Inside Amsterdam’s 2025 Coffeeshop Awards

The fifth Amsterdam Coffeeshop Awards introduced collectively coffeeshops, budtenders, creatives and shoppers for a weekend that celebrated historical past, group and top-shelf weed.

Revealed on December 17, 2025

The 2025 Amsterdam Coffeeshop Awards introduced collectively hashish lovers from throughout the trade—together with coffeeshops, employees, model representatives and common patrons—for a weekend of tastings, meetups and store visits throughout the town. Organized by AudioKush, the three-day occasion, held November 14-16, has grown steadily since its launch in 2021 and now serves as an annual file of the place Amsterdam’s coffeeshop group stands and the way it continues to develop.

To acquire a greater understanding of the cultural significance of the Amsterdam Coffeeshop Awards, it’s useful to look at how Amsterdam’s coffeeshops originated. Within the Seventies, the town began permitting small-scale hashish gross sales beneath managed circumstances. This wasn’t legalization, however it wasn’t an underground loophole both. Slightly, it was a sensible harm-reduction technique that finally formed Amsterdam’s id as one of many world’s most acknowledged hashish locations.

For a lot of worldwide guests, particularly these from international locations with strict legal guidelines, coffeeshops had been the primary place they noticed hashish dealt with as a traditional a part of day by day life. Clients may sit down, learn a menu, and ask employees about totally different strains—one thing that didn’t exist wherever else on the time. Because the years handed, espresso outlets grew to become an integral a part of the town’s cultural panorama, influenced by music, artwork, hospitality, meals and nightlife. In addition they grew to become an early instance for policymakers seeking to perceive what a regulated hashish surroundings may seem like.

The Amsterdam Espresso Store Awards draw on that historical past. Slightly than merely naming winners, they goal to acknowledge the folks and companies that proceed to form a tradition constructed over a long time.

How The Judging Course of Works

The awards are break up into two sections with distinct judging strategies. The Client Selection classes are determined by public voting, giving a transparent image of what common espresso store clients and guests worth most throughout the town. For the Trade Awards, over the course of per week, a panel of 25 trade professionals independently samples and scores the town’s finest flower, hash, pre-rolls, edibles, coffeeshops and concentrates. Every product is independently evaluated in a blind style check, with no branding or figuring out info offered to the judges, guaranteeing that assessments focus solely on high quality. Collectively, these two approaches replicate each the group’s preferences and the requirements acknowledged by trade professionals.

The awards gala was held on Docks 1, a smoker-friendly boat cruise and Amsterdam’s largest floating venue, which capped off a three-day stretch of meet-ups, coffeeshop visits, tastings and late-night events. In keeping with Russell D, advertising and marketing director for Amsterdam Espresso Store Awards, a complete of 200 trade professionals had been aboard the awards cruise. By the point the winners had been introduced, most individuals within the room had already shared a joint, a dialog, or not less than a handshake someplace else within the metropolis.

Now, let’s check out this 12 months’s full checklist of winners.

2025 Client Selection Awards

These classes had been determined solely by public vote; the shoppers, locals and guests who give Amsterdam’s coffeeshops their character.

Coffeeshop of the Yr: Barney’s Coffeeshop: Barney’s secured the title for a second consecutive 12 months, changing into the primary coffeeshop to attain this accolade within the Awards’ historical past. Regulars typically level to the identical mixture: a employees that treats hospitality as a talent, a menu that evolves with out chasing fads, and genetics that proceed to draw worldwide consideration.
Budtender of the Yr: Lily @ Barney’s Coffeeshop: Lily explains merchandise merely and provides trusted recommendation, incomes robust assist from regulars.
Most Educated Employees: Balou: Balou’s employees is thought for clear, informative explanations, with Riccardo praised for his simple communication.
Content material Creator of the Yr: Corax Dewai: Corax’s candid protection captures day by day coffeeshop life, resonating with native and on-line audiences.
Greatest Coffeeshop Menu: Barney’s Coffeeshop: Barney’s menu stays one of the crucial curated within the metropolis. The choice modifications typically sufficient to remain related with out abandoning long-loved classics. The strategy retains the checklist centered as an alternative of overwhelming.
Greatest Coffeeshop Artwork Exhibit: “The Grand Historical past of Hashish,” Mossy Large @ De Kade: The exhibit paired illustration with cultural references to create a visible timeline of hashish historical past. It drew constant consideration for being partaking with out feeling like a museum piece.
Greatest Indoor Coffeeshop Lounge: Prix d’Ami: Prix d’Ami provides numerous lounge areas, sustaining a cohesive, welcoming environment regardless of its dimension.
Greatest Outside Coffeeshop Lounge: Katsu: Katsu’s terrace in De Pijp stays a gentle favourite. It attracts each locals and guests, providing a secluded, relaxed spot away from the busier vacationer zones.
Greatest Coffeeshop Exterior Amsterdam: Hunter’s Zandvoort: Hunter’s Zandvoort brings the model’s type to a really totally different surroundings: the coast. Its fortieth anniversary added weight to the win.
Greatest Smoker-Pleasant Lounge: Barney’s Uptown: Barney’s Uptown feels comfy and lived-in, with praised seating, drinks, and unobtrusive DJ units.
Greatest CBD Model: Thriller Bees: Thriller Bees’ small-batch, easy strategy and constant, clear flavors earned excessive voter recognition.
Greatest 420 Occasion or Expertise: Buddha Lounge Boat: The Buddha Lounge Boat provides a sluggish, scenic session on the town’s waterways. It continues to draw folks searching for a relaxed, floating different to land-based coffeeshop visits.
Favorite Coffeeshop Pet: Mr. Pumba: Mr. Pumba is a coffeeshop fixture, well-known and steadily featured in metropolis lore and images.

Pictured Pressure: Mimosa

These awards focus strictly on what’s within the jar, not the noise behind it.

Sativa

1st: Jus D’Orange (The Previous Church): A shiny, citrus-forward profile that hits like a glass of freshly squeezed juice.
2nd: Mimosa (seventh Heaven): Clementine x Purple Punch genetics ship a fruit-driven and approachable profile.
third: B45 (Cream Pheno) (THC Turbine): Easy and easygoing, the B45 cream phenotype is the proper trendy sativa.

Haze

1st: G13 Haze (Coffeeshop Blue Sea): A traditional haze profile constructed on earth, pine, and citrus, with long-lasting readability. This cross of G13 and Hawaiian Sativa, G13 Haze, is an Amsterdam traditional.
2nd: Tremendous Silver Haze (Coffeeshop Central): Delivered with its ordinary lemon-spice expression, this legendary cultivar is a cross of Skunk, Northern Lights, and Haze.
third: Amnesia (Coffeeshop seventh Heaven): Sharp and uplifting, true to its long-standing status of being a benchmark for haze connoisseurs.

Indica

1st: Uncle Snoop (Coffeeshop Barney’s): Dense, frosted buds with vanilla-berry notes and a gentle, enjoyable impact that’s true to its namesake.
2nd: Black Cherry Gelato (Coffeeshop Hunter’s): Candy, rounded, and well-suited to late-day use.
third: Darkish Matter (Coffeeshop The Previous Church): This earthly pressure delivers a relaxing end that melts away rigidity and guides you into restful sleep.

Hybrid

1st: Baker’s Man (Coffeeshop Chill out): Heat, pastry-like aromatics and a sociable, mellow impact.
2nd: Tremendous Boof (Coffeeshop Hunter’s): Tropical citrus punch flavors and a euphoric twist.
third: Zillions (Coffeeshop Barney’s): Candy, expressive, and notably potent, this balanced hybrid crosses Authentic Z and Lemon Cherry Gelato and includes a notably excessive THC and terpene content material.

Conventional Hash

1st: Zero Zero (Coffeeshop Chill out): Delicate, fragrant, and paying homage to traditional Moroccan craftsmanship.
2nd: Champagne (Coffeeshop seventh Heaven): A candy, clean taste with a shiny end for many who desire a extra polished tackle conventional hash.
third: Glumosa (Coffeeshop Central): Wealthy resin taste and a daring presence make this a full-flavored hash for true aficionados.

Static Hash

1st: Forbidden Fruit × Fruit Pleasure (Coffeeshop The Previous Church): Layered, fruit-led taste with balanced results, this can be a advanced and totally distinctive cultivar.
2nd: Painkiller (Coffeeshop Chill out): Excellent for these searching for a clean, calming, full-body excessive.
third: K1 (Coffeeshop Reefer): Dependable efficiency and intense results.

Ice Water Hash

1st: Grape Gasoline WPFF (Coffeeshop Terps Military): Solventless, daring, and clean with terpenes that burst from the jar, a testomony to trendy extraction craft.
2nd: Hawaï WPFF (Coffeeshop Hashtag): Creamy, layered and bursting with mango, pineapple, and fervour fruit notes.
third: RS11 Piatella (Coffeeshop Terps Military): Delicate texture and floral aromatics.

Stay Rosin

1st: Grape Gasoline (Coffeeshop Terps Military): The head of purity and efficiency.
2nd: Oishii (Inexperienced Gold): Creamy, wealthy, and sweetly layered notes.
third: Banana Punch (Coffeeshop seventh Heaven): Candy, floral and a should for taste hunters.

Premium Pre-roll

1st: Heavenly Beltz Donut (Coffeeshop seventh Heaven): Completely constructed with top-shelf flower and rosin.
2nd: Gelato 33 Hash Gap (Coffeeshop Balou): Creamy, gassy and a strong dessert for grown-ups.
third: #thegasbomb Donut (Coffeeshop Hashtag): Gassy and daring, with a clear, punchy end.

Edibles

1st: Pistachio Cheesecake (Let’s Get Baked × Coffeeshop The Previous Church): Nutty, creamy, and decadently dosed, this edible is each a culinary and hashish masterpiece.
2nd: Mango Mouse (Made To Be Baked × Coffeeshop Sativa): Mild, tropical, and simple to get pleasure from.
third: Tartlet Sampler (Petit 420): Affords a number of taste experiences in a single serving.