Every cafe, on one map
- 156cafes
- 9we follow
- 7suburbs
- 18trends seen
Too few cafes to say
Only 9 cafes we follow, and a band needs 10.
“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 West
- Paddington
- Toowong
- Milton
- Ashgrove
- Red Hill
- Auchenflower
- Bardon
- Cafe that posted a trend
- Cafe we follow, no trend yet
- Other cafes we know of
What's trending hereHow these shares work
Each bar is the share of the 9 cafes here we followed in the last 90 days (16 Aug to 13 Nov 2026) that posted the trend, against the 256 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 West's signature, the trend it posts most against Brisbane, is Matcha cloud: 5x the Brisbane rate, counting posts, reviews, menus and press.
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 9 cafes here we followed in the last 90 days (16 Aug to 13 Nov 2026) that posted the trend, against the 256 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 West's signature, the trend it posts most against Brisbane, is Matcha cloud: 5x the Brisbane rate, counting posts, reviews, menus and press.
We don't compare with the 90 days before: we follow many more cafes now than then.
Last 90 days · 16 Aug to 13 Nov 2026
Too few cafes to say: we followed 9 here in the last 90 days and need 10. Counting reviews, menus and press, the trend seen at the most cafes here is Matcha, at 43.
Try it in the Inner WestWhere 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.
Matcha
43 cafes in Inner West · the rising trend most posted here
- Sold asmatchaDillyDally CoffeeToowong · Customer review, 9 Nov 2026
- Sold asmatchaFortitude Coffee Roasters WestsideAshgrove · Customer review, 9 Nov 2026
- Sold asmatchaBeurre PastriesMilton · Customer review, 3 Nov 2026
- On the menuMatcha on CloudJosie NorthToowong · Customer review, 30 Oct 2026 · 2 more on the menu
- On the menuMatcha Latte (hand-whisked, $6.30Sassafras of PaddingtonPaddington · Cafe's post, 23 Oct 2026 · 2 more on the menu
What cafes here call them
- Mango matchamango matcha latte1 cafe
Suburb by suburbHow the trend score works
7 suburbs. None has the 5 followed cafes a trend score needs yet.
- 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
7 suburbs. None has the 5 followed cafes a trend score needs yet.
- 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.
Too few cafes to rankAll 7 suburbs have under 12 cafes we follow, so they are listed A to Z, not in order
- Ashgrove14 trendsToo few cafes to say1 we followOnly 1 cafe we follow, and a band needs 5.None in posts yet
- Auchenflower5 trendsToo few cafes to sayNone followed yetWe do not follow any cafe here yet.None in posts yet
- Bardon3 trendsToo few cafes to say1 we followOnly 1 cafe we follow, and a band needs 5.None in posts yet
- Milton7 trendsToo few cafes to say1 we followOnly 1 cafe we follow, and a band needs 5.None in posts yet
- Paddington10 trendsToo few cafes to say4 we followOnly 4 cafes we follow, and a band needs 5.Newest:Matcha cloud21 Oct
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 13 Nov 2026.
- 1 cafe
- 2 to 3
- 4 to 6
- 7 or more
| Suburb | Matcha | Iced latte | Cold brew | Strawberry matcha | Cold foam | Matcha cloud | Pistachio | Biscoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Milton | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ashgrove | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Toowong | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Auchenflower | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Hill | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bardon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.
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.
8 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30
- Matchain Toowong
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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 West 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.
- Matcha cloud21 Oct 2026 · only area so far · level with the earliest Brisbane post we have
- Pistachio21 Oct 2026 · 7th of 7 areas · 131 days after the earliest Brisbane post we have
- Matcha10 Jul 2026 · 8th of 10 areas · 374 days after the earliest Brisbane post we have
- Cold foam4 Oct 2026 · 9th of 9 areas · 460 days after the earliest Brisbane post we have
- Iced latte10 Oct 2026 · 8th of 9 areas · 466 days after the earliest Brisbane post we have
- Cold brew10 Oct 2026 · 10th of 10 areas · 466 days after the earliest Brisbane post we have
- Strawberry matcha21 Oct 2026 · 7th of 7 areas · 477 days after the earliest Brisbane post we have
Against the neighbours
Questions about the Inner West
What cafe drinks are trending in the Inner West?
We only followed 9 cafes in the Inner West in the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026, which is under the 10 we need before showing a share of cafes. Counting posts, reviews, menus and press, the trend seen at the most cafes there is Matcha, at 43 cafes.
Which Inner West suburbs are most trend-forward for cafes?
No suburb in the Inner West has the 12 cafes we follow that we need to compare suburbs yet, as at 13 Nov 2026.
Where can I get Matcha in the Inner West?
We have seen Matcha at 43 cafes in the Inner West across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 13 Nov 2026. The most recent sightings: DillyDally Coffee (Toowong), Fortitude Coffee Roasters Westside (Ashgrove), Beurre Pastries (Milton), Josie North (Toowong) and Sassafras of Paddington (Paddington). Each one on this page links to where we saw it.
What is the Inner West's signature cafe drink?
Matcha cloud. Counting posts, reviews, menus and press, it shows up at 5 of the 119 cafes we have seen anything from in the Inner West (4.2%), 5x the Brisbane rate of 0.8%, as at 13 Nov 2026. Too few cafes there posted in the last 90 days to compare on posts alone.
Which suburbs are in the Inner West?
West of the city from Paddington and Red Hill through Milton, Auchenflower and Toowong, and up through Bardon to Ashgrove. We track cafes in 7 of its suburbs: Ashgrove, Auchenflower, Bardon, Milton, Paddington, Red Hill, Toowong.
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.
Facts to quote
Inner West at a glance
Updated
- The Froth tracks 156 cafes across 7 suburbs in the Inner West, and follows posts from 12 of them, 9 of which posted in the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026. Shares on this page are of those 9.
- Only 9 cafes in the Inner West posted anything we saw in the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026, under the 10 needed before we show a share of cafes.
- Counting posts, reviews, menus and press, Matcha cloud shows up at 5 of the 119 cafes we have seen anything from in the Inner West (4.2%), 5x the Brisbane rate of 0.8%, as at 13 Nov 2026.
- 8 trends showed up in a suburb of the Inner West for the first time in our data in the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026, most recently Matcha in Toowong on 22 Oct 2026.
- The Inner West covers Paddington, Toowong, Milton, Ashgrove, Red Hill and Auchenflower and 1 more suburbs.