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San Diego, CA – Sprouts Farmers Market today announced the expansion of its partnership with Los Angeles-based Klatch Coffee, bringing 11 in-store cafes to select Sprouts locations across Southern California and San Diego County. The growth builds on the success of the initial collaboration with Klatch Coffee and reflects Sprouts’ continued investment in enhancing the in-store experience.

Florida’s white-hot coffee scene was a regular feature in last year’s Builds series, and we’re heading back today for another sip. Today’s entry in the Build-Outs feature series takes us to Orlando’s Filigree Coffee. The 2026 Build-outs of Coffee is presented by DONA, Pacific Barista Series, and La Marzocco. As told to Sprudge by Ethan Lenz. For those who aren’t familiar, will you tell us about your company?

The competition season simply refuses to slow down. After crowning new barista champions in both Canada and the United States over the last two weeks, the eyes of the coffee world turn now to Belgium, where over the weekend World of Coffee’s European leg took place in Brussels. And while the SCA’s premier trade show series was chockablock with booths and new tech, it was the coffee competitions that got things heated up.

Welcome to the Sprudge Coffee Events Calendar! This is your go-to resource for upcoming coffee festivals, barista competitions, cupping sessions, latte art throwdowns, coffee trade shows, roaster pop-ups, and specialty coffee community gatherings around the world. Whether you’re a professional barista, coffee roaster, café owner, or passionate home brewer, this coffee events guide helps you discover where to taste, learn, compete, and connect in the global coffee scene.

We get asked by friends and family where to buy coffee a lot. It’s a tough question! It’s easy to lose track of just how many incredible, fresh, vibrant coffees are out there. Every week, we ask our advertising roasting partners for coffee recommendations they’re most excited about. Here’s this week’s collection of some of the most interesting whole bean coffee offerings available from talented roasters across the globe.

A certain soccer team took the pitch yesterday for what was a thankfully low-stakes contest with Turkiye, who is already eliminated from the tournament. (I won’t spoil the ending for you.) Nonetheless, the match wasn’t meaningless. The U.S. national soccer team was able to rest their four starters wth yellow cards, get some run for their bench players, and see how Christian Pulisic held up post-injury.

Six years is a long time. It’s the summer of 2026 right now, which means we’re a full six years on from the annus horribilis of 2020. But that year keeps cropping up again and again in these Build-Out interviews, as a major catalyst behind the founding of so many new coffee projects and companies. That’s the story here at Others Coffee, which was started by baristas who lost their jobs in the midst of the pandemic tumult.

Long before the world of creatine and peptides and milk thistle and amphetamines of varying danger and legality, there was the original performance enhancer: coffee. It’s what gave athletes and non-athletes alike that little extra bit of focus and energy they needed to tackle whatever challenge they faced, be it a sprint or a full day of parenting. A new meta-study has examined exactly what sort of boost caffeine can provide athletes and the level required to get it.

People really love their dogs. But the folks at Bird Dog Coffee in Orange County, CA have taken things a step further, naming their whole coffee company after Scout, their beloved pooch, whose charming visage is even featured on a t-shirt. Read on for a delightful video of Scout indulging in a pup cup, and make sure to check these guys out the next time you’re in the OC. The 2026 Build-outs of Coffee is presented by DONA, Pacific Barista Series, and La Marzocco.

The US Barista Championship took place over the weekend in Denver. Jak Michael Ryan of Proud Mary in Austin, Texas and will go on to represent America at the World Barista Championship later this year in Panama. But the US wasn’t the only nation hosting a Barista Championship this month. Our neighbors to the north, Canada, recently held their barista competition, where they crowned their own representative for this year’s WBC.