What's catching on in Adelaide cafes
Every trend we follow across 2,253 Adelaide cafes, and the menus that have them.
About Adelaide's figures
Adelaide's figures come from Google reviews and cafe menus (2,253 Adelaide cafes tracked, 366 with a review or menu in the last 90 days). We don't read Adelaide cafes' posts yet, so this is a small sample and a drink shows up here later than it would in posts.
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- 2,253 cafes read
- Data updated
Adelaide right nowHow these are worked out
Rising fastest: the change in Adelaide Google searches, Aug to Oct 2026 against the same months of 2025, among trends that are rising or emerging. A change shows only when a trend had 50 or more searches a month both now and then; below that, its searches a month show instead.
Most common: the share of Adelaide cafes we read that had it in the last 90 days.
Prices: the average on 96 Adelaide cafe menus that list a flat white with a price, one price per cafe.
How these are worked out
Rising fastest: the change in Adelaide Google searches, Aug to Oct 2026 against the same months of 2025, among trends that are rising or emerging. A change shows only when a trend had 50 or more searches a month both now and then; below that, its searches a month show instead.
Most common: the share of Adelaide cafes we read that had it in the last 90 days.
Prices: the average on 96 Adelaide cafe menus that list a flat white with a price, one price per cafe.
- Rising fastest, searches vs a year ago
- Most common45%Matcha of Adelaide cafes
- A flat white, on average$5.26
FeaturedRising drink
Mont Blanc coffee
Iced cold brew under a thick cap of sweet citrus cream, finished with lemon or yuzu zest, so the bitter coffee is sipped through a cool, tangy cream.
Adelaide cafe trendsThe order
By the change in Adelaide Google searches, Aug to Oct 2026 against the same months of 2025. Trends without a search figure come last, the ones on the most cafes first.
The order
By the change in Adelaide Google searches, Aug to Oct 2026 against the same months of 2025. Trends without a search figure come last, the ones on the most cafes first.
Fastest rising first
- Cold foamRising drink$10.69average
- TiramisuFading flavour$11.77average
- UbeEmerging flavour6cafes so far
- EinspannerEmerging drink1cafe so far
- YuzuEmerging flavour8cafes so far
- Mont Blanc coffeeRising drink$9.95average
- Jasmine matcha cloudEmerging drink Micro1cafe so farToo few searches to chart yet
- Cold brewRising drink$6.72average
- Protein coffeeEmerging drink Micro1cafe so farToo few searches to chart yet
- Coconut water espressoTracked drink MicroNew here, little data yet
- Iced lattePeaking drink$6.87average
- HojichaEmerging drink$8.56average
- Mango matchaEmerging drink$9.80average
- MatchaRising drink$7.11average
- BiscoffFading flavour$11.11average
- TaroEmerging flavour$6.29average
- Basque cheesecakeEmerging sweet$60.00average
- Coconut matcha cloudEmerging drink6cafes so far
- LavenderEmerging flavour3cafes so far
- Matcha cloudEmerging drink$9.27average
- Black sesameEmerging flavour6cafes so far
- PistachioEmerging flavour$9.90average
- HibiscusEmerging flavour3cafes so farToo few searches to chart yet
- Earl grey matchaEmerging drink4cafes so far
- Iced turmeric latteEmerging drink Micro3cafes so farToo few searches to chart yet
- Coconut cloudEmerging drink2cafes so farToo few searches to chart yet
- Brown butterFading flavour Micro1cafe so far
- HoneycombEmerging flavour3cafes so farToo few searches to chart yet
- Strawberry matchaFading drink$9.72average
- PandanEmerging flavour4cafes so far
- ElderflowerTracked flavour MicroNew here, little data yet
- Dubai chocolateFading sweet$15.16average
- Hot honeyEmerging dish$20.04averageNot searched enough to chart yet
- Turkish eggsEmerging dish$24.63averageNot searched enough to chart yet
- Pistachio croissantEmerging bake6cafes so farToo few searches to chart yet
- Salted mapleEmerging flavour4cafes so far
- CruffinEmerging bake2cafes so farToo few searches to chart yet
- Coconut water cold brewTracked drink MicroNew here, little data yet
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Questions people ask
How much is a coffee in Adelaide?
A flat white averages $5.26 on Adelaide cafe menus. A latte averages $5.32, a cappuccino $5.26 and a long black $5.12. Iced lattes cost more, at $6.67.
From 96 Adelaide cafe menus that list a flat white with a price, updated 14 Nov 2026.
What are the biggest cafe trends in Adelaide right now?
Cold foam, Mont Blanc coffee and cold brew are growing fastest: Adelaide searches are up 1,135%, 79% and 65% in Aug to Oct 2026 against the same months of 2025. Matcha is still the most common, on about one in two Adelaide cafes.
Google searches in Adelaide and the cafes we follow, updated 14 Nov 2026.
How much does a matcha latte cost in Adelaide?
A matcha latte averages $6.17. Flavoured matchas cost more: strawberry matcha averages $9.72.
From 49 Adelaide cafe menus that list a matcha latte with a price, updated 14 Nov 2026.
What are the most expensive trending drinks?
Tiramisu drinks ($11.77), Biscoff drinks ($11.11) and cold foam drinks ($10.69), on average across the Adelaide menus that list them.
Average menu prices, one price per cafe, updated 14 Nov 2026.
What new drinks are Adelaide cafes trying?
Small trends only a few cafes have so far: iced turmeric latte (3 cafes in the last 90 days), jasmine matcha cloud (1 cafe in the last 90 days) and protein coffee (1 cafe in the last 90 days). We tag these Micro until 10 or more cafes in a city have them.
Cafes we follow in Adelaide, updated 14 Nov 2026.
How does The Froth decide what is trending?
We count how many Adelaide cafes post about a drink, how often customers review it, how many menus list it and how much Adelaide searches for it, against the months before. Fixed rules then give each one a stage: emerging, rising, peaking, mainstream or fading.
Updated · How we count