Australian venues dominate World’s Best Coffee Shops Asia-Pacific – BeanScene

Almost 20 per cent of the best coffee shops in Asia-Pacific call Australia home – at least according to a new list covering the region from the World’s Best Coffee Shop rankings.

A total of 18 Australian venues, plus two from New Zealand, feature on the list, with Only Coffee Project Crows Nest, Sydney, leading the way in second behind only Singapore’s Apartment Coffee.

Beta Coffee was one of two other Australian venues to feature in the top 10, ranking sixth while Toby’s Estate – which was ranked top of the inaugural World’s Best Coffee Shops list and is a constant top-end feature on these lists – also ranked strongly in ninth.

Of the 18 Australian venues to feature, eight of them are in Melbourne, six are in Sydney, four are in Brisbane, and one, Fidelity Coffee, is in the Blue Mountains regional town of Katoomba.

Despite Melbourne leading with the most Australian venues on the list, Sydney’s top ranked venues feature higher than it’s southern neighbours, with Proud Mary (14th) Melbourne’s top ranked venue.

In addition to its Sydney café ranking 94^th, one of Single O’s Japanese locations also featured on the list, with its Hamacho venue ranking 72nd.

Melbourne roaster ST. ALi’s Grand Hyatt Manila venue in the Philippines also featured in 79th.

New Zealand’s C4 Coffee Co. ranked just outside the top ten in 11th, with Sketchbook Coffee also representing Aotearoa in 52nd.

Every Australian and New Zealand venue on the list

Only Coffee Project Crows Nest 2nd
Beta Coffee 6th
Toby’s Estate 9th
C4 Coffee Co. 11th
Proud Mary 14th
Coffee Anthology 20th
ENA Sydney 24th
Path Melbourne 30th
John Mills Himself 35th
ONA Coffee Sydney 40th
Foremost Coffee 43rd
Project Zero Coffee 51st
Sketchbook Coffee 52nd
Seven Seeds Coffee Roasters 65th
Supersede Coffee 77th
Vacation Coffee 81st
Fidelity Coffee 86th
Bunker Coffee 91st
Single O 94th
Axil Coffee Roasters Melbourne Central 98th

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