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Hong Kong International Tea Fair 2026 Brings Together Over 800 Exhibitors

From August 13 to 15, 2026, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre hosts this year’s edition of the Hong Kong International Tea Fair, Asia’s largest tea trade fair. Organized by HKTDC, the event brings together more than 800 exhibitors from over 30 countries and regions, covering cultivation, processing, packaging and technology across the tea industry.

New for the 2026 edition is a dedicated Chinese matcha pavilion, presented by Guizhou and Zhejiang, mainland China’s two leading matcha-exporting provinces, showcasing everything from ceremonial-grade matcha to matcha-based desserts. Visitors can also discover rare offerings such as a naturally mutated purple-bud pu’er tea from Yunnan’s Kunlu Mountain, white tea from Laos, and premium teas from Kenya and Sri Lanka. The event confirms the growing global appetite for specialty teas and premium tea experiences.

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Source: hktdc.com

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Hacienda La Esmeralda Wins the Panama Cup at Best of Panama 2026

Panama’s most prestigious specialty coffee competition, Best of Panama, has announced its 2026 winners. Hacienda La Esmeralda took home the overall trophy, the Panama Cup, accumulating 16 points through three top-three finishes across the competition’s categories.

By category, Altieri Specialty Coffee won the Varietals section, Lamastus Family Estates topped the Washed category, and Lérida Estate took first place in Natural. Best of Panama remains one of the most sought-after competitions in the specialty coffee world, with winning lots typically going on to international auctions where they fetch prices several times above market average. The results reaffirm Panama’s status as one of the most respected origins for Geisha varietals and high-altitude coffees.

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Kavalan Podium Wins Top Honor at the World Whisky Masters 2026

The World Whisky Masters 2026, organized by trade publication The Spirits Business, has announced its winners, with the overall “World Whisky Taste Master” title going to Taiwanese single malt Kavalan Podium.

Among the other notable results, Georgian distiller Jimsher picked up two Master medals, including one for Jimsher Tsinandali Cask, praised for its rich red-fruit character of ripe apples and strawberries. Godawan Artisanal Single Malt, a brand owned by drinks giant Diageo in India, received a Master medal for its Godawan 01 Rich & Rounded expression, the only entry in the India – Single Malt category to reach that level, while Australian distillery LARK collected three Master medals. The results confirm a growing trend: quality whisky is no longer the exclusive domain of Scotland, Ireland or the US, and is gaining ground fast across Asia and the southern hemisphere.

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Source: thespiritsbusiness.com

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Ferio Tego Honors the Miles Davis Centennial With a Limited-Edition Cigar

Cigar house Ferio Tego has joined the official celebration of jazz icon Miles Davis’ centennial, launching “Milestones,” a cigar created in partnership with the Miles Davis Estate and music company Reservoir. The release is part of the celebrations marking 2026 as the 100th anniversary of the legendary musician’s birth.

The cigar, a 6×50 toro, features an Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper, a Honduran binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Nicaragua, made at the Davidoff-owned Diadema Cigars de Honduras factory. It carries a suggested retail price of $18.50 per cigar, sold in boxes of 10, with production capped at 1,600 boxes. Each box includes one of four reproductions of a sketch by Davis, plus access to a curated playlist made specifically for this collaboration — a clear example of the close ties between the premium cigar world and jazz culture.

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Room101 Launches 17th Anniversary Cigar, an All-Nicaraguan Puro by AJ Fernandez

American cigar brand Room101, founded in 2009, is marking its 17th anniversary with a limited edition created alongside master blender AJ Fernandez. The new “Room101 17th Anniversary” is an all-Nicaraguan puro, offered in a single 6×52 toro vitola, packaged in boxes of 20, with a suggested retail price of around $15.89 per cigar.

Unlike its predecessor, the 15th Anniversary release, which was built as a medium-bodied smoke, the new edition is considerably more powerful, aiming for a full-bodied profile. Reviewers describe a peppery, spicy opening that evolves into notes of dark chocolate, roasted espresso and earth. Since its 10th anniversary in 2019, Room101 has released a new limited edition almost every year, with a different blend each time. The cigar has already started shipping to specialty retailers across the US this month.

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Jade Leaf Matcha Launches Four New Products, Including a No-Whisk Concentrate

American brand Jade Leaf Matcha, one of the best-known matcha suppliers in the US market, launched four new products on August 6, 2026, designed to simplify preparing matcha at home. The Matcha Latte Concentrate removes the need to whisk the powder with a traditional bamboo chasen, coming ready to mix directly with milk. The lineup is rounded out by a seasonal Pumpkin Spice mix, a Salted Caramel variant available exclusively through Walmart, and a Collagen mix developed in partnership with Great Lakes Wellness, with reduced caffeine content. The products are available on the brand’s own website, on Amazon, and at retailers such as Target, Walmart and, soon, Publix, with the brand betting on accessibility for both experienced consumers and those just discovering matcha.

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Aillio Opens a New Regional Headquarters for Latin America in San Salvador

Danish roasting equipment maker Aillio, known among baristas and small roasters for its compact Bullet roaster line, opened a new regional headquarters for Latin America on August 10, 2026, located in the San Benito district of San Salvador. The roughly 1,100-square-foot space functions as a showroom and training center, offering live roasting demonstrations and masterclasses for professionals across the region. The location will host the inaugural regional edition of the Aillio Bullet Championship for Latin American baristas and roasters in 2027. The opening comes amid accelerated growth in the region’s specialty coffee segment, where a growing number of small roasters are seeking high-performance equipment and access to specialized technical training.

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Source: Perfect Daily Grind

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HIP, a New Scottish Spirits Brand, Debuts With Four Limited Editions

A new independent bottler from Stirling, Scotland, called HIP and founded by Connor McCartney in partnership with spirits distributor Kilninian Drinks Company, has launched its first collection of four rare spirits, bottled in compact 20cl flasks. The lineup includes a 12-year-old Tomintoul single malt matured in a refill sherry butt, a 13-year-old Bowmore single malt from refill bourbon barrels, a 28-year-old Invergordon single grain from a first-fill bourbon barrel, and a 14-year-old Foursquare Barbados rum matured in bourbon barrels at 53% ABV. All editions are bottled without artificial coloring and non-chill filtered, priced at £19.50 each. According to the founder, the brand’s philosophy is “drinking better, not bigger,” offering an accessible price and format for those discovering premium spirits.

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Brugal Closes Out the Colección Visionaria Series With a Coconut-Finished Edition

Brugal, one of the best-known rum brands from the Dominican Republic, owned by the Edrington group, has released the third and final edition in its limited Colección Visionaria series. The new bottling continues the concept launched in 2023 with a cacao-influenced edition and followed by a variant matured alongside Arabica coffee beans: this time, the rum is finished in toasted French oak casks together with locally grown coconut flakes, for a distinctive tropical flavor profile. The edition, sold at a suggested retail price of $69.99 for the 75cl bottle in the US market, marks the close of the experimental trilogy through which Brugal explored maturing rum alongside unconventional Caribbean ingredients.

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Source: Global Drinks Intel

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Elijah Craig Named America’s Greatest Whiskey 2026 at the ADI International Spirits Competition

The American Distilling Institute has announced the winners of its 2026 International Spirits Competition, one of the largest contests dedicated to spirits produced in the United States. The title of “America’s Greatest Whiskey 2026” went to Elijah Craig Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey Barrel Proof A925, a cask-strength release from the Heaven Hill Brands portfolio, the distillery that dominated the bourbon and rye categories with numerous gold medals. Also in the whiskey category, Still 630 Distillery was named best cask-strength release, while Minglewood Distilling won the bottled-in-bond category. The competition also included international categories, with established names such as WhistlePig, Four Roses and Patrón among the gold medal winners, confirming the high quality level of the American spirits industry in 2026.

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Source: American Distilling Institute