Taro in Canberra

Emerging
No changeCanberra searches, Aug to Oct 2026 vs Aug to Oct 2025
$7.22 average price, from 6 Canberra menus
Where to get oneHow it's trending

A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup.

How a taro is built

This is taro

A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup.

Drawn as a taro latte, the drink Canberra cafes most often put it in.

  1. Taro paste steamed taro mashed with sugar, a thick layer at the bottom
  2. Cold milk about 220 ml, usually with no coffee at all
  3. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  4. Wide straw wide enough for the taro

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

Where to get one

Where to get taro in Canberra

18 Canberra cafes have it on their menus. Prices are from those menus and may have changed.

$7.22average · 6 Canberra menusLowest $5.70Highest $9.80Most: $5.85 to $8.90

Showing 10 of 18 cafes, cheapest first

  • SushipressoGungahlin · as “Taro latte”
    $5.70
  • Early EditionKingston · as “Taro Latte”
    $6
  • Xing Fu Tang CanberraCanberra · as “Jasmine Milk Tea with Taro”
    $6.80
  • Whale Tea CanberraCanberra · as “Taro Milk Tea”
    $7
  • Rose N' Brew Cafe & Açai BarGreenway · as “Iced Taro Matcha”
    $8
  • Cafe GatherBraddon · as “Taro Matcha Cloud”
    $9.80
  • Gong Cha Canberra CBDBraddon · as “Taro Milk Tea”
    Price not on the menu
  • Gong Cha GungahlinGungahlin · as “Taro Milk Tea”
    Price not on the menu
  • Sharetea ANUActon · as “Taro Milk Tea”
    Price not on the menu
  • Sharetea BelconnenBelconnen · as “Taro Milk Tea”
    Price not on the menu
Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

Canberra cafes with Taro on their menus or in their posts.

Trend

Is taro still growing in Canberra?

It's emerging: early days yet.

Canberra's figures come from Google reviews and cafe menus (165 Canberra cafes with a review or menu in the last 90 days). We don't read Canberra 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

Canberra searches a month

204060
204060
Spread

How taro spread across Canberra

7suburbs with cafes that have it

By Nov 2026 (so far)

Jul 2025Nov 2026 so far
Bars: Canberra cafes reviewed with it each month

Taro Canberra FAQs

Data updated 13 Nov 2026.

Taro is on 18 Canberra cafe menus and has been seen at cafes in 7 Canberra suburbs.

The Froth, data to 13 Nov 2026

See how taro is doing across Australia

What is taro?

A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup. In all our data to 13 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 8 Canberra cafes across 7 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 18 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu.

Where can I get taro in Canberra?

It is on 18 Canberra cafe menus right now, including Sushipresso in Gungahlin, Early Edition in Kingston, Xing Fu Tang Canberra in Canberra and Whale Tea Canberra in Canberra. 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.

How much is a taro in Canberra?

The average is $7.22, from 6 Canberra cafe menus as of 14 Nov 2026. Most charge between $5.85 and $8.90; the lowest we have seen is $5.70 and the highest $9.80.

Where in Australia is taro biggest?

It is on a bigger share of Adelaide cafes: 3.8% against Canberra's 2.4%, over the last 90 days.

What else is taro called?

Canberra cafes also sell taro as "Taro Milk Tea", "Taro Latte", "Hot Taro Milk Tea", "Taro Bubble Tea", "Taro Matcha", "Taro Tea" and "Tea With Taro". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.

Is taro getting more popular in Canberra?

It is early days. The Froth rates taro as Emerging as of 13 Nov 2026: it is on a small share of cafes (2.4% in the last 90 days) and holding steady. In the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026, 2.4% of the Canberra cafes we see well (a current menu in that time) had it. Canberra searches for it were level in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.

How many people search for taro in Canberra?

There were 50 searches for taro in Canberra in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 10 searches (Jan 2026) to 50 (Apr 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Canberra.

When did taro first show up in Canberra cafes?

The earliest Canberra customer review about taro that The Froth has is from 14 Jul 2025. 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 a taro latte?

A typical taro latte, drawn from Canberra cafes' menus and reviews, is built from the top down with wide straw (wide enough for the taro), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured), cold milk (about 220 ml, usually with no coffee at all) and taro paste (steamed taro mashed with sugar, a thick layer at the bottom). 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 taro 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 Canberra with all of a trend's names added up. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.