Yuzu in Darwin

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

A tart citrus fruit used as juice, syrup or zest in cold brew, sodas, matcha and tea: sharp and fragrant, somewhere between lemon and mandarin.

How a yuzu is built

This is yuzu

A tart citrus fruit used as juice, syrup or zest in cold brew, sodas, matcha and tea: sharp and fragrant, somewhere between lemon and mandarin.

Drawn as a yuzu espresso tonic, the drink Darwin cafes most often put it in.

  1. Yuzu syrup or a spoonful of yuzu marmalade, about 20 ml
  2. Tonic water about 150 ml, poured gently to keep the bubbles
  3. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  4. Espresso a double shot poured slowly over the ice so it floats
  5. Citrus wheel a slice of yuzu or lemon on the rim

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

Where to get one

Where to get yuzu in Darwin

1 Darwin cafe has it on its menu. Prices are from those menus and may have changed.

1 cafe, cheapest first

  • BesserWinnellie · as “Local rosella & yuzu soda”
    $8.50
Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

Darwin cafes with Yuzu on their menus or in their posts.

Trend

Is yuzu 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 yuzu 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

Yuzu 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 yuzu is doing across Australia

What is yuzu?

A tart citrus fruit used as juice, syrup or zest in cold brew, sodas, matcha and tea: sharp and fragrant, somewhere between lemon and mandarin. 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 1 in "Where to get one" are the cafe with it on its current menu.

Where can I get yuzu in Darwin?

It is on 1 Darwin cafe menu right now, including Besser in Winnellie. 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 yuzu called?

Darwin cafes also sell yuzu as "Yuzu Green Tea" and "Yuzu Soda". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.

Where in Australia is yuzu biggest?

It is on a bigger share of Canberra cafes: 3.5% against Darwin's 2.4%, over the last 90 days.

When did yuzu first show up in Darwin cafes?

The earliest Darwin customer review about yuzu that The Froth has is from 5 Oct 2022. 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 yuzu espresso tonic?

A typical yuzu espresso tonic, drawn from Darwin cafes' menus and reviews, is built from the top down with citrus wheel (a slice of yuzu or lemon on the rim), espresso (a double shot poured slowly over the ice so it floats), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured), tonic water (about 150 ml, poured gently to keep the bubbles) and yuzu syrup (or a spoonful of yuzu marmalade, about 20 ml). 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 yuzu 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.