Welcome to the announcement for the 9th Annual Sprudgie Awards, honoring the best in coffee.

Nominees for each category were chosen by a worldwideย 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 nomineesโ€”to us, every single 2017 finalist was a winner.

Here they are: your 2017 Sprudgie Awards winners.

Notable Roaster

Photo by Anna Hutchison

Onyx Coffee Lab (Fayetteville, AR)

Honoree:ย Assembly Coffee (London)

Best New Cafe

Narrative Coffee (Everett, WA)

Honoree: Cherry Street Public House (Seattle, WA)

Best New Product

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Kruve Sifter

Honoree:ย World Specialty Coffee Map by Cafe Imports

Best Coffee Video/Film

RealChrisBaca on YouTube

Honoree: James Hoffmann on YouTube

Best Coffee Writing

โ€œWhat I Know About Running Coffee Shopsโ€ by Colin Harmon

Honoree: โ€œNew York City Coffee: A Caffeinated Historyโ€ by Erin Meister

Notable Coffee Producer

Ernesto Menendez

Ernesto Menendez for Fincas Las Brumas, Alaska, La Ilusion and Los Andes (El Salvador)

Honoree:ย La Palma y El Tucan (Colombia)

Best Coffee Magazine

Standart Magazine

Honoree: Drift Magazine

Best Design Packaging


Brandywine Coffee Roasters

Honoree:ย Talor & Jรธrgen

Best Coffee Subscription

Barista Hustle โ€œSuperlatives

Honoree:ย Department of Brewology โ€œSequenceโ€

Best Coffee Podcast

Boss Baristaย (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 โ€œFilter Coffee Not Peopleโ€

Honoree:ย Miki Suzukiย for 2017 World Barista Championship Finals

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