We now know the first half of the field for the national rounds of the US Barista Championship and Brewers Cup. After two days of coffee action at the Sumner, Washington Qualifying Event where a sum total of 70 coffee professionals graced the two competition stages, the field has been narrowed by over half, with 33 folks punching their tickets to Orange County.
18 Barista Championship competitors—including the top six who have earned byes into the Semi-Finals at USBC—and 15 Brewers Cup competitors—with the top three earning a bye—are moving on, and there are a lot of familiar names on the list. It’s not over yet, though. There’s still the Nashville Qualifying Event to fill out the other half of the bracket, to say nothing of the actual US Coffee Championships happening later on in February. But for now, let’s take a look at the competitors who made over the first big hurdle and have a full head of steam heading into the national round.
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Barista Championship
1. Andrea Allen, Onyx Coffee Lab
2. Sam Neely, Amethyst Coffee Company
3. Isaiah Sheese, Archetype Coffee
4. Austin Amento, Augie’s Coffee
5. Kay Cheon, Dune Coffee Roasters
6. Cole McBride, Ada’s Discovery
7. Hugo Cano, Amberson Coffee
8. Rodrigo Vargas, Elixr Coffee Roasters
9. Kae Bonaguro, Collective Espresso
10. David Castillo, Go Get Em Tiger
11. Reyna Callejo, Olympia Coffee
12. Meg Skop
13. Reef Bessette, The Coffee Movement
14. Nathan Ngo, Dune Coffee Roasters
15. Adam JacksonBey, Tell Coffee
16. Juan Diaz, Santo Coffee Co
17. Topher Ou, Little Collins
18. Elisabeth Johnson, Hagen Coffee Roasters
Brewers Cup
1. Paul Menefee, Archetype Coffee
2. Ken Selby, Blossom Coffee Roasters
3. John Kruegler, Blanchard’s Coffee Roasting Co
4. Lance Hedrick, Onyx Coffee Lab
5. Tommy Kim, Balrog Coffee
6. Monica Sandoval, Augie’s Coffee
7. Aaron Stout, Oregon Coffee Board
8. Josh Modisette, Narrative Coffee
9. Mary Houston, Red Rooster Coffee
10. Demi Chacon
11. Jerry Ponzer, Messenger Coffee
12. Jeremy Ecklund, Dune Coffee Roasters
13. Caleb Lewis, Maiden Coffee
14. Jeremy Smith, Sons Coffee
15. Chris Culler, Dillanos Coffee Roasters
Congratulations to everyone moving on to the national round of the US Coffee Championships!
