Toby's Estate to swap coffee for food cans to help BaptistCare

Need to clear out your pantry? Feeling an urge to do someone a good turn (and get free coffee in the process)? Why not do both at the launch of Sydney's first "can for a coffee" pop-up cafe this weekend.

The idea is simple: Grab a spare tin of food, head down to Woolloomooloo and swap it for your choice of brew at Toby's Estate. The company will donate your can to the BaptistCare HopeStreet food bank.

The Australian project is being launched by world coffee judge Dave Young and former general manager of Atomic Coffee Roasters Mark Treviranus. Both will be on hand to make coffees on the day.

They hope the event will be the first in a series where roasters and cafes devote a few trading hours a week to the cause, donating cans to their local food bank.

Saturday's launch will be held from 8am-3pm at Toby's Estate, then on the last Sunday of the month between 8am-9am until the end of the year.

The project is a spin-off of the "can for a coffee" movement in New Zealand, which was conceived by three flatmates, Josh Wong, Brad Robinson and Oliver Johnston, who inspired local cafes to host their own pop-ups.

Toby's Estate, 129 Cathedral Street, Woolloomooloo, Saturday, April 11, 8am-3pm, canforacoffee.com