Welcome to the announcements for the 17th Annual Sprudgie Awards presented by Pacific Barista serieshonoring the best of coffee.
The nominees in each category were selected by global public voting. Public voting for Spruggies took place over several weeks and included open nominations and voting for finalists.
Here are the winners, honorees and finalists of the Pacific Barista Series’ 17th annual Sprudgie Awards.
Noteworthy Oven
This award honors a coffee roasting company that has done exemplary work in 2025. This may include the quality of the roasted coffee, the strength of e-commerce, coffee shop locations (if applicable), and all other aspects of running a successful coffee roasting company.
Winner: Landscape Coffee (London, UK)
Honorata: Craft company (Florence, Italy)
Finalists:
Kafiex smoking rooms (Vancouver, Washington)
Makeworth coffee (Bellingham, Washington)
Maru Coffee (Los Angeles, California)
Mazelab (Prague, Czechia)
Mel Coffee (Osaka, Japan)
Coffee from a shoebox (Chicago, Illinois)
Celebrated coffee producer
This award honors the outstanding work of a coffee producer.
Winner: Sebastian Ramirez (Colombia)
Honorata: Tamiru Tadesse (Ethiopia)
Finalists:
Tagel Alemayehu (Ethiopia)
Lina Granados (Colombia)
Piotr Mbature (Kenya)
Julio Quiceno (Colombia)
Samuel Ronzon (Mexico)
Ana Vizcaino (Guatemala)
Best up-to-date product
This award honors a up-to-date coffee product introduced to the public in 2025.
Winner: OXO Rapid brewer
Honorata: La Marzocco Jay grinder
Finalists:
A better ship
Commander C60 Baracuda Nautilus Blue
Coffee basket chart
KafaTek M98V grinder
Cake Brewer Z1
Two-way slow pouring mug from the Barista series
The best text about coffee
This award is given for the best coffee text of the year.
Winner: A cafe with a bathroom of secrets Morgan Eckroth (Coffee Here)
Honorata: From Expectations to Empowerment: ‘Women in Coffee’ and the Gender Paradox of Coffee, Chloe Skye Wiesler (Sprudge Special Projects)
Finalists:
Barista Stories Series By Lukasz Galecki (European Coffee Tour)
Buna Kela: Coffee as moral ecology By Tesfaye Hailu Tufa (Red Ink Coffee)
Coffee research: ensuring accuracy, transparency and practical application by Spencer Turer (Roast Magazine)
In Indonesia, coffee trends meet changing culture by Tonggo Simangunsong (Sprudge Special Projects)
Another coffee revolution is quietly brewing in Paris by Joel Hart (Financial Times)
Rethinking the shot by Andre Eiermann (Standard Edition 38)
The best book/magazine about coffee
This award honors an outstanding issue of a coffee magazine or print publication.
Winner: The Physics of Espresso (Jonathan Gagne)
Honorata: Standard
Finalists:
Barista Magazine
Bloom (Chaturabul Tiger)
Cherry Bones
The best coffee
Roast Magazine
Solo Magazine
The best social media
This award honors the outstanding work of a coffee company or social media team across multiple platforms.
Winner: USA, La Marzocco
Honorata: Weber’s workshops
Finalists:
Cafe import
Cxffeeblack
Black magic coffee
Oats from the Ghost Town
Onyx Coffee Laboratory
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Prominent coffee influencer
This award honors an individual whose voice, creativity and commitment have significantly shaped coffee culture in the digital space.
Winner: Lance Hedrick
Honorata: James Hoffmann
Finalists:
Emile Bryant
Caitlin Campbell
Morgan Eckroth
Krzysztof Feran
Jimmy Johnson
Brian Quan
The best coffee podcast
This award honors outstanding work in the field of podcasting.
Winner: Making coffee with Lucia Solis
Honorata: Tim Wendelboe Podcast
Finalists:
5THWAVE
Buy Drip
Covoya Coffee Podcast Network
Drink it!
Fairytale stories about coffee
Picocola
Best design/packaging
This work honors outstanding work in coffee design or packaging.
Winner: Hydrangea coffee
Honorata: Having people
Finalists:
Explanation
Conversations over coffee
PERC coffee
Phil and Sebastian
Verve Coffee
YES, please
The best up-to-date coffee shop
This award is given to a café opened in 2025.
Winner: Onyx Coffee Lab (Springdale, Arkansas)
Honorata: Come Coffee (Paris, France)
Finalists:
Secret Mansion (Novel York, Novel York)
Ocean coffee (Lamu, Kenya)
Be Vivid Coffee (Los Angeles, California)
Steam coffee (Los Angeles, California)
Maru Coffee (Brooks, Novel York)
Coffee XLIII (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Sustainable cafe or coffee roastery
This award recognizes a coffee shop or coffee company for prioritizing sustainability and industry stewardship.
Winner: Tim Wendelboe
Honorata: Equatorial coffees
Finalists:
Bitty & Beau Coffee
Coffee relief
Counterculture coffee
Skylark Coffee
Weird bird coffee
We are here
A noteworthy event
This award is given to a coffee event, festival, conference or competition.
Winner: The pinnacle of women-powered coffee
Honorata: La Marzocco straight from the box Milan
Finalists:
CafeShow Seoul
Coffee Week in Berlin
Florida Coffee Festival
Level up
London Coffee Festival
World of Coffee Jakarta
Outstanding achievement
This award is given annually to an extraordinary coffee drinker, organization, cause or entity that embodies coffee excellence. This year’s list of outstanding achievement nominees are recognized as the rightful and rightful winners of the Sprudgie Award.
To Cheon
Ana Maria Donneys
Yungas coffee design
SANA program
Mehmet Sogan
Bianca Castro
Caitlin Campbell
Lem Butler
