The holiday season brings with it a time of reflection, contemplation and gift-giving. This year you can give a free and fantastic gift by casting your vote in the 17th Annual Sprudgie Awards! Voting is now open and we encourage you to cast your global vote for a moment of holiday joy in these days of concern and lightweight. It’s a stunning season for sharing and singing and lots of voices. Eight crazy nights worth voting. A wonderful Advent calendar with voice emission. We say: vote now
Voting for the 17th Annual Sprudgie Awards is conducted by: Pacific Barista series. Votes are open until 11:59 PM PST on January 11, 2026. Vote here!
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.
Craft company (Florence, Italy)
Kafiex smoking rooms (Vancouver, Washington)
Makeworth coffee (Bellingham, Washington)
Maru Coffee (Los Angeles, California)
Mazelab (Prague, Czechia)
Mel Coffee (Osaka, Japan)
Landscape Coffee (London, UK)
Coffee from a shoebox (Chicago, Illinois)
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Notable coffee producer
This award honors the outstanding work of a coffee producer.
Tagel Alemayehu (Ethiopia)
Lina Granados (Colombia)
Piotr Mbature (Kenya)
Julio Quiceno (Colombia)
Sebastian Ramirez (Colombia)
Samuel Ronzon (Mexico)
Tamiru Tadesse (Ethiopia)
Ana Vizcaino (Guatemala)
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Best modern product
This award honors a modern coffee product introduced to the public in 2025.
A better ship
Commander C60 Baracuda Nautilus Blue
Coffee basket chart
KafaTek M98V grinder
La Marzocco Jay grinder
Cake Brewer Z1
OXO Rapid brewer
Two-way slow pouring mug from the Barista series
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The best text about coffee
This award is given for the best coffee text of the year.
Barista Stories Series Łukasz Galecki (European Coffee Trip)
Buna Kela: Coffee as moral ecology by Tesfaye Hailu Tufa (Red Ink Coffee)
A cafe with a bathroom of secrets Morgan Eckroth (Coffee Here)
Coffee research: ensuring accuracy, transparency and practical application by Spencer Turer (Roast Magazine)
From Expectations to Empowerment: ‘Women in Coffee’ and the Gender Paradox of Coffee, Chloe Skye Wiesler (Sprudge Special Projects)
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)
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The best book/magazine about coffee
This award honors an outstanding issue of a coffee magazine or print publication.
Barista Magazine
Bloom (Chaturabul Tiger)
Cherry Bones
The best coffee
The Physics of Espresso (Jonathan Gagne)
Roast Magazine
Solo Magazine
Standard
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The best social media
This award honors the outstanding work of a coffee company or social media team across multiple platforms.
Cafe import
Cxffeeblack
Black magic coffee
Oats from the Ghost Town
USA, La Marzocco
Onyx Coffee Laboratory
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Weber’s workshops
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Prominent coffee influencer
This award honors an individual whose voice, creativity and commitment have significantly shaped coffee culture in the digital space.
Emile Bryant
Caitlin Campbell
Morgan Eckroth
Krzysztof Feran
James Hoffmann
Lance Hedrick
Jimmy Johnson
Brian Quan
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The best coffee podcast
This award honors outstanding work in the field of podcasting.
5THWAVE
Buy Drip
Covoya Coffee Podcast Network
Drink it!
Fairytale stories about coffee
Making coffee with Lucia Solis
Picocola
Tim Wendelboe Podcast
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Best design/packaging
This work honors outstanding work in coffee design or packaging.
Explanation
Hydrangea coffee
Conversations over coffee
Having people
PERC coffee
Phil and Sebastian
Verve Coffee
YES, please
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The best modern coffee shop
This award is given to a café opened in 2025.
Secret Mansion (Fresh York, Fresh York)
Ocean coffee (Lamu, Kenya)
Be Radiant Coffee (Los Angeles, California)
Steam coffee (Los Angeles, California)
Maru Coffee (Brooks, Fresh York)
Onyx Coffee Lab (Springdale, Arkansas)
Come Coffee (Paris, France)
Coffee XLIII (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
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Sustainable cafe or coffee roastery
This award recognizes a coffee shop or coffee company for prioritizing sustainability and industry stewardship.
Bitty & Beau Coffee
Coffee relief
Counterculture coffee
Equatorial coffees
Skylark Coffee
Weird bird coffee
Tim Wendelboe
We are here
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A noteworthy event
This award is given to a coffee event, festival, conference or competition.
CafeShow Seoul
Coffee Week in Berlin
Florida Coffee Festival
La Marzocco straight from the box Milan
Level up
London Coffee Festival
The pinnacle of women-powered coffee
World of Coffee Jakarta
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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. Winners of the 17th Annual Sprudgie Award for Excellence will be honored in a special announcement. Watch this space!
