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Filter Notes / Independent Coffee Desk Friday · 16 October 2026

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🇺🇸 Variety Coffee reaches ten New York shops with Greenpoint opening

Variety Coffee Roasters has reached ten shops with its newest cafe at Greenpoint Landing in New York, inside the landmark Astral building. The Brooklyn-born roaster opened the Franklin Street site in June, but the new report details its coffee programme, 18-year local run and equipment-led bar: a hand-painted three-group La Marzocco Linea PB with dedicated Mahlkönig grinders.

Why it matters: Variety is one of New York’s enduring independent roasting names, and this is a useful Greenpoint option for espresso, brewed coffee and seasonal single origins rather than a generic neighbourhood cafe. The new room also marks a meaningful scale milestone while keeping roasting in East Williamsburg, so its expansion still has a direct connection to the city’s specialty-coffee infrastructure.

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☕️ Bangkok hosts 2026 World Cup Tasters result

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World Coffee Championships has confirmed Le Quang Cuong (Nicky), representing Vietnam, as the 2026 World Cup Tasters Champion after the Bangkok competition. The event ran May 7-9 at World of Coffee Bangkok, with 46 competitors and a final ranking that also included Catherine Queiroz, Mehmet Sogan, and Mizuki Tagami.

Why it matters: Bangkok is a Filter Notes city, and hosting a major global sensory competition is a useful marker for readers tracking where the specialty coffee calendar is concentrating attention.

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