The 12th Annual Sprudgie Awards are presented by Pacific Barista Series.
See all past winners of the Sprudgie Awards.
