Image courtesy of American AeroPress Championship/Atomic Coffee Roasters.
The American AeroPress Championship is coming to Boston this August, with the winner heading to Mexico City in December.
Approximately 36 competitors plus hundreds of guests are expected to fill Big Night Live’s Studio B in Boston’s West End at the U.S. event hosted by Atomic Coffee Roasters.
After a five-city U.S. tour of regional events in 2025 celebrating the 20th anniversary of the AeroPress brewer, this year’s single-event format in Boston will narrow from 12 first-round heats to quarterfinals, semifinals and a head-to-head final, with judges choosing winners through the event’s signature blind-taste-and-point format.
The fast-paced, head-to-head brewing competition, now in its 14th year in the U.S., continues to be centered on the people, the party and the flavors as opposed to scripts, stagecraft and expensive gear.
“The AeroPress Championship has always been the most accessible competition in coffee: anyone with an AeroPress and a passion for the brew can show up and win,” Matt Coade, who is producing the event for Atomic Coffee Roasters, said in a press release this week. “Bringing the American AeroPress Championship to a single party-night format in Boston lets us put that culture in front of a real crowd.”
The broader event has come a long way from its scrappy beginnings in Oslo in 2008, when three people in Norway gathered around a table to compete, with renowned Nordic roaster Tim Wendelboe as the judge, as legend has it. The event now spans approximately 70 countries with nearly 8,000 competitors, according to World AeroPress Championship organizers.
The world championship is expected to take place in December in Mexico City. The organizers have not yet announced the exact date and venue.
Tickets for the U.S. event in Boston are currently available through Atomic for $15. Competitor registration opens June 15 for $100.
“This is our first time hosting an AeroPress championship, and my first time being part of one at all,” Atomic Coffee Roasters VP of Marketing and Operations Spencer Mahoney said. “We’re going into it with one goal: make it a really fun night for the competitors, the judges, and everyone in the room.”
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