The crowd gathers for the final day of the US Barista Championship. Photo by Daily Coffee News.
Three days of intense performances, preceded by weeks and months of training, resulted in the emergence of six up-to-date national coffee champions representing the United States.
The winners of all six events were announced yesterday during Specialty Coffee Association-approved United States Coffee Championshipwhich took place in connection with Specialty Coffee Fair in Boston.
(DCN’s full coverage of SCA Expo 2022 can be found here.)
The winners of all six events will represent the United States at World Coffee Championship in Milan or Melbourne.
Here are all the winners and finalists of the 2022 US Barista Championship, Brewers Cup Championship, Cup Tasters Championship, Coffee In Good Spirits Championship, Latte Art Championship and Roaster Championship:
2022 United States Barista Championship Winners
SCA Press Photo by Matthew Temple
1) Morgan Eckroth (she/they) | Keeper Coffee | Portland, OR
2) Brooke Wolfe (she/her) | Elixr Coffee Roastery | Nashville
3) Elisabeth Johnson (she/her) | Glow | Angels
4) Meg Skop (she/her) | Independent | San Francisco
5) Bryan Overstreet (he/his) | Coffee Movement | San Francisco
6) David Buehrer (he/his) | Greenway Coffee Company | Houston
2022 US Roaster Championship Winners
SCA Press Photo by Matthew Temple
1) Nick Berardi (he/his) | Show coffee | San Diego, California
2) Jen Apodaca (they/she) | Coffee in the native language | Oakland, California
3) Rudy Altamirano (he/his) | Excellent | San Diego, California
4) Evan Inatome (he) | Coffee Elixir | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5) Andrew Coe (he/his) | Coffee in the elevator | Portland, OR
6) Wenbo Yang (he) | Blue Hill Coffee | Seattle, WA
Winners of the 2022 Brewers Cup United States Championship
SCA Press Photo by Matthew Temple
1) Elika Liftee (he/his) | Onyx Coffee Lab | Rogers, Arkansas
2) Marvin Duncan (he/his) | Perc Coffee Roastery | Savannah, GA
3) Tommy Kim (he/his) | Balrog Coffee Inc. | Los Angeles, CA
4) Sam Spillman (she/her) | Caffe Vita | Seattle, WA
5) Matt Brosinski (he/his) | Blanchards Coffee | Richmond, Virginia
6) Elise Tanyag (she/her) | Blanchards Coffee | Richmond, VA
United States 2022 Winners of the United States Cup Tasters Championship
SCA Press Photo by Matthew Temple
1) Julien Langevin (he/his) | Coffee by design | Portland, ME
2) Lindsay (Ran) Rho (she/her) | Idea Coffee | Recent York, Recent York
3) Thomas J. Chandler (etc.) | Black Oak Coffee Roastery | Ukiah, California
4) Charles Gonzalez (he/his) | Ground Control | San Antonio, Texas
Winners of the 2022 Coffee In Good Spirits United States Championship
SCA Press Photo by Matthew Temple
1) Alexandra Hager (she/her) | CJ Foodville USA | Los Angeles, CA
2) Dakota Graff (he/his) | Onyx Coffee Lab | Bentonville, Arkansas
3) MiMo (they/their) | Juno CoffeeCora Coffee | Sacramento, California
4) Linnea True (she/her) | Boxcar Coffee Roastery | Denver, Colorado
5) Christina Lee (she/her) | Round K Coffee Roastery | Recent York, Recent York
6) Mo Koolphanich (she/her) | Sliding stream | Washington, DC
2022 United States Latte Art Championship Winners
SCA Press Photo by Matthew Temple
1) Piyapat (Flook) Lapteerawut (he/his) | Coffee Project New York | Recent York, Recent York
2) Tracy Jiang (she/her) | Intelligence | Boston, MA
3) Ed Griffin (they/them) | Coffee Messenger | Kansas City, MO
4) Ujae Lee (he/his) | Plant Shed | Recent York, Recent York
5) Proph (he/his) | Exemplary | Brooklyn, Recent York
6) Donald Perdomo (he/his) | The Good Witch Cafe | Hastings on the Hudson River, Recent York
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