Brisbane's cafe trends, area by area
4,016 cafes in 10 parts of Brisbane, 256 we follow.
Where is it biggest?
Pick a trend to colour each area by its cafes posting it, last 90 days.
Cafes posting a rising trendLast 90 days · Brisbane 32%
How the map is worked out
Each area is coloured by the share of its cafes that posted the trend in the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026, against the Brisbane share for the same trend.
- None: no cafe we follow posted it.
- Under half of Brisbane and below Brisbane: a smaller share than Brisbane as a whole.
- Above Brisbane and 1.5x Brisbane or more: a bigger share.
- Too few cafes (hatched): fewer than 10 cafes we follow.
Shares count only cafes we followed in that time. The trend score lens shows each area's band; the suburbs below say how it works.
Shapes are drawn from the cafes we track, so country with no cafes stays blank. Beaudesert, Boonah, Laidley and Kilcoy sit off the edge of the map; their cafes still count.
- None
- Under half of Brisbane
- Below Brisbane
- Above Brisbane
- 1.5x Brisbane or more
- Too few cafes
Most trend-forward suburbsHow the trend score works
10 suburbs have enough cafes to say. Beside each band: how many of the cafes we follow there posted a rising drink in the last 90 days. Only suburbs with 12 or more cafes we follow are put in order; the smaller ones are listed A to Z under “Too few cafes to rank”.
“We follow” counts the cafes whose posts we read that posted in the last 90 days: 256 of the 4,016 Brisbane cafes we know of.
- Very trend-forward1.5 times Brisbane's trend activity or more, from at least 3 cafes.
- Trend-forward1.2 times Brisbane or more, from at least 2 cafes.
- About averageclose to Brisbane as a whole.
- Sticks to the classicsabout two thirds of Brisbane or less.
- Too few cafes to sayfewer cafes we follow than a band needs.
The three glasses: Range, how many different trends each cafe posts. Rising, how many cafes post a drink that is rising now. New, how many cafes tried a trend new to them. A fuller glass means more than Brisbane as a whole.
Each part compares a place's cafes with Brisbane. Range counts at most 3 trends per cafe over 180 days. Rising is cafes posting a rising or emerging trend in 90 days (82 of 256 across Brisbane). New is cafes posting a trend for the first time in 90 days, and counts half.
Every part is pulled toward Brisbane, as if 8 average cafes were added, so two or three cafes can't swing it. A suburb needs 5 cafes we followed in 180 days, an area 10.
We follow posts from only some cafes, so the band depends on which ones. With 5 cafes we follow, a suburb would show no trends about 10 times in 100 by chance alone. That is why it is a band with its sample, never a rank. Suburbs inside a band are listed by how many cafes we follow.
How the trend score works
10 suburbs have enough cafes to say. Beside each band: how many of the cafes we follow there posted a rising drink in the last 90 days. Only suburbs with 12 or more cafes we follow are put in order; the smaller ones are listed A to Z under “Too few cafes to rank”.
“We follow” counts the cafes whose posts we read that posted in the last 90 days: 256 of the 4,016 Brisbane cafes we know of.
- Very trend-forward1.5 times Brisbane's trend activity or more, from at least 3 cafes.
- Trend-forward1.2 times Brisbane or more, from at least 2 cafes.
- About averageclose to Brisbane as a whole.
- Sticks to the classicsabout two thirds of Brisbane or less.
- Too few cafes to sayfewer cafes we follow than a band needs.
The three glasses: Range, how many different trends each cafe posts. Rising, how many cafes post a drink that is rising now. New, how many cafes tried a trend new to them. A fuller glass means more than Brisbane as a whole.
Each part compares a place's cafes with Brisbane. Range counts at most 3 trends per cafe over 180 days. Rising is cafes posting a rising or emerging trend in 90 days (82 of 256 across Brisbane). New is cafes posting a trend for the first time in 90 days, and counts half.
Every part is pulled toward Brisbane, as if 8 average cafes were added, so two or three cafes can't swing it. A suburb needs 5 cafes we followed in 180 days, an area 10.
We follow posts from only some cafes, so the band depends on which ones. With 5 cafes we follow, a suburb would show no trends about 10 times in 100 by chance alone. That is why it is a band with its sample, never a rank. Suburbs inside a band are listed by how many cafes we follow.
- Brisbane CityCity · 21 trendsAbout average4 of 16 we follow4 of the 16 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 6 different trends in six months.Newest:Salted maple2 Oct
Too few cafes to rank9 more suburbs have under 12 cafes we follow, so they are listed A to Z, not in order
Show 9 smaller suburbsHide the smaller suburbs
- Fortitude ValleyCity · 18 trendsAbout average2 of 5 we follow2 of the 5 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 4 different trends in six months.Newest:Cold foam21 Oct
- New FarmCity · 17 trendsTrend-forward4 of 7 we follow4 of the 7 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 9 different trends in six months.Newest:Hibiscus20 Oct
- NewsteadInner North · 19 trendsTrend-forward5 of 8 we follow5 of the 8 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 13 different trends in six months.Newest:Ube30 Oct
- North LakesMoreton Bay · 12 trendsAbout average1 of 8 we follow1 of the 8 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 3 different trends in six months.Newest:Cold brew6 Nov
- RedcliffeMoreton Bay · 4 trendsAbout average1 of 5 we follow1 of the 5 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 3 different trends in six months.Newest:Cold brew23 Oct
- South BrisbaneCity · 19 trendsAbout average3 of 9 we follow3 of the 9 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 5 different trends in six months.Newest:Ube30 Oct
- Spring HillCity · 8 trendsSticks to the classics0 of 5 we follow0 of the 5 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and no tracked trend in six months.Newest:Matcha23 May 2025
- UnderwoodLogan · 15 trendsAbout average3 of 10 we follow3 of the 10 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 6 different trends in six months.Newest:Yuzu13 Oct
- West EndCity · 15 trendsTrend-forward5 of 9 we follow5 of the 9 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 5 different trends in six months.Newest:Cold foam21 Sep
What each area is intoSignature trends
An area's signature is the tracked trend it posts most against Brisbane as a whole: the area's share divided by Brisbane's. “2x” means twice the Brisbane share, in the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026.
Where too few cafes in an area posted in that time, we compare every sighting we hold (posts, reviews, menus and press) instead, and the card says “rate”. An area with no clear signature shows the trend seen at the most cafes there.
Signature trends
An area's signature is the tracked trend it posts most against Brisbane as a whole: the area's share divided by Brisbane's. “2x” means twice the Brisbane share, in the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026.
Where too few cafes in an area posted in that time, we compare every sighting we hold (posts, reviews, menus and press) instead, and the card says “rate”. An area with no clear signature shows the trend seen at the most cafes there.
- Inner City1.3xthe Brisbane shareCold foam
- Inner North1.9xthe Brisbane shareCold foam
- Inner West5xthe Brisbane rateMatcha cloud
- Northern Suburbs1.5xthe Brisbane shareCold foam
- Southern Suburbs4.6xthe Brisbane shareHojicha
- Western Suburbs58cafes, most seenMatcha
- Bayside1.3xthe Brisbane rateBiscoff
- Moreton Bay1.2xthe Brisbane shareIced latte
- Logan2.6xthe Brisbane rateHibiscus
- Ipswich and the South West1.3xthe Brisbane rateTaro
Questions about Brisbane's areas
Which Brisbane suburbs are most trend-forward for cafes?
None of the 1 suburbs where we follow 12 or more cafes is trend-forward as at 13 Nov 2026. Smaller suburbs are too few to rank.
What is the signature cafe drink in each part of Brisbane?
The signature is the tracked trend an area over-indexes on most against Brisbane as a whole, as at 13 Nov 2026. Inner City: cold foam, 1.3x Brisbane. Inner North: cold foam, 1.9x Brisbane. Inner West: matcha cloud, 5x Brisbane. Northern Suburbs: cold foam, 1.5x Brisbane. Southern Suburbs: hojicha, 4.6x Brisbane. Bayside: Biscoff, 1.3x Brisbane. Moreton Bay: iced latte, 1.2x Brisbane. Logan: hibiscus, 2.6x Brisbane. Ipswich and the South West: taro, 1.3x Brisbane.
Where an area has enough cafes posting, the comparison uses cafes' posts in the last 90 days; otherwise it uses every sighting we hold across posts, reviews, menus and press.
How are the areas of Brisbane divided up?
Into 10 areas: Inner City, Inner North, Inner West, Northern Suburbs, Southern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Bayside, Moreton Bay, Logan and Ipswich and the South West. Suburbs outside Greater Brisbane are tracked but have no area page.
How is this worked out?
We track every cafe we can find in Brisbane. We read the public posts of the ones we follow, plus customer reviews, cafe menus and food press. A cafe counts for a trend when it, or a customer posting from it, posted about it. Creators' posts never count as proof a cafe sells something.
A share is the cafes posting a trend in the last 90 days, out of the cafes in the same place that posted anything then. An area needs at least 10 such cafes before we show one. "First seen" is the earliest post we have since 1 Jul 2025. That is when a trend shows up in what we collect, not when or where it started. Figures run to 13 Nov 2026.
The trend score: It looks at three things in cafes' own posts and compares each with Brisbane as a whole. Range is how many different trends each cafe posted in the last six months, counting at most 3 per cafe. Rising is how many cafes posted a drink that is rising now. New is how many cafes tried a trend for the first time in the last 90 days.
Each part is pulled toward the Brisbane average, as if 8 average cafes were added, so two or three cafes can't swing it. The result is a band, not a number. A suburb needs at least 5 cafes we followed in the last six months, and an area 10. We follow only some cafes, so a band always comes with its sample. Places are put in order only with 12 or more cafes we follow.
Facts to quote
Brisbane by area, at a glance
Updated
- The Froth tracks 4,016 cafes in 381 Brisbane suburbs, grouped into 10 areas, and follows posts from 295 of them (to 13 Nov 2026).
- 10 Brisbane suburbs have at least 5 cafes we follow, enough for a trend score, as at 13 Nov 2026. Of the 1 with 12 or more, none is very trend-forward.
- By trend score, the most trend-forward parts of Brisbane as at 13 Nov 2026 are Inner City (trend-forward) and Inner North (trend-forward).
- Brisbane City has the widest spread of tracked cafe trends of any Brisbane suburb: 21 different trends seen across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 13 Nov 2026.
- The Southern Suburbs over-indexes most on Hojicha: 16% of the cafes we follow there posted it in the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026, 4.6x the Brisbane share of 4%.
How we count
A cafe counts for a trend when it, or a customer posting from it, posted about it. Shares compare cafes in the same place over the same 90 days, and an area needs at least 10 cafes posting before we show one.
The trend score adds up three things in those posts: how many trends each cafe posts, how many post a rising one, and how many picked up something new. Each is compared with Brisbane.
We track 4,016 cafes and follow posts from 295 so far, so small places say “too few cafes to say” rather than show a shaky result. Figures to 13 Nov 2026.