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  • Sip Collective Coffee Wins UK Coffee Roasting Championship 2026

    Sip Collective Coffee, a United Kingdom roastery founded by Alexandru Marin, won the 2026 UK Coffee Roasting Championship, held March 13 to 15 in London, with Marin scoring 559 points to edge out runner-up Rifqi Maulana. The championship hands every competitor the same standardized green coffee to grade, roast, and cup blind, so the prize isn’t a bag of competition beans, it’s the title and a place representing the UK at the World Coffee Roasting Championship. Sip Collective’s own shop runs on rotating single origin microlots instead, roasted in small batches.

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  • Latitude Coffee Roasters Wins Golden Bean World Series 2026

    Latitude Coffee Roasters, based in North Lakes, Brisbane, was named Overall Champion of the 2026 Golden Bean World Series, held February 18 in Newcastle, New South Wales, beating out runner-up Kissing Rock Coffee of the United States. Golden Bean bills itself as the world’s largest coffee roasting competition, and the World Series is its top prize, open only to roasters who already earned a silver or gold medal at a regional Golden Bean edition. Founded in 2018 by UK-born roaster Henry Miller, Latitude ships across Australia and internationally through its online shop, where its full lineup of espresso and filter roasts is available by the bag or subscription.

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  • El Injerto Natural Geisha Wins Guatemala 2026 Cup of Excellence at 91 Points

    El Injerto took the top score at the 2026 Guatemala Cup of Excellence with a Natural Geisha from their La Libertad farm in Huehuetenango, scoring 91.86 points to top the Natural and Honey category. The lot is grown by Arturo Aguirre Escobar, whose family has farmed El Injerto since 1874 and built it into one of Guatemala’s most decorated specialty producers over four generations. Geisha is a rare variety from Ethiopia, prized in competition for its floral jasmine and stone-fruit notes; processed as a Natural, meaning the whole cherry is dried around the seed before milling, which concentrates sweetness and adds fruit intensity. The 2026 auction lot is currently being allocated to international buyers; the farm sells roasted coffees directly at fincaelinjerto.com, including past competition lots, and is the most direct route to their work while the 2026 CoE lot makes its way to roasters.

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  • La Esperanza Bernardina Wins El Salvador 2026 Cup of Excellence at 92 Points

    The highest-scoring coffee in El Salvador’s 2026 Cup of Excellence is a Honey-processed Bernardina from Finca La Esperanza, which earned 91.95 points and sold at the competition’s July 2 auction. It topped a field of 108 submissions, and it’s the first time Bernardina, a rare variety discovered on a Pacas family farm in 2008, has led the country’s Cup of Excellence lineup after placing third in 2019.

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  • Thomson’s Coffee Wins Best Roaster UK 2026 at Glasgow Coffee Festival

    Jonathan Martinez, head roaster at Thomson’s Coffee in Glasgow, won the inaugural Best Roaster UK competition at Glasgow Coffee Festival in April 2026, bringing Scotland’s oldest roastery its newest roasting title.

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