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November 8, 2026

Dream Beans Coffee Roastery: Who Runs It, What to Order

At Dream Beans Coffee Roastery in Hanoi, visitors smell the beans first, then staff explain origins and match coffee to the right brewing method.

7 min

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November 7, 2026

What to Order at Magnífico Coffee Roasters, and Why

What to Order at Magnífico Coffee Roasters, and Why At Magnífico Coffee Roasters, Ricardo Acebedo-Diaz roasts beans on a 200-gram-capacity Arc Roaster and a 3-kilo Mill City Roasters machine; the sho.

7 min
November 7, 2026

Vienna Cafe Guide: Roasters, Counters and What to Order

Vienna Cafe Guide: Roasters, Counters and What to Order The useful detail is time on the door: Pelican Coffee Company on Pelikangasse opens Monday to Friday from 7:30am to 6pm.

7 min
November 6, 2026

Ottoman Coffeehouse: Who Brews the Coffee and What to Order

Ottoman Coffeehouse: Who Brews the Coffee and What to Order Finely ground coffee comes to a slow simmer in a long-handled copper pot at Ottoman Coffeehouse, where ibrik coffee is the signature brew a.

8 min
November 6, 2026

Le Mil’s Coffee Opens on Polk With Indian Farm Roots

Le Mil’s Coffee is open at 1330 Polk St., serving Indian coffees tied to Milana Ram’s fifth-generation family farm and roasted at CoRo.

8 min
November 5, 2026

Pastry Chef Brian Wood on Starter Bakery’s Systems

Pastry chef Brian Wood scaled Starter Bakery from pop-ups to 300-plus daily deliveries through tests, process and handoffs.

11 min
November 3, 2026

Pig Mary in Chippendale Packs Ester Energy Into 20 Seats

Mat Lindsay’s Pig Mary turns the Ester and A.P Bakery orbit into a 20-seat Chippendale bar for bifana, scallops and shaken drinks.

7 min
November 3, 2026

Elliott Lau of Nice Coffee Turns Bar Into a Roastery Story

Elliott Lau bought Nice Coffee in January 2020, then built its DTLA walk-up into a roastery story with Doug Meils.

10 min
October 31, 2026

Jyan Isaac Silver Lake Opens Monday on Hyperion Avenue

Jyan Isaac Silver Lake opens Monday on Hyperion with breads, bagels, sandwiches, 48 seats, and a 2027 wine-bar plan.

7 min
October 29, 2026

Kenya Coffee Flavor Map Sets November Nairobi Cupping

At Shamba Events Center in Nairobi, up to 500 Kenyan coffees will be cupped for a public national flavor map due in 2027.

8 min
October 28, 2026

Lovr Boys Cafe & Roastery opens in Bonita Springs

Caleb and Anna Linn opened Lovr Boys Cafe & Roastery in Bonita Springs with onsite roasting, scratch baking, and Naples plans.

9 min
October 28, 2026

Chad Robertson Opens Altbau Bakery in Williamsburg

Chad Robertson opens Altbau in Williamsburg on October 29, with Condor Coffee, Wei Si Phua pastries, West Coast grains, and no Wi-Fi.

7 min
October 27, 2026

Jyan Isaac Bread Opens Second Location in Silver Lake Nov. 2

Jyan Isaac Bread opens its second permanent location at 2800 Hyperion Avenue on November 2, bringing Santa Monica sourdough east.

8 min
October 27, 2026

Pan Wei's World Barista Championship Win Is China's First

Pan Wei of Parking Coffee won China’s first World Barista Championship with two Geshas, reverse tamping, and a finals field of 49.

11 min
October 22, 2026

Kris Carlson of Coffeekris Built a Coffee Brand on Open Sourcing

Kris Carlson launched Coffeekris with 11 importer partners, then moved more than 10 containers in a first year built on open sourcing.

10 min
October 22, 2026

Old Spike Southwark Café Opens With Live Impact Screen

Old Spike’s seventh London café lands on Great Suffolk Street with a Square-powered dashboard tied to training and paid work placements.

9 min
October 22, 2026

Little Nest Coffee Roasters Opens in Grosse Pointe Woods

Little Nest Coffee Roasters brings on-site roasting, a pink Linea PB, and a 350-square-foot play area to Mack Avenue.

9 min
October 21, 2026

Project III Second Edition Pairs Hartmann with Three Roasters

Phil & Sebastian’s Project III returns with Ratibor Hartmann, three Geisha lots, and roasts by Proud Mary, MAME, and Calgary’s own.

10 min
October 20, 2026

A Film About Ryan Castelaz and Discourse Coffee Opens in Milwaukee

A new 40-minute film follows Ryan Castelaz as Discourse Coffee grows into cafés, Guest Coffee Collective, and Agency.

10 min
October 17, 2026

Boogie Bakery Bistro NYC Opens With AI Sourdough From Delmonico's

Boogie Bakery & Bistro brings Boogie Lab’s three-ingredient sourdough process to New York City with Delmonico’s Hospitality Group.

8 min
October 16, 2026

Pastime Coffee's Portland roastery opens in a flower shop

Pastime Coffee leaves shared roasting for a 1,000-square-foot Northeast Portland roastery, with Justin Dedini and Erica Schwager steering the move.

8 min
October 15, 2026

Phil & Sebastian wins National Winner - Canada after six recognitions

Phil & Sebastian earned National Winner - Canada after six recognitions, led by Candy Cloud Espresso gold, in double-blind judging.

12 min
October 15, 2026

Jane Scrolls Opens in Coorparoo With Single O Coffee on Tap

Jane Scrolls has moved from market stalls to 299 Old Cleveland Road, with six hand-rolled scrolls, Single O coffee, and chocolate milk on tap.

7 min
October 15, 2026

Niyyah Coffee Opens Indianapolis’ First Deaf-Owned Cafe

Talha Tufail’s Mass Ave cafe gives Indianapolis its first Deaf-owned coffee shop, with ASL on the wall and cold brew made in-house.

7 min
October 14, 2026

A Fukuoka Coffee Guide to Six Counters in Hakata

Six Fukuoka coffee stops, from Noriko Sunaga’s AeroPress counter to Rec Coffee’s WBC lineage and Kengo Kuma’s Cs Somme Café.

11 min
October 14, 2026

Inside Parc Bakery in Philadelphia, Starr’s Bread Engine

Ariel Einhorn runs Parc’s hallway bakery, where 2,900 baguettes a week feed Stephen Starr restaurants across Philadelphia.

9 min
October 13, 2026

Tempest Artisan Coffee Bar Opens With Roasting in Brownsburg

Tempest brings in-house roasting, Liège waffles, cocktails and monthly jazz to a 2,000-square-foot cafe northwest of Indianapolis.

9 min
October 9, 2026

Gray Squirrel Coffee in Carrboro adds Acorn Room slow bar

Gray Squirrel Coffee opened its Acorn Room in Carrboro, adding 1,600 square feet, about 30 seats, and a slow bar for manual brews.

9 min
October 8, 2026

Ministry of Coffee Opens in West Hollywood on Santa Monica Blvd

Ministry of Coffee cut the ribbon in West Hollywood at 8253 Santa Monica Boulevard, its sixth LA-area cafe and seventh overall.

8 min
October 8, 2026

Chota Tingrai Matcha Tests India’s Cafe Counters

Chota Tingrai Tea Estate’s 5kg Assam matcha lot sold for Rs 3,000 per kilogram, putting local powder in front of import-priced cafes.

8 min
October 8, 2026

One Bryant Park Restaurant Opens With Koji Baguettes

One Bryant Park opens October 15 with Daichi Ebato’s kabocha brioche, koji petit baguette, and clay-vessel mochi rice loaf.

7 min
October 7, 2026

The Volcano Brothers Building Specialty Coffee in Kagoshima

Ken Sakashita and Mutsumi Kodama are using QUILT COFFEE, A Way to Coffee, and a local brewers cup to put Kagoshima on the map.

11 min
October 7, 2026

Luciano Repetto of Graffeo Coffee and the One-Blend Life

Luciano Repetto, 81, took over Graffeo in 1978 and kept faith with one blend, two roasts, and fluid-bed heat.

11 min
October 7, 2026

Provis Coffee Roasters Opens North Kansas City Cafe

Provis Coffee Roasters opens its first cafe in North Kansas City with 6,000+ square feet, a slow bar, and a 25-foot main bar.

9 min
October 6, 2026

Ember Cafe Opens in the Mission District with a Music Corner

Ember Cafe is taking over 3248 22nd St. with coffee, wine, late hours, live music, and Ajay Vellayapan’s no-tip model.

8 min
October 5, 2026

Norman's Proppa Pies Opens in St Kilda for British Pies

Dave Pannell and Brad Balbi bring house-made shortcrust, puff pastry and slow-braised brisket pies to bayside St Kilda.

8 min
October 2, 2026

Caputo Bagels Park Slope Opens With 45-Year Starter

James Caputo opens Caputo Bagels in Park Slope on October 5 with hand-rolled sourdough bagels and a 45-year-old starter.

8 min
October 2, 2026

Phil Sebastian southeast Calgary: Seton's New Counter

Phil & Sebastian’s new Seton cafe is its first in Calgary’s deep southeast, with Modbar espresso, Tone Touch brewers, donuts and bagels.

8 min
October 2, 2026

Lemma Coffee Mockingbird Station Cafe Sets Dallas Opening

Lemma Coffee Co plans a 1,300-square-foot Mockingbird Station cafe, its fourth shop and first Dallas address.

8 min
October 1, 2026

KOKO Kawane Star Vista Opens With On-Site Matcha

KOKO Kawane brings on-site matcha grinding to The Star Vista, with 15 seats, lattes from $8.50, and pastry by Mei Kubota.

7 min
October 1, 2026

Baker Bleu Bondi Beach Sets December Opening on Hall Street

Baker Bleu will open at 34 Hall Street, Bondi Beach in December, with Double Bay baking the bread and sandwiches built onsite.

9 min
October 1, 2026

Twin Valley Coffee Elverson Builds With Nine Containers

Twin Valley Coffee Elverson turns nine shipping containers, a preserved gazebo, and a four-group GB5 into a Main Street return.

9 min
September 30, 2026

Out of Ordi Salt Bread Draws the Koreatown Line

Gemma Lee and Luis Kim moved Out of Ordi from a home pop-up to Koreatown, where French-butter salt bread now draws daily lines.

8 min
September 30, 2026

Transit Coffee Kiosks Are Rewriting the Old Stand

Zurich tram shelters now serve flat whites and batch brews as specialty coffee moves into daily transport infrastructure.

8 min
September 30, 2026

Sun Bear Coffee St Petersburg Opens First Cafe

Kenny Beers turns five years of pop-ups into Sun Bear’s first St. Petersburg cafe, with on-site roasting and a 1970s bar.

8 min
September 26, 2026

Filled In The Blank Dhoby Ghaut Adds Derek Cheong's Menu

MasterChef Singapore winner Derek Cheong brings Laksa Risotto, Hong Kong French Toast and Hor Ka Sai into a Dhoby Ghaut cafe menu.

8 min
September 26, 2026

Solar Powered Coffee Roasting Tests a Rock-Bed Retrofit

Sandia and Michael Thomas Coffee tested a solar retrofit that stores photovoltaic heat in rocks, then sends it into a roasting drum.

10 min
September 25, 2026

Pi's Coffee Richmond Opens With Indian Coffee Only

Piyush Jessani moves Pi's Coffee from truck to Monroe Ward roastery cafe, pouring Indian-grown coffee with cardamom and rose at the bar.

9 min
September 25, 2026

Stumptown LA Flagship Opens Inside Starland Theatre

Stumptown turns Lincoln Heights' former Starland Theatre into a flagship cafe and training lab, with La Marzocco bars behind the arch.

8 min
September 25, 2026

DOT Coffee Matcha Warsaw Turns Power Into Pause

A 67-square-meter former power station in Warsaw becomes DOT.'s third coffee and matcha shop, with tiered seating and reclaimed wood.

8 min
September 24, 2026

Paris Coffee Show 2026: Service Takes the Counter

At Parc Floral de Paris, France’s coffee trade made service the question, not origin labels alone.

12 min
September 24, 2026

Marymount Bakehouse Thomson Opens at 9 Thomson Ridge

Marymount Bakehouse opens its second cafe at 9 Thomson Ridge with 15 rotating sourdough loaves, levain pies, and brunch plates.

10 min
September 24, 2026

Atomic Coffee Overpotential Cold Brew Gets a Current

Atomic Coffee Roasters is launching Potential, a Danvers-made cold brew treated with Overpotential's low-voltage process.

7 min
September 23, 2026

Variety Coffee Roasters Greenpoint Opens at Astral

Variety Coffee Roasters opens its 10th NYC cafe at 190 Franklin St., with East Williamsburg roasts and a hand-painted La Marzocco.

8 min
September 22, 2026

World of Coffee Panama Brings the Trade to Origin

World of Coffee Panama brings 13,000 expected participants and 320 exhibitors to Panama City for Latin America’s first edition.

12 min
September 17, 2026

Grounds for Health Auction Marks 30 Years at Origin

Grounds for Health marks 30 years with a Sept. 23-24 auction, its first Vietnam lot, and $1.05M raised since 2009.

12 min
September 9, 2026

Elijah Pies Joo Chiat Opens in a 96-Year Shophouse

Elijah Pies opens its third and largest outlet at 72 Joo Chiat Place, with 60 seats, Pizza Pies, and a fresh-to-order soufflé.

8 min
September 4, 2026

Nasir Armar Builds Parachute Bakery in a 10-by-10 Kitchen

Nasir Armar left Saison for Parachute Bakery, producing about a thousand pastries a day from a 10-by-10 San Francisco workspace.

8 min
August 28, 2026

Diff Specialty Coffee Kallang Brings Khai to CT Hub 2

Khai, fourth in Singapore’s 2023 barista championship, now helms Diff inside Local Chapter at CT Hub 2 in Kallang.

7 min
August 28, 2026

Rize Up Bakery Opens Its SoMa Cafe After Four Hard Years

Rize Up Bakery is finally opening its SoMa cafe on Sept. 10, with toast, grilled cheese, and pastries after years of delays.

2 min