Where to get each oneWhere to get each one
Pick a trend to see the Fortitude Valley cafes we saw it at, newest sighting first, by the name each sells it under: the line on its menu with the price, or the name it was posted under.
The figure on each chip counts every Fortitude Valley cafe we have seen it at, in posts, reviews, menus or press, to 14 Nov 2026. The trend's own page lists every cafe in Brisbane.
Where to get each one
Pick a trend to see the Fortitude Valley cafes we saw it at, newest sighting first, by the name each sells it under: the line on its menu with the price, or the name it was posted under.
The figure on each chip counts every Fortitude Valley cafe we have seen it at, in posts, reviews, menus or press, to 14 Nov 2026. The trend's own page lists every cafe in Brisbane.
Matcha
30 cafes in Fortitude Valley · first post here Dec 2025
- Sold asmatchaBare Beanz CafeCustomer review, 11 Nov 2026
- On the menuCoconut Earl Grey Matcha, $8Happy Stack CookiesCustomer review, 8 Nov 2026
- On the menuMatcha Latte, $6.50James & AntlerCustomer review, 8 Nov 2026 · 5 more on the menu
- On the menuMatcha Latte, $7Reverends Coffee CoCustomer review, 3 Nov 2026 · 3 more on the menu
- Sold asmatchaCOZYCustomer review, 19 Oct 2026
- On the menuMatcha Latte, $5.90The Hideout Specialty Coffee on St Pauls TerCustomer review, 8 Oct 2026 · 4 more on the menu
When each trend turned upWhen each trend turned up
Dates are the first post we have from a Fortitude Valley cafe, or a customer posting from one, since 1 Jul 2025. A first post is when a trend shows up in what we collect, not when or where it began.
We saw 1 of 4 arrive: we had already been following that cafe for 60 days, so the date is close to when it turned up. A hollow dot is just the first post we could read.
Our records start in Jul 2025, so a trend posted here that month was most likely here already. Beside each later one: how many of the suburbs where we saw it arrive had it before Fortitude Valley.
When each trend turned up
Dates are the first post we have from a Fortitude Valley cafe, or a customer posting from one, since 1 Jul 2025. A first post is when a trend shows up in what we collect, not when or where it began.
We saw 1 of 4 arrive: we had already been following that cafe for 60 days, so the date is close to when it turned up. A hollow dot is just the first post we could read.
Our records start in Jul 2025, so a trend posted here that month was most likely here already. Beside each later one: how many of the suburbs where we saw it arrive had it before Fortitude Valley.
First posts we saw, not where a trend began
- We saw it arrive
- First post we saw
- MatchaFirst post we saw.
- Cold brewWe saw it arrive.
- Iced latteFirst post we saw.
- Cold foamFirst post we saw.
Fortitude Valley in numbers
- 79cafes
- 6we follow
- 21trends seen
- 4in cafes' posts
About average
2 of the 6 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 4 different trends in six months.
“We follow”: cafes whose posts we read that posted in the last 90 days.
Of the 6 Fortitude Valley cafes we followed in 180 days, 3 posted 4 of the trends we track. In 90 days 2 of 6 posted a rising trend and 1 one new to them. Against Brisbane: range about the same as Brisbane, rising about the same as Brisbane, new about the same as Brisbane.
The Inner City as a whole is trend-forward.
- 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
Also try nearby
- Bowen Hills 1.0 kmToo few cafes to say
- Newstead 1.1 kmTrend-forward
- Herston 1.2 kmToo few cafes to say
- Spring Hill 1.3 kmSticks to the classics
- Teneriffe 1.4 kmToo few cafes to say
- New Farm 1.6 kmTrend-forward
- All of the Inner City
Questions about Fortitude Valley
What cafe trends are in Fortitude Valley?
As at 14 Nov 2026 we have seen 21 tracked trends in Fortitude Valley cafes across posts, reviews, menus and press, including Matcha, Iced latte, Cold brew and Cold foam. The latest to show up in cafes' posts there is Cold foam, first seen in Oct 2026.
How trend-forward are Fortitude Valley cafes?
Fortitude Valley is about average on our trend score as at 14 Nov 2026. 2 of the 6 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 4 different trends in six months. Against Brisbane: range about the same as Brisbane, rising about the same as Brisbane, new about the same as Brisbane.
We track 79 cafes there and follow 7, so the band depends on which ones those are.
Where can I get Matcha in Fortitude Valley?
We have seen Matcha at 30 cafes in Fortitude Valley across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 14 Nov 2026: Bare Beanz Cafe, Happy Stack Cookies, James & Antler, Reverends Coffee Co, COZY and 25 more. Each one on this page links to where we saw it.
Which part of Brisbane is Fortitude Valley in?
We group Fortitude Valley (4006) with 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.
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
Fortitude Valley at a glance
Updated
- The Froth tracks 79 cafes in Fortitude Valley, in the Inner City, and follows posts from 7 of them, 6 of which posted in the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026.
- 21 tracked cafe trends have been seen in Fortitude Valley across posts, reviews, menus and press, 4 of them in cafes' own or customers' posts, as at 14 Nov 2026.
- Fortitude Valley is about average on our trend score as at 14 Nov 2026. 2 of the 6 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 4 different trends in six months. Against Brisbane: range about the same as Brisbane, rising about the same as Brisbane, new about the same as Brisbane.
- The latest tracked trend to show up in Fortitude Valley cafes' posts is Cold foam, first seen there on 21 Oct 2026.
- Matcha is the tracked trend seen at the most cafes in Fortitude Valley: 30 cafes across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 14 Nov 2026.