What's catching on in Gold Coast cafes
Every trend we follow across 1,235 Gold Coast cafes, and the menus that have them.
About Gold Coast's figures
This is a small sample: 1,235 Gold Coast cafes tracked, 300 with an Instagram post or a menu in the last 90 days, so a few cafes can move a figure.
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- 1,235 cafes read
- Data updated
Gold Coast right nowHow these are worked out
Rising fastest: the change in Gold Coast Google searches, Aug to Oct 2026 against the same months of 2025, among trends that are rising or emerging. A change shows only when a trend had 50 or more searches a month both now and then; below that, its searches a month show instead.
Most common: the share of Gold Coast cafes we read that had it in the last 90 days.
Prices: the average on 73 Gold Coast cafe menus that list a flat white with a price, one price per cafe.
How these are worked out
Rising fastest: the change in Gold Coast Google searches, Aug to Oct 2026 against the same months of 2025, among trends that are rising or emerging. A change shows only when a trend had 50 or more searches a month both now and then; below that, its searches a month show instead.
Most common: the share of Gold Coast cafes we read that had it in the last 90 days.
Prices: the average on 73 Gold Coast cafe menus that list a flat white with a price, one price per cafe.
- Rising fastest, searches vs a year ago
- Most common46%Matcha of Gold Coast cafes
- A flat white, on average$5.06
FeaturedRising drink
Mont Blanc coffee
Iced cold brew under a thick cap of sweet citrus cream, finished with lemon or yuzu zest, so the bitter coffee is sipped through a cool, tangy cream.
Gold Coast cafe trendsThe order
By the change in Gold Coast Google searches, Aug to Oct 2026 against the same months of 2025. Trends without a search figure come last, the ones on the most cafes first.
The order
By the change in Gold Coast Google searches, Aug to Oct 2026 against the same months of 2025. Trends without a search figure come last, the ones on the most cafes first.
Fastest rising first
- Cold foamRising drink97cafes so far
- Mont Blanc coffeeRising drink$9.45average
- Cold brewPeaking drink$7.12average
- Protein coffeeEmerging drink Micro3cafes so far
- Coconut water espressoEmerging drink Micro4cafes so farToo few searches to chart yet
- EinspannerTracked drinkNew here, little data yet
- UbeRising flavour$7.33average
- Basque cheesecakeRising sweet17cafes so far
- BiscoffRising flavour$8.79average
- TiramisuRising flavour$9.50average
- Coconut cloudEmerging drink1cafe so far
- YuzuEmerging flavour$7.50average
- Black sesameEmerging flavour6cafes so far
- Matcha cloudEmerging drink$9.33average
- HojichaEmerging drink8cafes so far
- Earl grey matchaTracked drinkNew here, little data yet
- Iced turmeric latteTracked drink MicroNew here, little data yet
- Iced latteMainstream drink$6.90average
- MatchaFading drink$6.63average
- Coconut matcha cloudEmerging drink3cafes so far
- Mango matchaEmerging drink$8.95average
- PistachioEmerging flavour$9.86average
- HibiscusFading flavour$8.00average
- TaroEmerging flavour$7.60average
- LavenderEmerging flavour3cafes so farToo few searches to chart yet
- Strawberry matchaEmerging drink$9.24average
- Dubai chocolateFading sweet12cafes so far
- Hot honeyEmerging dish$16.51averageNot searched enough to chart yet
- Turkish eggsEmerging dish$24.05averageNot searched enough to chart yet
- CruffinEmerging bake$7.77averageNot searched enough to chart yet
- Pistachio croissantEmerging bake4cafes so farToo few searches to chart yet
- ElderflowerFading flavour Micro3cafes so far
- Salted mapleEmerging flavour3cafes so far
- Coconut water cold brewEmerging drink Micro2cafes so farToo few searches to chart yet
- Brown butterEmerging flavour Micro1cafe so far
- HoneycombFading flavour2cafes so far
- Jasmine matcha cloudTracked drink MicroNew here, little data yet
- PandanFading flavour1cafe so far
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Questions people ask
How much is a coffee in Gold Coast?
A flat white averages $5.06 on Gold Coast cafe menus. A latte averages $5.15, a cappuccino $5.05 and a long black $4.91. Iced lattes cost more, at $6.93.
From 73 Gold Coast cafe menus that list a flat white with a price, updated 14 Nov 2026.
What are the biggest cafe trends in Gold Coast right now?
Cold foam, Mont Blanc coffee and protein coffee are growing fastest: Gold Coast searches are up 946%, 113% and 62% in Aug to Oct 2026 against the same months of 2025. Matcha is still the most common, on about half of Gold Coast cafes.
Google searches in Gold Coast and the cafes we follow, updated 14 Nov 2026.
How much does a matcha latte cost in Gold Coast?
A matcha latte averages $6.06. Flavoured matchas cost more: strawberry matcha averages $9.24.
From 47 Gold Coast cafe menus that list a matcha latte with a price, updated 14 Nov 2026.
What are the most expensive trending drinks?
Pistachio drinks ($9.86), tiramisu drinks ($9.50) and Mont Blanc coffee ($9.45), on average across the Gold Coast menus that list them.
Average menu prices, one price per cafe, updated 14 Nov 2026.
What new drinks are Gold Coast cafes trying?
Small trends only a few cafes have so far: coconut water espresso (4 cafes in the last 90 days), elderflower (3 cafes in the last 90 days) and coconut water cold brew (2 cafes in the last 90 days). We tag these Micro until 10 or more cafes in a city have them.
Cafes we follow in Gold Coast, updated 14 Nov 2026.
How does The Froth decide what is trending?
We count how many Gold Coast cafes post about a drink, how often customers review it, how many menus list it and how much Gold Coast searches for it, against the months before. Fixed rules then give each one a stage: emerging, rising, peaking, mainstream or fading.
Updated · How we count