Notable Roaster

This award honors a roaster doing exemplary work in 2019. This may include roasted coffee quality, the strength of e-commerce, cafe locations (if applicable) and all other facets of running a successful coffee roaster. This year’s nominees are:

Dune Coffee Roasters (Santa Barbara, California) Dear Green Coffee Roasters (Glasgow, Scotland) Mother Tongue Coffee Roasters (Oakland, California) Onyx Coffee Lab (Rogers, Arkansas) Hola Coffee (Madrid, ESP) YES PLZ WEEKLY (Los Angeles, California) Market Lane (Melbourne, AUS) Ditta Artigianale (Florence, IT)

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Notable Coffee Producer

This award honors outstanding work by a coffee producer at origin. This year’s nominees are:

Damian Chavez — Honduras Rosalba Cifuentes Tovia — Mexico (Mayan Harvest Coffee) La Palma y El Tucan — Colombia Long Miles Coffee Project — Burundi Tesfaye Bekele — Ethiopia (Suke Quto) Virgelina Perdomo — Colombia (Finca El Diamante) Don Fabio Caballero — Honduras (Finca San Francisco) Juan Peña — Ecuador (Hacienda La Papaya)

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Best New Product

This award honors a new coffee product released for public use in the year 2019. This year’s nominees are:

AeroPress Go by AeroPress Carter Everywhere Mug by Fellow Products La Marzocco KB90 FrankOne Brewer Acaia Pearl S Sanremo Brave Wilfa Uniform Grinder Ember Mug²

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Best Coffee Video/Film

This award honors an original coffee video or film released in the year 2019. This can include feature films, short films, promotional videos or social media clips. The nominees are:

James Hoffmann (YouTube) Chris Baca (YouTube) Seattle Coffee Gear (YouTube) “Baristas” (Rock Baijnauth) “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)

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Best Coffee Writing

This award celebrates the best coffee writing of the year. This year’s nominees are:

Umeko Motoyoshi, “The @WastingCoffee Guide To Not Wasting Coffee” Ashley Rodriguez, Boss Barista RJ Joseph, The Knockbox Brian Williams, Brian’s Coffee Spot Arielle Rebekah Gordon, Trans & Caffeinated Anonymous, Vancouver Coffee Snob Amanda Mull, “The Rise of Coffee Shaming” (The Atlantic) Jonathan Gagné, Coffee Ad Astra

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Best Coffee Magazine

This award honors an outstanding coffee magazine or print publication release. This year’s nominees are:

25 Magazine (USA) Coffee People Zine (USA) Roast Magazine (USA) Solo Magazine (Spain) Standart (Slovakia) The Coffee Magazine (South Africa) Drift (USA) Revista Espresso (Brazil)

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Best Social Media

This award honors outstanding work across social media platforms. This year’s nominees are:

@FellowProducts (Instagram) @getchusomegear (Instagram) @50percentarabica (Instagram) @dayglowcoffee (Instagram) @shitfrommykitchen (Instagram) @ditriech (Twitter) @wastingcoffee (Instagram) @nicely85 (Instagram)

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Best Coffee Podcast

This award honors outstanding work in the podcast medium. This year’s nominees are:

Sourceress Cat & Cloud Boss Barista Keys to the Shop La Crema: Podcast de Cafe Craft Your Own Coffee Podcast Filter Stories The Specialty Coffee Association Podcast

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Best Design/Packaging

This work honors notable design or packaging work in coffee. Nominees may include coffee products, coffee bags, coffee logo or graphic design work, or any other example of outstanding coffee design. This year’s nominees are:

Camber Coffee Artists Series (Bellingham, WA) Coffee Collective (Copenhagen, Denmark) Fjord Coffee Roasters (Berlin, Germany) Hard Beans Coffee Roasters (Opole, Poland) Intelligentsia Coffee (Chicago, IL) Joe Coffee (New York City, NY) Talormade Coffee (Oslo, Norway) YEZ PLZ WEEKLY (Los Angeles, CA)

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Best New Cafe

This award is presented to a cafe that has opened in 2019. This year’s nominees are:

Intelligentsia Coffee (Austin) Canary Coffee Bar (Milwaukee) The Coffee Movement (San Francisco) Formative Coffee (London) The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab & Tasting Room (Oakland) Prototype Coffee (Vancouver, BC) Wrecking Ball Coffee (Berkeley, CA) Substance Cafe (Paris)

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Sustainable Cafe

This award is presented to a cafe for prioritizing sustainable environmental stewardship. This can include zero waste practices, pursuing a reduced carbon footprint, and highlighting sustainable coffees and products. This year’s nominees are:

Oddly Correct — Kansas City, Missouri 3FE – Dublin, Ireland Isla Coffee — Berlin, Germany Bar Nine — Los Angeles, California Counter Culture Coffee Training Centers — United States Miss Margaret — Preston, Victoria, Australia Horizon Line Coffee — Des Moines, Iowa Crema Coffee — Nashville, Tennessee

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Outstanding Achievement In The Field of Excellence

This award is presented each year to a remarkable coffee person, organization, cause, or entity that embodies coffee excellence. This is our most prestigious award. This year’s nominees are:

Alice Wong of Disability Visibility Project Chris McAuley of Getchusomegear Coffee At Large Jooyeon Jeon, 2019 World Barista Champion 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

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