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Melbourne Coffee Weekend brings more than 40 Australian and international roasters to Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne on 7–8 November 2026. Each ticket includes nine tasting tokens, letting visitors try filter coffees across the roaster line-up, alongside access to workshops and retail coffee.

It is a useful one-stop tasting weekend for anyone building a Melbourne coffee itinerary or looking beyond their usual beans. Sessions run from 8am to 4pm across both days, and the market setting makes it easy to pair a focused coffee visit with a wider CBD and Queen Victoria Market wander.

Ministry of Coffee has opened a West Hollywood cafe in Los Angeles at 8253 Santa Monica Boulevard, taking over the former Go Get Em Tiger space. The Australia-born operator now has six Los Angeles-area cafes, with espresso made from coffee roasted in Sydney and flown in weekly.

For a west-side coffee stop, the new room is designed as a sit-down neighbourhood cafe rather than a walk-up counter. Expect Ministry's East African signature blend, La Marzocco espresso service and a lighter pastries-and-croissants offer alongside the full Kitchen locations' breakfast and lunch menus.

Santuario Café has opened in Jackson Heights, New York, with Colombian specialty coffee roasted by Lion’s Head Coffee alongside matcha, baked goods and empanadas shaped by Colombian flavours. The opening was included in NYC Tourism’s September update, placing a coffee-led independent café in one of the city’s most food-rich neighbourhoods.

Why it matters: Jackson Heights is a compelling detour for anyone planning a coffee day beyond Manhattan and north Brooklyn. A café pairing Colombian beans with guava and panela-led drinks gives the area a more specific coffee stop than a generic all-day café, while its food programme makes it useful for a longer neighbourhood visit.

NYC Coffee Festival will bring a curated group of roasters and coffee exhibitors to 100 Dobbin Street in Greenpoint, New York, on October 3. The one-day event is scheduled from 9am to 4.30pm and promises tastings, beans and coffee activities in a compact Brooklyn setting, with tickets currently listed through the organiser’s event page.

Why it matters: this is a useful, date-specific option for visitors and local coffee drinkers who want to sample several roasters without planning a multi-neighbourhood crawl. Greenpoint also makes an easy coffee-focused day with independent bars nearby. The public listing does not show a clear publication date, but its future event date and live ticketing indicate a current programme; check the organiser’s page for exhibitor and entry details before travelling.

Cinnamood has opened a cafe and bakery in El Born, Barcelona, pairing cinnamon rolls with a specialty-coffee offer inside a newly completed 89-square-metre room. A September design report documents the project’s rounded counters, vivid gradient metal and adapted historic-shell layout near Santa Maria del Mar, developed as a repeatable concept for the growing brand.

Why it matters: it is a useful signal for Barcelona readers because the opening sits in a central, walkable district where coffee stops often compete with tourist-led all-day cafés. Cinnamood’s coffee programme needs a closer cup-level assessment before it earns a recommendation, but the venue is a concrete new option for visitors combining the Born’s galleries, independent shops and a bakery-led coffee stop.

Onyx Coffee Lab is taking over the Rosslyn London Wall bar in London on September 26 and 27, serving its own coffees, retail range and two collaboration drinks. The Arkansas roaster’s programme includes the Onyx Delight honey-cinnamon latte and a London-only Malted FOMO americano with English beer syrup, alongside Rosslyn’s usual City coffee-bar setting.

Why it matters: this is a short, concrete chance to try a leading U.S. specialty roaster without leaving London, hosted by one of the city’s most practical high-volume coffee groups. Rosslyn’s London Wall branch is close to Moorgate and the Barbican, so it is an easy add-on for a weekend central-London plan. Check the host’s channels before travelling, since the takeover is limited to the stated two-day window.

MOKABLE COFFEE CRAFT is scheduled to open its first flagship in Kuramae, Tokyo, on October 5, following a September crowdfunding launch for its whole-bean coffee concept. The brand turns coffee beans into edible products as well as drinks, and says the new store will give visitors a fuller introduction to that bean-to-snack approach through limited experiences and retail.

Why it matters: Kuramae remains one of Tokyo’s most active small-scale food and design districts, and MOKABLE’s proposed format is distinct from a conventional espresso bar. It is a credible opening watch for readers interested in coffee projects that move beyond the cup without leaving the ingredient behind, although the concept should be judged once the flagship is trading rather than on crowdfunding momentum alone.

Stitch Coffee is preparing another Sydney cafe in Rozelle Village, extending the inner-west roaster’s retail footprint as the new development opens. The September announcement identifies the upcoming outpost alongside Stitch’s existing Broadway, Sydney Fish Market, airport, CBD and Marrickville sites, where the company now combines cafe service with its newer roastery operation.

Why it matters: Stitch has become one of Sydney’s more visible specialty-coffee operators, so a Rozelle room is a useful west-of-the-bridge planning signal rather than a routine café opening. Its expansion also follows a shift toward a larger production and retail presence in Marrickville, making the new location relevant to readers tracking where established local roasters are choosing to put their next public-facing bars.