Coffee News.

THE BARN’s Holloway Road café in London will host Sage Latte Masters on Sunday 27 September, with 16 baristas competing in a latte-art throwdown alongside workshops and free entry for spectators. Sage, THE BARN and Oatly are presenting the afternoon, with competitors using THE BARN coffee and Sage’s Dual Boiler machines.

Why it matters: London has plenty of casual latte-art events, but a free, clearly structured competition at a specialist roaster is a useful diary date for working baristas and coffee-curious visitors who want a more participatory way into the city’s scene.

Slurps Up Melbourne will host its 2026 Best of Yemen auction tasting at Aunty Peg’s in Collingwood, Melbourne on Tuesday 8 September, pouring 33 coffees sourced and organised by Qima Coffee. The ticketed session is framed as a focused cupping rather than a general café event, giving drinkers a chance to compare a broad set of Yemeni lots in one sitting.

Why it matters: Aunty Peg’s remains one of Melbourne’s most useful places for serious coffee education, and a large-origin tasting is a more practical way to encounter Yemen’s varied modern quality landscape than a single limited release.

Good Measure will take over Single O’s Reservoir Street café in Surry Hills, Sydney on Sunday 13 September, bringing its Melbourne-born Mont Blanc and a short menu built around Single O’s Honduras Marcala. The one-day stop is the first date on Good Measure’s Australian tour, with limited bags of the collaboration coffee also planned for the counter.

Why it matters: this is a useful chance to try one of Melbourne’s most recognisable contemporary coffee drinks at a serious Sydney roaster, with the shared coffee giving the pop-up more substance than a standard guest shift.

April Coffee, the Copenhagen specialty roaster and brewer maker, has launched the April Hand Grinder 01 with Timemore. The new manual grinder uses custom April Gen1 conical burrs and follows the company’s expansion from brewing equipment into filters, vessels, cups and water minerals.

Why it matters: April is a meaningful Copenhagen reference point for precise filter coffee, so a first grinder is more than a generic equipment release. It gives home brewers and visiting coffee enthusiasts a clear new product tied to one of the city’s most influential specialty roasters.

Mada, the Melbourne coffee van known for Filipino ensaymadas and coffee, has turned into a permanent shop in Collingwood. Broadsheet included the opening in its August round-up of new cafes, bars and restaurants, describing a compact retail step for the previously mobile business.

Why it matters: A permanent address makes a small independent coffee operation easier to build into a Melbourne coffee walk. The move also adds a distinct bakery-and-coffee stop to Collingwood, rather than another generic all-day cafe, giving visitors a more specific reason to detour east of the CBD.

Singapore Coffee Week 2026 is scheduled for November 5-8 at Sands Expo and Convention Centre, with a pre-event cafe-hopping programme and a broad exhibitor list that includes specialty-coffee names such as 5F Coffee Lab, Bettr and Baristart Coffee. The official event page frames it as a citywide celebration of Singapore coffee culture.

Why it matters: The November dates give visitors and local coffee drinkers a useful planning window, while the cafe-hopping element offers a route into Singapore’s scene beyond the exhibition floor. The named exhibitors also make this a more concrete signal than a generic festival listing.

Caffè Culture 2026 takes place at London’s Business Design Centre on September 29-30, bringing together specialty coffee, tea and cafe-bar suppliers, products and education for the trade. Organisers describe more than 120 exhibitors and a programme aimed at operators and industry professionals.

Why it matters: This is a practical fixture for people following London’s coffee-business ecosystem, particularly those interested in equipment, service and menu ideas that may soon reach local cafes. It is also a clear date for specialist visitors who want a concentrated view of the sector beyond individual shop openings.

Roast Summit Portland returns to The Redd on Salmon Street on October 1-2, with a welcome gathering on September 30 and hands-on roasting sessions, sourcing discussions and equipment-focused workshops. The programme is led by Roast magazine and is built around professional coffee education rather than a consumer tasting festival.

Why it matters: Portland remains one of the most consequential American cities for roasting culture. For working coffee people and serious enthusiasts planning an autumn visit, this is a concrete date to watch, with practical sessions that connect sourcing, production and technical coffee craft.

Phillippe Akira Kato of Newbery Street Coffee won the 2026 American AeroPress Championship, announced in the latest industry roundup. The result puts a Boston coffee professional on a national competition stage and offers a useful reason to follow the cafe behind the winning brew.

Why it matters: Competition results are most useful when they point readers back to a city’s working coffee scene. Newbery Street Coffee is a concrete Boston stop to watch, while the championship result gives travelers and local regulars a timely cue to see how its bar programme develops.