Ube in Adelaide

Emerging
The earliest review we have is from 15 Aug 2026, less than four months ago.
Where to get oneHow it's trending

Purple yam, sweetened and used as a paste or syrup in lattes, matcha and cold foams: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and bright purple.

How an ube is built

This is ube

Purple yam, sweetened and used as a paste or syrup in lattes, matcha and cold foams: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and bright purple.

Drawn as an ube latte, the drink Adelaide cafes most often put it in.

  1. Ube base purple yam jam loosened with condensed milk, 2 to 3 spoonfuls
  2. Cold milk about 200 ml, poured over so it turns lilac where they meet
  3. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  4. Ube cold foam milk whipped with a little ube; some cafes add an espresso shot instead

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

Where to get one

Where to get ube in Adelaide

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

7 cafes, cheapest first

  • Yugen Art & CoffeeGoodwood · as “Ube Latte”
    $7.50
  • Late Mornings CafeAdelaide · as “Ube Cloud New”
    $9
  • Hibernia CafeMagill · as “Superfood Lattes”
    Price not on the menu
  • Jamaica Blue Calvary Adelaide HospitalAdelaide · as “Ube Iced Latte”
    Price not on the menu
  • Jamaica Blue Flinders Private HospitalBedford Park · as “Ube Iced Latte”
    Price not on the menu
  • Jamaica Blue Memorial HospitalNorth Adelaide · as “Ube Iced Latte”
    Price not on the menu
  • Stories and moreHyde Park · as “Iced Ube Cream Latte”
    Price not on the menu
Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

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

Trend

Is ube 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

50100150
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Spread

How ube spread across Adelaide

7suburbs with cafes that have it

By Nov 2026 (so far)

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

Ube Adelaide FAQs

Data updated 13 Nov 2026.

Ube is on 7 Adelaide cafe menus and has been seen at cafes in 7 Adelaide suburbs.

The Froth, data to 13 Nov 2026

See how ube is doing across Australia

What is ube?

Purple yam, sweetened and used as a paste or syrup in lattes, matcha and cold foams: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and bright purple. In all our data to 13 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 6 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 ube in Adelaide?

It is on 7 Adelaide cafe menus right now, including Yugen Art & Coffee in Goodwood, Late Mornings Cafe in Adelaide, Hibernia Cafe in Magill and Jamaica Blue Calvary Adelaide Hospital in 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.

What else is ube called?

Adelaide cafes also sell ube as "Ube Iced Latte", "Ube Latte", "Ube Matcha" and "Ube Cream Matcha". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.

Where in Australia is ube biggest?

It is on a bigger share of Canberra cafes: 3.6% against Adelaide's 1.4%, over the last 90 days.

Is ube getting more popular in Adelaide?

It is early days. The Froth rates ube as Emerging as of 13 Nov 2026: the earliest review we have is from 15 Aug 2026, less than four months ago. In the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026, 1.4% of the Adelaide cafes we see well (a current menu in that time) had it. Adelaide searches for it were up 200% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.

How many people search for ube in Adelaide?

There were 90 searches for ube 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 20 searches (Dec 2024) to 110 (Sep 2026). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Adelaide.

When did ube first show up in Adelaide cafes?

The earliest Adelaide customer review about ube that The Froth has is from 15 Aug 2026. 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 an ube latte?

A typical ube latte, drawn from Adelaide cafes' menus and reviews, is built from the top down with ube cold foam (milk whipped with a little ube; some cafes add an espresso shot instead), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured), cold milk (about 200 ml, poured over so it turns lilac where they meet) and ube base (purple yam jam loosened with condensed milk, 2 to 3 spoonfuls). 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 ube 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.