Every cafe, on one map
- 571cafes
- 65we follow
- 17suburbs
- 32trends seen
Trend-forward
27 of the 65 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 18 different trends in six months.
“We follow”: cafes whose posts we read that posted in the last 90 days.
- 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. 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. 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.
Figures to
Suburbs in the Inner City
- Brisbane City
- South Brisbane
- Fortitude Valley
- West End
- New Farm
- Spring Hill
- Morningside
- Bulimba
- Balmoral
- East Brisbane
- Hawthorne
- Highgate Hill
- Kangaroo Point
- Norman Park
- Parkland
- Petrie Terrace
- Seven Hills
- Cafe that posted a trend
- Cafe we follow, no trend yet
- Other cafes we know of
Ahead of BrisbaneAhead and missing
Ahead: rising trends cafes here post more than Brisbane's do, with at least 5 cafes here posting and a share at least 1.25 times Brisbane's. “2x” is twice the Brisbane share.
Not here yet: trends Brisbane's cafes post widely that few cafes here have. We list one when the Brisbane share would put at least 3 cafes here and we saw half that or fewer.
A gap means we did not see it in the posts we see, not that no cafe here sells it. Last 90 days, 17 Aug to 14 Nov 2026.
Ahead and missing
Ahead: rising trends cafes here post more than Brisbane's do, with at least 5 cafes here posting and a share at least 1.25 times Brisbane's. “2x” is twice the Brisbane share.
Not here yet: trends Brisbane's cafes post widely that few cafes here have. We list one when the Brisbane share would put at least 3 cafes here and we saw half that or fewer.
A gap means we did not see it in the posts we see, not that no cafe here sells it. Last 90 days, 17 Aug to 14 Nov 2026.
- Iced latte10 of 65 cafes here1.3xthe Brisbane share
- Cold foam17 of 65 cafes here1.3xthe Brisbane share
Nothing big in Brisbane is missing here
What's trending hereHow these shares work
Each bar is the share of the 65 cafes here we followed in the last 90 days (17 Aug to 14 Nov 2026) that posted the trend, against the 282 across Brisbane.
“2x Brisbane” means twice the Brisbane share. It shows only when at least 3 cafes here and 5 across Brisbane posted the trend.
The Inner City's signature, the trend it posts most against Brisbane, is Iced latte: 1.3x the Brisbane share.
We don't compare with the 90 days before: we follow many more cafes now than then.
How these shares work
Each bar is the share of the 65 cafes here we followed in the last 90 days (17 Aug to 14 Nov 2026) that posted the trend, against the 282 across Brisbane.
“2x Brisbane” means twice the Brisbane share. It shows only when at least 3 cafes here and 5 across Brisbane posted the trend.
The Inner City's signature, the trend it posts most against Brisbane, is Iced latte: 1.3x the Brisbane share.
We don't compare with the 90 days before: we follow many more cafes now than then.
Last 90 days · 17 Aug to 14 Nov 2026
Inner CityBrisbane overall
Try it in the Inner CityWhere to try it
The most recent places we have seen each top trend here, in cafe and customer posts, reviews, press and menus, by the name each sells it under. The trend's own page lists every cafe in Brisbane.
Where to try it
The most recent places we have seen each top trend here, in cafe and customer posts, reviews, press and menus, by the name each sells it under. The trend's own page lists every cafe in Brisbane.
Cold foam
47 cafes in Inner City · the rising trend most posted here
- Sold ascold foamCrate & Co Smoothie CafeBulimba · Customer review, 12 Nov 2026
- Sold ascold foamBear Cub CoffeePetrie Terrace · Customer review, 11 Nov 2026
- Sold ascold foamCoffee Boy West EndWest End · Customer review, 11 Nov 2026
- Sold ascold foamJames & AntlerFortitude Valley · Cafe's post, 9 Nov 2026
- Sold ascold foamThe Blue PoppyMorningside · Customer review, 9 Nov 2026
What cafes here call them
- Basque cheesecakeburnt basque2 cafes
- Coconut matcha cloudCoconut Cloud Matcha3 cafesMatcha Coconut1 cafe
- Mango matchaiced mango matcha4 cafes
Suburb by suburbHow the trend score works
17 suburbs, 6 with enough cafes to score. 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 rest are listed A to Z under "Too few cafes to rank".
- 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. 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. 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
17 suburbs, 6 with enough cafes to score. 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 rest are listed A to Z under "Too few cafes to rank".
- 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. 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. 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 City26 trendsAbout average4 of 17 we follow4 of the 17 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 7 different trends in six months.Newest:Salted maple2 Oct
Too few cafes to rank16 more suburbs have under 12 cafes we follow, so they are listed A to Z, not in order
Show 16 smaller suburbsHide the smaller suburbs
- Balmoral5 trendsToo few cafes to say1 we followOnly 1 cafe we follow, and a band needs 5.Newest:Pistachio26 Oct
- Bulimba7 trendsToo few cafes to say1 we followOnly 1 cafe we follow, and a band needs 5.Newest:Cold foam2 Nov
- East Brisbane5 trendsToo few cafes to say2 we followOnly 2 cafes we follow, and a band needs 5.Newest:Iced latte22 Oct
- Fortitude Valley21 trendsAbout average2 of 6 we follow2 of the 6 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 4 different trends in six months.Newest:Cold foam21 Oct
- Hawthorne8 trendsToo few cafes to say2 we followOnly 2 cafes we follow, and a band needs 5.Newest:Iced latte7 Sep
- Highgate Hill4 trendsToo few cafes to say1 we followOnly 1 cafe we follow, and a band needs 5.Newest:Cold foam10 Oct
- Kangaroo Point7 trendsToo few cafes to say2 we followOnly 2 cafes we follow, and a band needs 5.None in posts yet
- Morningside16 trendsToo few cafes to say1 we followOnly 1 cafe we follow, and a band needs 5.Newest:Pistachio1 Sep
- New Farm20 trendsTrend-forward4 of 7 we follow4 of the 7 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 11 different trends in six months.Newest:Hibiscus20 Oct
- Norman Park0 trendsToo few cafes to sayNone followed yetWe do not follow any cafe here yet.None in posts yet
- Parkland0 trendsToo few cafes to sayNone followed yetWe do not follow any cafe here yet.None in posts yet
- Petrie Terrace2 trendsToo few cafes to sayNone followed yetWe do not follow any cafe here yet.None in posts yet
- Seven Hills0 trendsToo few cafes to sayNone followed yetWe do not follow any cafe here yet.None in posts yet
- South Brisbane21 trendsAbout average5 of 11 we follow5 of the 11 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 9 different trends in six months.Newest:Ube30 Oct
- Spring Hill9 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
- West End20 trendsTrend-forward5 of 9 we follow5 of the 9 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 6 different trends in six months.Newest:Hot honey30 Sep
Show the suburb by trend grid
Cafes in each suburb where we have seen each of the 8 trends seen at the most cafes here, in posts, reviews, menus or press, to 14 Nov 2026.
- 1 cafe
- 2 to 3
- 4 to 6
- 7 or more
| Suburb | Matcha | Iced latte | Cold brew | Cold foam | Strawberry matcha | Pistachio | Biscoff | Taro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane City | 69 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| Fortitude Valley | 30 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| South Brisbane | 28 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| West End | 21 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| New Farm | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Morningside | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Spring Hill | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulimba | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
New arrivalsNew arrivals
A trend arrives in a suburb with the first post we have from there, by a cafe or a customer posting from one. The cafe may have sold it before we started following it, so it is not where a trend began.
These are the 12 newest. Each suburb's page has its full timeline.
New arrivals
A trend arrives in a suburb with the first post we have from there, by a cafe or a customer posting from one. The cafe may have sold it before we started following it, so it is not where a trend began.
These are the 12 newest. Each suburb's page has its full timeline.
35 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30
- Cold foamin Bulimba
- Iced lattein Bulimba
- Pistachioin Balmoral
Show 6 moreShow fewer
- Iced lattein East Brisbane
- Cold foamin Highgate Hill
- Matchain Highgate Hill
When each trend first showed up here
The earliest post we have from a cafe here for each trend, and where that puts the Inner City among Brisbane's 10 areas. It is when a trend shows up in the posts we collect, from 1 Jul 2025, never where it began. Areas already posting a trend then tie for first.
- CruffinHere before our records began (Jul 2025)
- Iced latteHere before our records began (Jul 2025)
- TiramisuHere before our records began (Jul 2025)
- Cold brewHere before our records began (Jul 2025)
- Mont Blanc coffeeHere before our records began (Jul 2025)
- MatchaHere before our records began (Jul 2025)
- Mango matcha4 Dec 2025 · 1st of 3 areas · level with the earliest Brisbane post we have
- Pistachio croissant13 Jul 2026 · only area so far · level with the earliest Brisbane post we have
Against the neighbours
Share of each area's cafes posting the top trends here, last 90 days
Questions about the Inner City
What cafe drinks are trending in the Inner City?
In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, the tracked trends most posted by cafes in the Inner City were Cold foam (26% of cafes, 17 cafes), Matcha (15% of cafes, 10 cafes) and Iced latte (15% of cafes, 10 cafes). Shares are of the 65 cafes there we followed in that time.
Against Brisbane as a whole, it over-indexes most on Iced latte: 1.3x the Brisbane share.
Which inner-city suburbs are most trend-forward for cafes?
1 suburbs in the Inner City have the 12 or more cafes we follow that we need to compare them, as at 14 Nov 2026. About average: Brisbane City. 5 smaller suburbs have a trend score but too few cafes to rank.
The Inner City as a whole is trend-forward. Suburbs inside a band are not ranked, because a band depends on which cafes we follow.
Where can I get Cold foam in the Inner City?
We have seen Cold foam at 47 cafes in the Inner City across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 14 Nov 2026. The most recent sightings: Crate & Co Smoothie Cafe (Bulimba), Bear Cub Coffee (Petrie Terrace), Coffee Boy West End (West End), James & Antler (Fortitude Valley) and The Blue Poppy (Morningside). Each one on this page links to where we saw it.
What is the Inner City's signature cafe drink?
Iced latte. In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 15% of the cafes in the Inner City we followed posted it (10 of 65), 1.3x the Brisbane share of 12%. No other tracked trend is as far ahead of the Brisbane share there.
Which suburbs are in the Inner City?
The CBD, Spring Hill, Fortitude Valley and New Farm, across the river South Brisbane, West End, Highgate Hill and Kangaroo Point, and east through East Brisbane to Bulimba, Hawthorne, Balmoral, Norman Park and Morningside. We track cafes in 17 of its suburbs: Balmoral, Brisbane City, Bulimba, East Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, Hawthorne, Highgate Hill, Kangaroo Point, Morningside, New Farm, Norman Park, Parkland, Petrie Terrace, Seven Hills, South Brisbane, Spring Hill, West End.
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 14 Nov 2026.
Facts to quote
Inner City at a glance
Updated
- The Froth tracks 571 cafes across 17 suburbs in the Inner City, and follows posts from 74 of them, 65 of which posted in the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026. Shares on this page are of those 65.
- In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, Cold foam was posted by 26% of the 65 cafes in the Inner City we followed (17 cafes), against 21% across Brisbane.
- The Inner City is trend-forward on our trend score as at 14 Nov 2026. 27 of the 65 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 18 different trends in six months.
- Rising trends the Inner City posts more than Brisbane does, in the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026: Iced latte (1.3x the Brisbane share, 10 of 65 cafes) and Cold foam (1.3x the Brisbane share, 17 of 65 cafes).
- Iced latte is the trend the Inner City over-indexes on most: 15% of the cafes we follow there posted it in the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 1.3x the Brisbane share of 12%.
- 12 trends showed up in a suburb of the Inner City for the first time in our data in the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, most recently Cold foam in Bulimba on 2 Nov 2026.
- The Inner City covers Brisbane City, South Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, West End, New Farm and Spring Hill and 11 more suburbs.