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 ahead of 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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BOO Modern Coffee Co. Wins World Coffee Roasting Championship 2026 in Brussels
Belgium’s BOO Modern Coffee Co. won the 2026 World Coffee Roasting Championship on June 27 in Brussels, with co-founder Benjamin Brassart taking the title to become Belgium’s first world coffee roasting champion.
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Los Alpes Natural Geisha Wins Nicaragua 2026 Cup of Excellence at 92 Points
The highest-scoring coffee in Nicaragua’s 2026 Cup of Excellence is a Natural Geisha from Los Alpes farm, which earned 92.00 points and sold at auction for $140 a pound. It is the third time the farm has taken first place in the country’s natural category, having also won in 2023 and 2024.
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Blackboard Coffee Roasters Wins Australian Coffee Roasting Championship 2026
Danny Andrade of Blackboard Coffee Roasters on Queensland’s Gold Coast won the 2026 Australian Coffee Roasting Championship in December, taking Australia’s top roasting title and a place representing the country at the World Coffee Roasting Championship in Brussels this month.
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Kaffa Oslo Wins Nordics Best Roaster 2026 at Nordic Coffee Fest in Gothenburg
Kaffa Oslo, one of Norway’s most respected specialty roasters, took the top prize at Nordics Best Roaster 2026 — a blind cupping competition held at Nordic Coffee Fest in Gothenburg, Sweden, and widely regarded as the most prestigious roasting award in Scandinavia.
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World’s Best Roaster 2026: Lithuania’s Huracán Coffee Wins Global Coffee Awards in El Salvador
At the Global Coffee Awards World Championship in San Salvador, El Salvador this past March, Lithuania’s Huracán Coffee was named the world’s best roaster — besting 30 finalists from 16 countries who advanced from more than 2,000 sample entries worldwide.
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Wenbo Yang Wins 2026 U.S. Coffee Roasting Championship — Buy His Coffee at Cozy Monster
In late February, Wenbo “Joe” Yang won the 2026 U.S. Coffee Roasting Championship in Houston, competing against 24 roasters at Roastronix HQ. The competition covered green coffee evaluation, sample roasting, cupping, and roast curve analysis — Yang topped the field in all of it.
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Cup of Excellence Nicaragua 2026: Two Geisha Lots Lead the Field — Auction Opens June 25
Nicaragua’s 2026 Cup of Excellence results are in, and the story at the top is straightforward: Geisha varieties swept both category winners from 29 competing lots.
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World Coffee Championships 2026: Four Competitions Head to Brussels This June
Four world-level coffee competitions are heading to Brussels, Belgium this June — and if you follow the specialty coffee circuit, this is the weekend to watch.
The World Coffee Championships will be held June 25–27, 2026 at the World of Coffee Brussels trade show, bringing national champions from dozens of countries to compete on a single stage across four disciplines:
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