Welcome to the announcement for the 9th Annual Sprudgie Awards, honoring the 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 2017, with the ballot box closing at 11:59 PM on Sunday, December 31st.
Thanks to the thousands and thousands of voters who helped make this by far the biggest voting field in Sprudgies history. Congratulations to all the nominees—to us, every single 2017 finalist was a winner.
Here they are: your 2017 Sprudgie Awards winners.
Notable Roaster
Onyx Coffee Lab (Fayetteville, AR)
Honoree: Assembly Coffee (London)
Best New Cafe
Narrative Coffee (Everett, WA)
Honoree: Cherry Street Public House (Seattle, WA)
Best New Product
Honoree: World Specialty Coffee Map by Cafe Imports
Best Coffee Video/Film
RealChrisBaca on YouTube
Honoree: James Hoffmann on YouTube
Best Coffee Writing
“What I Know About Running Coffee Shops” by Colin Harmon
Honoree: “New York City Coffee: A Caffeinated History” by Erin Meister
Notable Coffee Producer
Ernesto Menendez for Fincas Las Brumas, Alaska, La Ilusion and Los Andes (El Salvador)
Honoree: La Palma y El Tucan (Colombia)
Best Coffee Magazine
Standart MagazineHonoree: Drift Magazine
Best Design Packaging
Honoree: Talor & Jørgen
Best Coffee Subscription
Barista Hustle “Superlatives”
Honoree: Department of Brewology “Sequence”
Best Coffee Podcast
Boss Barista (Jasper Wilde and Ashley Rodriguez)
Honoree: Tamper Tantrum (Stephen Leighton and Colin Harmon, producer Jenn Rugolo)
Best Coffee Instagram or Twitter Account
@ColdBrew420 [Twitter/Instagram]
Honoree: Letsbrew.coffee [Instagram]
Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence
Department of Brewology for “Filter Coffee Not People”
Honoree: Miki Suzuki for 2017 World Barista Championship Finals
