Iced coffee or a latte with protein added, as a scoop of protein powder or a ready-made protein milk: thicker and a little sweeter than a plain iced coffee.
We haven't seen it on a Canberra cafe menu or in a Canberra cafe's own post yet. Check back soon.
Canberra's figures come from Google reviews and cafe menus (223 Canberra cafes with a review or menu in the last 90 days). We don't read Canberra cafes' posts yet, so this is a small sample and a drink shows up here later than it would in posts.
Data updated 15 Nov 2026.
Too early to quote: 0 cafes have had it so far. A quote will appear here once 5 cafes have.
Iced coffee or a latte with protein added, as a scoop of protein powder or a ready-made protein milk: thicker and a little sweeter than a plain iced coffee. A typical protein coffee, drawn from Canberra cafes' menus and reviews, is built from the top down with straw (through the lid), espresso (a double shot over the top, about 20 g of protein all up), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured) and protein shake (a scoop of vanilla or chocolate protein blended with about 250 ml of milk). Each cafe makes its own version, so this is a typical build, not one cafe's recipe.
A cafe counts for protein coffee from the first Google review we found that mentions it, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. Shares are of the cafes we see well: those with a current menu in the same 90 days, a chain counting once. A change compares the same cafes in the last 90 days with the 90 before, only among cafes we have followed through both, so newly added cafes never look like growth. The 90 days end on the latest day with new reviews or menus (15 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Canberra with all of a trend's names added up. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.
It is on a bigger share of Darwin cafes: 3.6% against Canberra's 0%, over the last 90 days.