Ube in Canberra

Emerging
The earliest review we have is from 28 Jul 2026, less than four months ago.
Where to get oneHow it's trending

Purple yam, sweetened and used as a paste or syrup in lattes, matcha and cold foams: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and bright purple.

How an ube is built

This is ube

Purple yam, sweetened and used as a paste or syrup in lattes, matcha and cold foams: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and bright purple.

Drawn as an ube latte, the drink Canberra cafes most often put it in.

  1. Ube base purple yam jam loosened with condensed milk, 2 to 3 spoonfuls
  2. Cold milk about 200 ml, poured over so it turns lilac where they meet
  3. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  4. Ube cold foam milk whipped with a little ube; some cafes add an espresso shot instead

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

Where to get one

Where to get ube in Canberra

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

5 cafes, cheapest first

  • Supersweet CafeBraddon · as “Iced Ube Latte”
    $7
  • ONA Coffee House Cafe FyshwickFyshwick · as “Ube Iced Latte”
    $8
  • Sharon May's Filipino CuisineGungahlin · as “Ube Latte”
    $8
  • Pressed Coffee CoCanberra · as “Ube Matcha”
    $10
  • Jamaica Blue National Capital Private HospitalGarran · as “Ube Iced Latte”
    Price not on the menu
Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

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

Flavours

Flavours we're seeing

The flavours on Canberra cafe menus that list ube, most cafes first, with the menu line most of them use. A chain counts as one cafe however many shops it has.

  1. Matcha“Ube Matcha”3 cafes
  2. Coconut“Iced Ube Coconut”1 cafe
Trend

Is ube 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
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Spread

How ube spread across Canberra

6suburbs with cafes that have it

By Nov 2026 (so far)

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

Ube Canberra FAQs

Data updated 13 Nov 2026.

Ube is on 5 Canberra cafe menus and has been seen at cafes in 6 Canberra suburbs.

The Froth, data to 13 Nov 2026

See how ube is doing across Australia

What is ube?

Purple yam, sweetened and used as a paste or syrup in lattes, matcha and cold foams: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and bright purple. In all our data to 13 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 7 Canberra cafes across 6 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 5 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu.

Where can I get ube in Canberra?

It is on 5 Canberra cafe menus right now, including Supersweet Cafe in Braddon, ONA Coffee House Cafe Fyshwick in Fyshwick, Sharon May's Filipino Cuisine in Gungahlin and Pressed Coffee Co 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.

What else is ube called?

Canberra cafes also sell ube as "Ube Matcha", "Ube Latte", "Ube Cloud Matcha" and "Ube Iced Latte". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.

Where in Australia is ube biggest?

Of the cities The Froth reads, Canberra has it at the biggest share of cafes: 3.6% of Canberra cafes in the last 90 days, against 3.2% in Brisbane and 3% in Gold Coast.

Is ube getting more popular in Canberra?

It is early days. The Froth rates ube as Emerging as of 13 Nov 2026: the earliest review we have is from 28 Jul 2026, less than four months ago. In the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026, 3.6% of the Canberra cafes we see well (a current menu in that time) had it. Canberra searches for it were up 43% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.

How many people search for ube in Canberra?

There were 50 searches for ube 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 (Dec 2024) to 50 (Oct 2026). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Canberra.

When did ube first show up in Canberra cafes?

The earliest Canberra customer review about ube that The Froth has is from 28 Jul 2026. 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 an ube latte?

A typical ube latte, drawn from Canberra cafes' menus and reviews, is built from the top down with ube cold foam (milk whipped with a little ube; some cafes add an espresso shot instead), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured), cold milk (about 200 ml, poured over so it turns lilac where they meet) and ube base (purple yam jam loosened with condensed milk, 2 to 3 spoonfuls). 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 ube 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.