Taro in Adelaide

Emerging
+5%Adelaide searches, Aug to Oct 2026 vs Aug to Oct 2025
$6.29 average price, from 14 Adelaide menus
Where to get oneHow it's trending

A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup.

How a taro is built

This is taro

A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup.

Drawn as a taro latte, the drink Adelaide cafes most often put it in.

  1. Taro paste steamed taro mashed with sugar, a thick layer at the bottom
  2. Cold milk about 220 ml, usually with no coffee at all
  3. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  4. Wide straw wide enough for the taro

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

Where to get one

Where to get taro in Adelaide

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

$6.29average · 14 Adelaide menusLowest $4.90Highest $8.50Most: $5.18 to $8.11

Showing 10 of 28 cafes, cheapest first

  • David Roche CaféNorth Adelaide · as “Taro Latte”
    $4.90
  • Edesia AdelaideAdelaide · as “Taro Latte”
    $5
  • Half Baked Co.Christies Beach · as “Taro Latte”
    $5.60
  • LLaw Boutique Restaurant Port PlazaPort Adelaide · as “Taro Latte”
    $5.60
  • Maple and MyrtleNairne · as “Taro Latte”
    $5.70
  • Little Nest MarinoMarino · as “Taro Latte”
    $5.80
  • Nest Kiosk Kingston ParkKingston Park · as “Taro Latte”
    $5.80
  • The Local CanteenHenley Beach · as “Taro Latte”
    $5.80
  • The Seller DoorBrighton · as “Taro Latte”
    $5.80
  • Xing Fu Tang AdelaideAdelaide · as “Jasmine Milk Tea with Taro”
    $6.80
Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

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

Trend

Is taro 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.

Dec 2024 to Oct 2026

Adelaide searches a month

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Spread

How taro spread across Adelaide

16suburbs with cafes that have it

By Nov 2026 (so far)

Sep 2025Nov 2026 so far
Bars: Adelaide cafes reviewed with it each month

Taro Adelaide FAQs

Data updated 13 Nov 2026.

Taro is on 28 Adelaide cafe menus and has been seen at cafes in 16 Adelaide suburbs.

The Froth, data to 13 Nov 2026

See how taro is doing across Australia

What is taro?

A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup. In all our data to 13 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 18 Adelaide cafes across 16 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 28 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu.

Where can I get taro in Adelaide?

It is on 28 Adelaide cafe menus right now, including David Roche Café in North Adelaide, Edesia Adelaide in Adelaide, Half Baked Co. in Christies Beach and LLaw Boutique Restaurant Port Plaza in Port Adelaide. 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.

How much is a taro in Adelaide?

The average is $6.29, from 14 Adelaide cafe menus as of 14 Nov 2026. Most charge between $5.18 and $8.11; the lowest we have seen is $4.90 and the highest $8.50.

Where in Australia is taro biggest?

Of the cities The Froth reads, Adelaide has it at the biggest share of cafes: 3.8% of Adelaide cafes in the last 90 days, against 3.2% in Sydney and 2.4% in Canberra.

What else is taro called?

Adelaide cafes also sell taro as "Taro Milk Tea", "Taro Latte", "Taro Boba Tea", "Iced Taro Latte", "Taro Bubble Tea", "Taro Matcha", "Taro Milky Hot Tea" and "Taro Tea", plus 1 other name. The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.

Is taro getting more popular in Adelaide?

It is early days. The Froth rates taro as Emerging as of 13 Nov 2026: it is on a small share of cafes (3.8% in the last 90 days) and holding steady. In the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026, 3.8% of the Adelaide cafes we see well (a current menu in that time) had it. Adelaide searches for it were up 5% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.

How many people search for taro in Adelaide?

There were 140 searches for taro in Adelaide in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 30 searches (Dec 2025) to 170 (May 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Adelaide.

When did taro first show up in Adelaide cafes?

The earliest Adelaide customer review about taro that The Froth has is from 10 Sep 2025. We only see what we collect, so that is when we first saw it, not when it started: it may have been sold earlier, here or elsewhere.

What is in a taro latte?

A typical taro latte, drawn from Adelaide cafes' menus and reviews, is built from the top down with wide straw (wide enough for the taro), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured), cold milk (about 220 ml, usually with no coffee at all) and taro paste (steamed taro mashed with sugar, a thick layer at the bottom). 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 taro 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.