https://roasters.app/journal Long-form writing on specialty coffee from the Roasters editorial team — city scenes, history, trends, and the craft of the modern café. en © 2026 Roasters Technologies https://roasters.app/journal/state-of-specialty-coffee-in-lisbon-2026 https://roasters.app/journal/state-of-specialty-coffee-in-lisbon-2026 From 2–3 specialty cafés in 2015 to 100+ in 2026 — how Lisbon became one of Europe's most interesting coffee cities. The Folks, Fabrica, Comoba, Hello, and the neighborhoods leading the next wave. City scene Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://roasters.app/journal/why-melbourne-became-coffee-capital https://roasters.app/journal/why-melbourne-became-coffee-capital A post-war Italian migration, a small espresso bar at 66 Bourke Street, and the city that taught the world to drink the flat white. The 80-year story. History Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://roasters.app/journal/fourth-wave-coffee https://roasters.app/journal/fourth-wave-coffee If third wave was about origin and craft, fourth wave is about transparency, fermentation, and hospitality as community. A field report on the next phase of specialty coffee. Trends Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://roasters.app/journal/specialty-coffee-in-tokyo https://roasters.app/journal/specialty-coffee-in-tokyo From the 1920s kissaten to the modern brew bar, Tokyo has a coffee tradition that quietly shaped the global third wave. City scene Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://roasters.app/journal/anatomy-of-a-great-specialty-cafe https://roasters.app/journal/anatomy-of-a-great-specialty-cafe What separates a good café from a great one — the technical, the sensory, and the hospitality elements that you can't fake. Craft Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://roasters.app/journal/copenhagen-nordic-coffee-roasters https://roasters.app/journal/copenhagen-nordic-coffee-roasters Coffee Collective, La Cabra, Prolog — how Copenhagen turned a Nordic light-roast philosophy into the global third-wave standard. City scene Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://roasters.app/journal/seoul-coffee-density https://roasters.app/journal/seoul-coffee-density Roughly 90,000 cafés in one city, 350,000 certified baristas nationwide. Why Korean café culture went vertical. City scene Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://roasters.app/journal/berlin-specialty-coffee https://roasters.app/journal/berlin-specialty-coffee Bonanza in 2006, The Barn in 2010, Five Elephant, Father Carpenter — how Berlin built one of Europe's most influential specialty coffee scenes. City scene Sat, 23 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://roasters.app/journal/brooklyn-specialty-coffee https://roasters.app/journal/brooklyn-specialty-coffee Sey, Devoción, Variety, Parlor — per square mile, Brooklyn has more serious specialty coffee than any other US borough. City scene Sat, 23 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://roasters.app/journal/portland-specialty-coffee https://roasters.app/journal/portland-specialty-coffee Stumptown opened in 1999. Heart and Coava followed. The Portland story is the American specialty coffee story. City scene · History Sat, 23 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://roasters.app/journal/mexico-city-specialty-coffee https://roasters.app/journal/mexico-city-specialty-coffee Buna, Cucurucho, Almanegra, Quentin. How CDMX became the regional anchor for the third-wave conversation. City scene Sat, 23 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://roasters.app/journal/sao-paulo-specialty-coffee https://roasters.app/journal/sao-paulo-specialty-coffee Coffee Lab, Octávio Café, Um Coffee Co. Vila Madalena and Pinheiros anchor a third-wave scene in the world's largest coffee-producing country. City scene Sat, 23 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT