Welcome to the Sprudgie Awards!
The First Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2009
The Second Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2010
The Third Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2011
The Fourth Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2012
The Fifth Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2013
The Sixth Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2014
The Seventh Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2015
The Eighth Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2016
The Ninth Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2017
The Tenth Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2018
The Eleventh Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2019
The Twelfth Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2020
The Thirteenth Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2021
The Fourteenth Annual Sprudgie Awards — 2022
2020 Sprudgie Awards (Presented By Pacific Barista Series)
Notable Roaster
Winner: Portrait Coffee (Atlanta, GA)
Honoree: Morgon Coffee Roasters (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Finalists: Tectonic Coffee (Los Angeles, CA), Onyx Coffee Lab (Rogers, AR), Black and White Coffee Roasters (Wake Forest, NC), 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters (Vancouver, BC), Blossom Coffee Roasters(Manchester, England), Three Marks Coffee (Barcelona, Spain)
Best New Cafe
Winner: Drip Coffee (Brooklyn, NY)
Honoree: Mina’s World (Philadelphia, PA)
Finalists: Play Coffee (Fullerton, CA), Amberson Coffee & Grocer (Indianapolis, IN), Coffee Circle(Berlin, Germany), Parable Coffee (Columbus, OH), Young & Daughters (Seoul, South Korea), Cafe Farfelu (Paris, France)
Best New Product
Winner: Ode Brew Grinder by Fellow Products
Honoree: Oxo Brew 8-Cup Coffee Maker
Finalists: Reusable Linen Filter by Crooked Nose & Coffee Stories, Peak Water, Bosgaurus Sua Da, Taika, Hardtank, Rishi Sparkling Botanicals
Best Coffee Video / Film
Winner: The Global Coffee Crisis Is Coming, Vox
Honoree: Dalgona Coffee – Explained and Upgraded, James Hoffmann
Finalists: Moving Forward, Grahm Doughty; Axel’s Journey, MolcajeteFilms; No Single Origin, Home Storytellers, Guji Freestyle; Bartholomew Jones; The Barista, Austin Ray Encinias; Coffee Heroes, Jeff Hann
Best Coffee Writing
Winner: Fabiana Carvalho
Honoree: Umeko Motoyoshi
Finalists: Noa Berger, Brit Alexandria, Jenn Chen, Sierra Yeo, Katherine LaVeaux, Shirley Li
Notable Coffee Producer
Winner: Juan Peña, Hacienda La Papaya (Ecuador)
Honoree: Ana Mustafa (Colombia)
Finalists: Anny Ruth (El Salvador), Gilberto Baraona (El Salvador), Gare Ware Jilo (Ethiopia), Ato Tesfaye Bekele (Ethiopia), Rosalba Cifuentes Tovia (Mexico), Virgelina Perdomo (Colombia)
Best Coffee Magazine / Book
Winner: The Triumph: Black Brazilians In Coffee by Phyllis Johnson (USA)
Honoree: Coffee People Zine (USA)
Finalists: Coffee Milk Blood by Vava Angwenyi (Kenya), Roast Magazine (USA), Gourmet Cup (France), Solo Magazine (Spain), Revista Espresso (Brazil), Standart (Slovak Republic)
Best Design Packaging
Winner: Three Keys Coffee (Houston, TX)
Honoree: Fritz Coffee (Seoul, South Korea)
Finalists: On The Go Jo (Chicago, IL), Brandywine Coffee Roasters (Wilmington, DE), Cama Coffee(Taipei, Taiwan), Lykke Kaffegårdar (Farsta, Sweden), Sightglass Coffee (San Francisco, CA), Onyx Coffee Lab (Rogers, AR)
Best Coffee Podcast
Winner: La Crema: Podcast de Cafe
Honoree: Trans and Caffeinated
Finalists: Boss Barista, Making Coffee with Lucia Solis, Cat and Cloud, Keys to the Shop, Craft Your Own Coffee Podcast, The Cxffeeblack Podcast
Best Social Media
Winner: @gillybrewbar (Instagram)
Honoree: @morgandrinkscoffee (TikTok)
Finalists: @baristalifela (Instagram), @_coffeefeed (Instagram), @specialty_pal (Instagram), @Barista_Seung (Instagram), @coffeewerkandpress (Instagram), @cafereina_pdx (née @thearrowpdx) (Instagram)
Notable Event
Winner: Glitter Cat DiGiTiTiON
Honoree: Global Coffee Festival
Finalists: Coffee Chats @ Kore, Barista League: Online, Sensory Summit, Bloom, No Free Coffee Pop Up, World’s Largest Coffee Tasting
Outstanding Achievement
Coffee Coalition for Racial Equity (winner)
Getchusomegear (winner)
Go Fund Bean (winner)
Southern Smoke Emergency Relief Fund (winner)
Coffee & Tax (winner)
Kore Directive (winner)
Cam’s Coffee (winner)
World Coffee Research (winner)
2019 Sprudgie Awards (Presented By Pacific Barista Series)
Notable Roaster
Winner: Onyx Coffee Lab (Rogers, AR)
Honoree: Dune Coffee (Santa Barbara, California)
Finalists: Dear Green Coffee Roasters (Glasgow, Scotland), Mother Tongue Coffee Roasters(Oakland, California), Hola Coffee (Madrid, ESP), YES PLZ WEEKLY (Los Angeles, California), Market Lane (Melbourne, AUS), Ditta Artigianale (Florence, IT).
Best New Cafe
Winner: Substance Cafe (Paris)
Honoree: Formative Coffee (London)
Finalists: Intelligentsia Coffee (Austin), Canary Coffee Bar (Milwaukee), The Coffee Movement (San Francisco), Prototype Coffee (Vancouver, BC), Wrecking Ball Coffee (Berkeley, CA), The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab & Tasting Room (Oakland).
Sustainable Cafe
Winner: 3FE (Dublin, Ireland)
Honoree: Counter Culture Coffee Training Centers (United States)
Finalists: Oddly Correct (Kansas City, Missouri), Isla Coffee (Berlin), Bar Nine (Los Angeles), Miss Margaret (Preston, Victoria), Horizon Line Coffee (Des Moines, Iowa), Crema Coffee (Nashville).
Best New Product
Winner: La Marzocco KB90
Honoree: AeroPress Go by AeroPress
Finalists: Carter Everywhere Mug by Fellow Products, FrankOne Brewer, Acaia Pearl S, Sanremo Brave, Wilfa Uniform Grinder, Ember Mug².
Best Coffee Video/Film
Winner: James Hoffmann on YouTube
Honoree: Chris Baca on YouTube
Finalists: Seattle Coffee Gear (YouTube), “Breaking The Crust” (Stumptown Coffee), “Wax & Gold” (Stumptown Coffee), “Coffee Farmers Hopeful For Their Dying Crops” (National Geographic), “Coffee” from SHOP: A Pop Opera by Jack Stauber (Adult Swim).
Best Coffee Writing
Winner: Umeko Motoyoshi, “The @WastingCoffee Guide To Not Wasting Coffee”
Honoree: Anonymous, Vancouver Coffee Snob
Finalists: Amanda Mull for “The Rise of Coffee Shaming” (The Atlantic), Jonathan Gagné (Coffee Ad Astra), Arielle Rebekah Gordon (Trans & Caffeinated), Brian Williams (Brian’s Coffee Spot), RJ Joseph (The Knockbox), Ashley Rodriguez (Boss Barista).
Notable Coffee Producer
Winner: Juan Peña, Hacienda La Papaya (Ecuador)
Honoree: Damian Chavez (Honduras)
Finalists: Rosalba Cifuentes Tovia (Mexico), La Palma y El Tucan (Colombia), Long Miles Coffee Project (Burundi), Tesfaye Bekele (Ethiopia), Virgelina Perdomo (Colombia), Don Fabio Caballero (Honduras).
Best Coffee Magazine
Winner: Standart (Slovakia)
Honoree: Roast Magazine (USA)
Finalists: 25 Magazine (USA), Coffee People Zine (USA), Solo Magazine (Spain), The Coffee Magazine (South Africa), Drift (USA), Revista Espresso (Brazil).
Best Design Packaging
Winner: Coffee Collective (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Honoree: Hard Beans Coffee Roasters (Opole, Poland)
Finalists: Camber Coffee Artists Series (Bellingham, WA), Fjord Coffee Roasters (Berlin, Germany), Intelligentsia Coffee (Chicago, IL), Joe Coffee (New York City, NY), Talormade Coffee (Oslo, Norway), YEZ PLZ WEEKLY (Los Angeles, CA).
Best Coffee Podcast
Winner: Cat & Cloud
Honoree: Boss Barista
Finalists: Sourceress, Keys to the Shop, La Crema: Podcast de Cafe, Craft Your Own Coffee Podcast, Filter Stories, The Specialty Coffee Association Podcast.
Best Social Media
Winner: @50percentarabica
Honoree:@fellowproducts
Finalists: @dayglowcoffee, @ditriech, @wastingcoffee, @getchusomegear, @nicely85, @shitfrommykitchen.
Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence
Winner: Jooyeon Jeon, 2019 World Barista Champion
Honoree: Coffee At Large
Finalists: Alice Wong of Disability Visibility Project, Chris McAuley of Getchusomegear, Peter Giuliano of Coffee Science Foundation and SCA, T. Ben Fischer of Glitter Cat Barista Boot Camp, Virginia Bauman of Cuties and Go Get Em Tiger, Margaret Nyamumbo of Kahawa 1893.
2018 Sprudgie Awards (Presented By Oatly)
Notable Roaster
Go Get Em Tiger (Los Angeles)
Best New Cafe
Dayglow Coffee (Los Angeles)
Sustainable Cafe
Smith Canteen (Brooklyn)
Best New Product
Modbar AV
Best Coffee Film / Video Series
Gender In Coffee
Best Coffee Writing
Sabine Parish for “She’s A Lady” (originally appearing in Standart Magazine)
Notable Coffee Producer
Juan Pena, Hacienda La Papaya (Ecuador)
Best Coffee Magazine
Standart (Slovakia)
Best Design Packaging
Coffee Manufactory
Best Coffee Podcast
Cat & Cloud
Best Instagram or Twitter Account
@SymmetryBreakfast
Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence
Umeko Motoyoshi
Lifetime Achievement Award
Erna Knutsen
2017 Sprudgie Awards
Notable Roaster
Onyx Coffee Lab (Fayetteville, AR)
Best New Cafe
Narrative Coffee (Everett, WA)
Best New Product
Best Coffee Video/Film
RealChrisBaca on YouTube
Best Coffee Writing
“What I Know About Running Coffee Shops” by Colin Harmon
Notable Coffee Producer
Ernesto Menendez for Fincas Las Brumas, Alaska, La Ilusion and Los Andes (El Salvador)
Best Coffee Magazine
Best Design Packaging
Best Coffee Subscription
Barista Hustle “Superlatives”
Best Coffee Podcast
Boss Barista (Jasper Wilde and Ashley Rodriguez)
Best Coffee Instagram or Twitter Account
@ColdBrew420 [Twitter/Instagram]
Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence
Department of Brewology for “Filter Coffee Not People”
2016 Sprudgie Awards
Best New Cafe
Notable Roaster
Best Coffee Writing
Best Coffee Podcast
Best New Product
Best Coffee Video or Film
Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life — executive producers Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino
Nicest Package
La Cabra Coffee—Arhus, Denmark
Best Subscription
Best Magazine
Caffeine Magazine—founder Scott Bentley, editor Chlöe Callow
Notable Producer
Aida Batlle—Aida Batlle Selection, El Salvador
Finest Coffee Event
The 2016 SCAA Event—Atlanta, GA
Outstanding Achievement In The Field of Excellence
Michelle Johnson—The Chocolate Barista
2015 Sprudgie Awards
[Read the full entry for each winner here.]
Best New Cafe
Paramount Coffee Project
Notable Roaster
Heart Roasters
Best Coffee Writing
Matt Perger for Barista Hustle
Notable Producer
Tim Wendelboe & Elias Roas, Finca Taman and Finca El Suelo
Best Coffee Video
“Barista” — A film by Rock Baijnauth.
Best New Product
Acaia Lunar scale
Best Subscription
Blue Bottle Coffee
Nicest Packaging
Five Elephant Coffee
Outstanding Achievement In The Field Of Excellence
Third Wave Wichteln: Founders Markus Reuter, André Krüger, and Thorsten Keller
2014 Sprudgie Awards
[Read the full entry for each winner here.]
Best New Cafe
Notable Roaster
Best Coffee Writing
Notable Producer
Best Coffee Video
Best New Product
Best Subscription
Best Packaging
Outstanding Achievement In The Field Of Excellence
2013 Sprudgie Awards
[Read the full entry for each winner here.]
Notable Producer
Best Video
Best Subscription Service
Notable Roaster
Drop Coffee, Stockholm, Sweden
Best New Cafe
Intelligentsia Logan Square, Chicago, USA
Outstanding Achievement In The Field Of Excellence
Kyle Glanville and Charles Babinski, G&B Coffee / Go Get Em Tiger, Los Angeles, USA
Best New Product
Best New Packaging
Assembly Coffee, Melbourne, Australia
Best Coffee Writing
Bitch Magazine & Dr. Lisa Knisely for “Steamed Up: The slow-roasted sexism of specialty coffee.”
2012 Sprudgie Awards
[Read the full entry for each award here.]
Notable Roaster
Blue Bottle Coffee Roasters, Bay Area / NYC
Best New Cafe
Pergamino Cafe, Medellin, Colombia
Notable Producer
Gilbert Gatali, KZ Noir Rwanda
Four Barrel Coffee, “Fifth Barrel Coffee Crew”
Best New Product
Best Coffee Writing
Erin Meister and Liz Clayton, for their combined body of work published by Serious Eats: Drinks
Best Video
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee – Season One finale, featuring Michael Richards.
Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence
Gerra Harrigan, for her work with the Mid-Atlantic Northeast Coffee Conference (MANE).
2011 Sprudgie Awards
Notable Roaster
Verve Coffee Roasters (Santa Cruz, California)
Best New Cafe
Milstead & Co. (Seattle, WA)
Notable Producer
Best New Product
Craft Coffee subscription service (Brooklyn, NY)
Best Coffee Writing
Oliver Strand, Ristretto – New York Times Style Magazine, “The Moment”
Best Video
Trevor Fife, “Kenya”, Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence
Marcus Boni, SCAA
2010 Sprudgie Awards
Notable Roastery
Best Cafe
Notable Producer
Rachel Peterson, Hacienda La Esmeralda
Best New Product
Best Blog
Coffea Cultura (now defunct)
Best Magazine
Best Supplier
Outstanding Achievement In The Field Of Excellence
Aleco Chigounis, Stumptown Coffee
2009 Sprudgie Awards
Best Roastery
Best Café
Best Producer
Best New Product
Best Blog
Best Video Blog
Best Magazine
Best Supplier
Outstanding Achievement In The Field Of Excellence
