Hibiscus in Adelaide

Emerging
Only 3 cafes have it so far.
Where to get oneHow it's trending

Dried hibiscus flowers brewed into a deep red tea, served iced or topped up with lemonade or soda: tart, a little like cranberry.

How a hibiscus is built

This is hibiscus

Dried hibiscus flowers brewed into a deep red tea, served iced or topped up with lemonade or soda: tart, a little like cranberry.

Drawn as a hibiscus iced tea, the drink Adelaide cafes most often put it in.

  1. Hibiscus tea dried hibiscus flowers steeped, sweetened and chilled, about 300 ml
  2. Ice a full cup of it
  3. Citrus wheel lime or orange on the rim
  4. Mint a few leaves
  5. Straw paper or reusable

Illustrative: a typical build, not one cafe's recipe.

Where to get one

Where to get hibiscus in Adelaide

7 Adelaide cafes have it on their menus. Prices are from those menus and may have changed.

7 cafes, cheapest first

  • Pickle in the MiddleUnley · as “Hibiscus lemon myrtle iced tea”
    $6.20
  • Comida HahndorfHahndorf · as “Tea catcher Hibiscus iced tea”
    $7
  • Zarraffa's Coffee EnfieldEnfield · as “Hibiscus & Cranberry Iced Tea”
    Price not on the menu
  • Zarraffa's Coffee Holden HillHolden Hill · as “Hibiscus & Cranberry Iced Tea”
    Price not on the menu
  • Zarraffa's Coffee Munno ParaMunno Para · as “Hibiscus & Cranberry Iced Tea”
    Price not on the menu
  • Zarraffa's Coffee Salisbury DownsSalisbury Downs · as “Hibiscus & Cranberry Iced Tea”
    Price not on the menu
  • Zarraffa's Coffee Woodville ParkWoodville Park · as “Hibiscus & Cranberry Iced Tea”
    Price not on the menu
Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

Adelaide cafes with Hibiscus on their menus or in their posts.

Trend

Is hibiscus still growing in Adelaide?

It's emerging: early days yet.

Adelaide's figures come from Google reviews and cafe menus (366 Adelaide cafes 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.

Spread

How hibiscus spread across Adelaide

7suburbs with cafes that have it

By Nov 2026 (so far)

Dec 2024Nov 2026 so far
Bars: Adelaide cafes reviewed with it each month

Hibiscus Adelaide FAQs

Data updated 13 Nov 2026.

Too early to quote: 3 cafes have had it so far. A quote will appear here once 5 cafes have.

See how hibiscus is doing across Australia

What is hibiscus?

Dried hibiscus flowers brewed into a deep red tea, served iced or topped up with lemonade or soda: tart, a little like cranberry. In all our data to 13 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 3 Adelaide cafes across 7 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 7 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu.

Where can I get hibiscus in Adelaide?

It is on 7 Adelaide cafe menus right now, including Pickle in the Middle in Unley, Comida Hahndorf in Hahndorf, Zarraffa's Coffee Enfield in Enfield and Zarraffa's Coffee Holden Hill in Holden Hill. The "Where to get one" list on this page has every one, with the price where the menu gives one, links to the menu or post, and directions. Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

What else is hibiscus called?

Adelaide cafes also sell hibiscus as "Hibiscus Iced Tea" and "Hibiscus Tea". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.

Where in Australia is hibiscus biggest?

It is on a bigger share of Gold Coast cafes: 2.3% against Adelaide's 0.8%, over the last 90 days.

What is in a hibiscus iced tea?

A typical hibiscus iced tea, drawn from Adelaide cafes' menus and reviews, is built from the top down with straw (paper or reusable), mint (a few leaves), citrus wheel (lime or orange on the rim), ice (a full cup of it) and hibiscus tea (dried hibiscus flowers steeped, sweetened and chilled, about 300 ml). Each cafe makes its own version, so this is a typical build, not one cafe's recipe.

How does The Froth count this?

A cafe counts for hibiscus 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 (13 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Adelaide with all of a trend's names added up. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.