Protein coffee in Darwin

EmergingMicro
Only 2 cafes have it so far.
Where to get oneHow it's trending

Iced coffee or a latte with protein added, as a scoop of protein powder or a ready-made protein milk: thicker and a little sweeter than a plain iced coffee.

How a protein coffee is built

This is protein coffee

Iced coffee or a latte with protein added, as a scoop of protein powder or a ready-made protein milk: thicker and a little sweeter than a plain iced coffee.

  1. Protein shake a scoop of vanilla or chocolate protein blended with about 250 ml of milk
  2. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  3. Espresso a double shot over the top, about 20 g of protein all up
  4. Straw through the lid

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

Where to get one

Where to get protein coffee in Darwin

2 Darwin cafes have it on their menus. Prices are from those menus and may have changed.

2 cafes, cheapest first

  • Ruby G's CanteenCoconut Grove · as “Espresso Protein Shake”
    $9.50
  • The ForeshoreNightcliff · as “Espresso Protein Shake”
    $12.50
Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

Darwin cafes with Protein coffee on their menus or in their posts.

Trend

Is protein coffee still growing in Darwin?

It's emerging: early days yet.

Darwin's figures come from Google reviews and cafe menus (42 Darwin cafes with a review or menu in the last 90 days). We don't read Darwin cafes' posts yet, so this is a small sample and a drink shows up here later than it would in posts.

Spread

How protein coffee spread across Darwin

2suburbs with cafes that have it

By Nov 2026 (so far)

Dec 2024Nov 2026 so far
Bars: Darwin cafes reviewed with it each month

Protein coffee Darwin FAQs

Data updated 14 Nov 2026.

Too early to quote: 2 cafes have had it so far. A quote will appear here once 5 cafes have.

See how protein coffee is doing across Australia

What is protein coffee?

Iced coffee or a latte with protein added, as a scoop of protein powder or a ready-made protein milk: thicker and a little sweeter than a plain iced coffee. A typical protein coffee, drawn from Darwin cafes' menus and reviews, is built from the top down with straw (through the lid), espresso (a double shot over the top, about 20 g of protein all up), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured) and protein shake (a scoop of vanilla or chocolate protein blended with about 250 ml of milk). Each cafe makes its own version, so this is a typical build, not one cafe's recipe. In all our data to 14 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 2 Darwin cafes across 2 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 2 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu.

Where can I get protein coffee in Darwin?

It is on 2 Darwin cafe menus right now, including Ruby G's Canteen in Coconut Grove and The Foreshore in Nightcliff. 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 protein coffee called?

Darwin cafes also sell protein coffee as "protein". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.

Where in Australia is protein coffee biggest?

Of the cities The Froth reads, Darwin has it at the biggest share of cafes: 4.8% of Darwin cafes in the last 90 days, against 0.7% in Brisbane and 0.4% in Perth.

How does The Froth count this?

A cafe counts for protein coffee 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 (14 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Darwin with all of a trend's names added up. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.