After claiming the top spot in 2025, Toby’s Estate’s Chippendale flagship has secured its place among the global top five in the 2026 World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops list.
The Australian venue, after finishing top in the 2025 rankings, is now ranked in fifth place, with 2025 runner-up Onyx Coffee LAB in Rogers, United States, surging ahead to be named top of the list.
After nine Australian cafés were named in the top 100 in 2025, seven were included in this year’s top 100.
Ahead of Toby’s Estate in fourth place is a new addition to the list, Sydney’s Only Coffee Project Crows Nest, while Beta Coffee – also in Sydney – placed 13th.
Melbourne’s first representative on the list is Proud Mary Coffee in Collingwood, which has gone from fourth to 27th position.
Brisbane’s Coffee Anthology has been ranked 29th, down from eighth in 2025, while Single O is another new entrant on the list from Sydney in 53rd.
Vacation Coffee in Melbourne rounds out the list in 100th, meaning of the seven Australian venues selected on the list, four are in Sydney, two are in Melbourne, and one is in Brisbane.
Only the United States (nine) had more selections than Australia’s seven, with Peru (five), Spain (four), Honduras (four), and Taiwan (four) also well represented.
The rankings were produced through a mixed evaluation system consisting of more than 800 professional judges and 350,000 public votes. In total, more than 15,000 coffee shops around the world were assessed.
“In the end, we are embracing global trends,” says CEO of The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops, Cesar Ramirez.
“Coffee shop culture continues to grow, and this ranking aims to give greater visibility to more coffee shops worldwide.”
