ALDI Australia’s coffee takes top honours at Golden Bean World Series

There’s a latte to celebrate, with ALDI Australia’s exclusive range of Lazzio coffee beans taking out top honours at this year’s Golden Bean World Series, proving that a world-class brew doesn’t have to break the bank.

ALDI’s Lazzio Luxe Blend Premium Coffee Beans ($29.99/kg) ground its way to award glory, going home with the gold medal in the Large Franchise Espresso category. While the Lazzio Medium Coffee Beans ($17.99/kg) received the silver gong in the Large Franchise Milk category.

The Golden Bean is the world’s largest coffee roasting competition, bringing together the best of the best in the coffee roasting industry, with the World Series being the grand final between the Northern hemisphere and the Southern hemisphere, to crown the world champions of roasting. Over 100 industry representatives served as expert judges in this year’s World Series, which saw ALDI’s already award-winning Lazzio coffee secure more top honours for 2026.

The multi award-winning Lazzio range available exclusively at ALDI includes the silver medal winning Lazzio Medium Coffee Beans, Lazzio Dark Coffee Beans, Lazzio Medium and Dark Ground Coffee, Lazzio Organic Ground Coffee, Lazzio Single Origin Brazil and Colombia Beans. And, for just under $0.30 per cup*, Aussies can enjoy ALDI’s gold medal winning Lazzio Luxe Blend coffee beans. Talk about getting a taste of the golden life for less.

Robert Eichfeld, Buying Director at ALDI Australia says: “Australians are coffee-obsessed, they know a good brew when they taste one. We are incredibly proud to partner with Black Bag Roasters, based in the heart of Melbourne, to deliver world-class, award-winning coffee to our customers. To be recognised on a global scale with two prestigious Golden Bean World Series medals in this year’s awards shows that you don’t need to break the bank for the best brew.”

Ben Romeril, CCO at Nomad Coffee Group says: “At Black Bag Roasters, we are always humbled to be recognised on the word stage at the Golden Bean World Series. We strive to perfectly roast every single bean in our Melbourne facility, ensuring each bag of ALDI’s Lazzio range is of the highest quality yet affordable. Our local and global success is thanks to our committed twelve-year partnership with ALDI, which is built on exceptionally high standards around quality, accessibly and consistency.”

ALDI has previously won the ‘Overall Large Chain Champion’ category in the Golden Bean Awards Australasia in 2025, 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019 and ‘Large Chain Champion’ at the Golden Bean World Series Awards in 2024.

The full ALDI Lazzio range includes:

• Lazzio Luxe Blend Premium Coffee Beans 1kg, $29.99
  o Gold medal (Large Franchise Espresso category), 2026 Golden Bean World Series
  o Silver medal (Large Chain/Retail/Franchise Espresso category), 2025 Golden Bean Australasia Awards
• Lazzio Coffee Beans Medium 1kg, $17.99
  o Silver medal (Large Franchise Milk category), 2026 Golden Bean World Series
  o Bronze medal (Large Chain/Retail/Franchise Espresso category), 2025 Golden Bean Australasia Awards
• Lazzio Coffee Beans Dark 1kg, $17.99
• Lazzio Ground Coffee Medium Roast 500g, $10.99
• Lazzio Ground Coffee Dark Roast 500g, $10.99
• Lazzio Brazil Single Origin Coffee Beans 1kg, $26.99
  o Bronze medal (Filter), 2025 Golden Bean Australasia Awards
• Lazzio Colombia Single Origin Coffee Beans 1kg, $26.99
  o Bronze medal (Large Chain/Retail/Franchise Milk category), 2025 Golden Bean Australasia Awards
• Lazzio Organic Coffee Beans 250g, $8.49
• Lazzio Organic Coffee Ground 250g, $8.49
• Lazzio Organic Decaffeinated Ground Coffee 250g, $13.99

*Based on a standard single Luxe espresso shot, which typically uses 10 grams of coffee.