Sprudgie Awards And Verve Espresso On The Espresso Sprudgecast

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Sprudgie Awards And Verve Espresso On The Espresso Sprudgecast

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February 16, 2024

Sprudgie Awards And Verve Espresso On The Espresso Sprudgecast

Breaking! There’s a brand new episode of Sprudge espresso podcast The Espresso Sprudgecast! On the most recent episode of the Espresso Sprudgecast, hosts Jordan Michelman and Zachary Carlsen speak concerning the winners of the fifteenth Annual Sprudgie Awards, all whereas consuming the most recent iteration of the Wilder Mix from Verve Espresso Roasters in California.

This episode of the Espresso Sprudgecast is sponsored by Baratza, Pacific Barista Sequence, Ghirardelli, and DONA.

Wilder Mix

Pomegranate, candied citrus, and juniper taste notes are entrance and middle with Verve’s 2024 Wilder Mix, an annual and seasonal providing now in its sixth yr. From Verve’s web site: “Wilder Mix showcases three distinct processes from three totally different areas, a washed Costa Rican from Jose Alvarado’s farm El Higueron, a honey from the Sampieri household in Chiapas, Mexico, and a pure from a bunch of smallholders in Quiche, Guatemala.” They are saying it’s like consuming espresso in a blossoming orchard…we expect it’s like consuming espresso in a blossoming orchard whereas recording a espresso podcast.

The fifteenth Annual Sprudgie Awards

We’re delighted to announce the winners of the fifteenth Annual Sprudgie Awards, offered by Pacific Meals Barista Sequence. Congratulations to all the winners, finalists, and honorees!

Notable Roaster

Winner: Cxffeeblack (Memphis, TN)
Honoree: Espresso Aid (Quito, Ecuador)

Finalists: Dak Espresso Roasters (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Subko Espresso Roasters (Mumbai, India)
Sunday Espresso Venture (Portland, OR)
Swap Espresso Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Tim Wendelboe (Oslo, Norway)
Um Espresso Co. (São Paulo, Brazil)

Finest Espresso Writing

Winner: Fabiana Carvalho for “Past Freshness: How Packaging Colour Influences Client Conduct” showing in 25 Journal
Honoree: Lukasz Galecki for “Barista Tales” (collected) showing in European Espresso Journey

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Finalists: Christopher Feran (collected work)
Jenn Chen (collected work)
Ashley Rodriguez for Boss Barista
Brit Alexandria Sims for The Non-Binary Barista
Justyna Błaszkiewicz, Ewa Nowakowska-Bogdan, Krzysztof Barabosz et. al for “Impact of inexperienced and roasted espresso storage circumstances on chosen attribute high quality parameters” showing in Nature
Nick Mabey for “The Case for Canephora” showing in Standart

Finest Espresso Ebook/Journal

Winner: Standart Journal
Honoree: ‘We Belong: An Anthology of Colombian Ladies Espresso Farmers’ by Lucia Bawot

Finalists: 25 Journal
Espresso Individuals Zine
‘How To Style Espresso’ by Jessica Easto
‘The Enterprise of Specialty Espresso’ by Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood
Solo Journal
The Espresso Journal

Finest Social Media

Winner: James Hoffmann on YouTube
Honoree: Brian Quan on YouTube

Finalists: @MorganDrinksCoffee on TikTok
Lance Hedrick on YouTube
@RoasterKat on Instagram
@LailaGhambari on Instagram
Espresso Critiques on YouTube
@CoffeeandLucas on Instagram

Finest Espresso Podcast

Winner: Tim Wendelboe Podcast | Apple Podcasts | Spotify
Honoree: Espresso Made Me Do It | Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Finest Design/Packaging

Winner: Onyx Espresso Lab (Rogers, Arkansas)
Honoree: A Matter of Concrete (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Finalists: PERC Espresso (Savannah, GA)
Black Label by Black & White Espresso Roasters (North Carolina)
Brandywine Espresso (Wilmington, Delaware)
Maru Espresso (Los Angeles, CA)
Moklair Espresso (Reims, France)
Nemesis Espresso (Vancouver, BC)

Finest New Cafe

Winner: Café Regina (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Honoree: Dayglow Espresso (Brooklyn, NY)

Finalists: Brew Lab (Dublin, Eire)
File Programs of Espresso (Los Angeles, CA)
Kite Espresso (Taipei, Taiwan)
Mom Tongue (Oakland, CA)
Nagare Cafe (London, UK)
Now and Then (Nashville, TN)

Sustainable Cafe or Espresso Roaster

Winner: Espresso Aid (Quito, Ecuador)
Honoree: Azahar Espresso (Bogota, Colombia)

Finalists: Buna (Mexico Metropolis, Mexico)
Coffea Circulor (Arendal, Norway)
Driftaway Espresso (Brooklyn, NY)
Painted Leopard (Oakland, CA)
Skylark Espresso (Brighton, UK)
Very important Espresso Roasters (Fort Smith, Arkansas)

Notable Occasion

Winner: World of Espresso Athens (Athens, Greece)
Honoree: CafeShow Seoul (Seoul, South Korea)

Finalists: The 2023 SCA Occasion (Portland, OR)
Glasgow Espresso Competition (Glasgow, Scotland)
SF Espresso Competition (San Francisco, CA)
The Barista League (Worldwide)
The Colour of Espresso Collective Symposium (Houston, Texas)
Artistic Espresso Week (Durban, South Africa)

Excellent Achievement

This award is offered every year to a exceptional espresso individual, group, trigger, or entity that embodies espresso excellence. This yr’s slate of Excellent Achievement nominees are every being acknowledged as full and rightful winners of a Sprudgie Award. Congratulations to our eight winners of a 2023 Sprudgie Award for Excellent Achievement!

Nigel Worth
Jen Apodaca
Kent Bakke
Will Frith
Juliana Ganan
Lucia Solis
Wendelien van Bunnik
LaNisa Williams

The fifteenth Annual Sprudgie Awards are offered by Pacific Barista Sequence.

See all previous winners of the Sprudgie Awards.

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