Here’s everyone who has qualified so far for the 2025 U.S. Coffee Championships

The 2025 United States Coffee Championships season has officially begun. Competition began in Houston on the first weekend of November with the regional qualifiers for the USA Roasters Championship, followed shortly thereafter by the Latte Art Regional Championship in Lincoln, Nebraska, November 8-10. (You’d be forgiven for not being completely locked in yet due to some other major news events.)

But now, regionals have picked up steam this past weekend in Raleigh, North Carolina, with not one, but two competitions. Guest at Black and white coffee roasteries Both the Barista Championship and the Brewers Cup hosted their first regional rounds of the 2025 season at the headquarters, sending 18 coffee professionals – 12 in Barista and 6 in Brewers – to the national stage, joining 15 competitors from Roasters and Latte Art who they have already validated the tickets.

We’ll get to the regional qualifiers in a moment, but first let’s take a look at everyone who’s already made it to the 2025 U.S. National Coffee Championships.

Regional Roasters Championship – Houston, Texas

1. Rudy Altamirano

2. Helen Choi

3. Tony Auger

4. Aaron Zhao
5. Diego Guartana
6. Kevin Seehousz
7. Sum I
8. Michael Matthews

Regional Latte Art Championships – Lincoln, NE

1. Piyapat “Flook” Lapterawut

2. Liang Weianan

3. This truck

4. Enderson Vargas
5. Kayla Herrera
6. Marquis of Monzon
7. Halley Hill

Brewers Cup Regional – Raleigh, NC

1. Brand Chiusano

2. Christian Bak

3. Joseph Burns

4. John Dixon
5. Pack Katisomsakul
6. Steve Kim

Barista Championship Regions – Ragleigh, NC

1. To Cheon

2. Hugo Cano

3. Seidy Selivanow

4. Wenbo Yang
5. Jake McFarland
6. Brooks Berdeen
7. Jamie Patel
8. Ren’s beds
9. Addison Mathis
10. Skye Smothers’ Journey
11. Franklin Tigreros
12. Tyler Montague

The fun is just beginning. This coming weekend, November TK, the last regional roastery championships will be held in Portland. Then, after a compact Thanksgiving break, the Barista Championship, Brewers Cup and Coffee in Good Spirits will host regionals in Kansas City, Missouri, followed shortly by the CIGS Regional finals in Westchester, Pennsylvania in December (rescheduled from delayed October ) and the final regional Brewers Cup tournament in Las Vegas in mid-January. The full schedule can be found here.

The 2025 United States Coffee Championships season has begun. It’s time to shut up.