Yuzu in Gold Coast

Emerging
None of the same cafes had it, against 1 in the 90 days before.
$7.50 average price, from 8 Gold Coast menus
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 Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast

11 Gold Coast cafes: 9 on their menus, 2 from posts. Prices are from the menus and may have changed.

$7.50average · 8 Gold Coast menusLowest $5Highest $12Most: $5.35 to $9.20

Showing 10 of 11 cafes, cheapest first

  • Fala FelsMermaid Waters · as “Yuzu Strange Love Soda”
    $5
  • Cafe JunieCarrara · as “Yuzu Soda”
    $5.50
  • Paddock BakeryBurleigh Heads · as “Yuzu Chamomile Iced Tea”
    $7
  • The Paddock BakeryBroadbeach · as “Yuzu Chamomile Iced Tea”
    $7
  • Chunky Dough KioskSouthport · as “Honey Yuzu Iced Coffee”
    $7.50
  • CHANOYU Cafe Nerang – Matcha, Japanese Desserts & Pet-FriendlyNerang · as “Honey Yuzu Lemon Soda”
    $8
  • Vector CoffeeSouthport · as “Yuzu Cold Brew Spritz”
    $8
  • Castaway Coffee BarSurfers Paradise · as “Pineapple Yuzu Tea”
    $12
  • Hello Kitty and Friends Cafe Pacific FairBroadbeach · as “Iced Yuzu Matcha Latte”
    Price not on the menu
  • First Fruits CoffeeLabradorUnverified
    Price not on the menu
Unverified: seen in the cafe's own post or a creator's post there, not on its current menu. Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

Gold Coast cafes with Yuzu on their menus or in their posts.

Flavours

Flavours we're seeing

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

  1. Matcha“Yuzu Matcha Soda”2 cafes
  2. Honey“Honey Yuzu Lemon Soda”1 cafe
  3. Lemon“Yuzu Lemongrass Iced Tea”1 cafe
  4. Pineapple“Pineapple Yuzu Tea”1 cafe
Trend

Is yuzu still growing in Gold Coast?

It's emerging: early days yet.

This is a small sample: 309 Gold Coast cafes with an Instagram post or a menu in the last 90 days, so a few cafes can move a figure.

Spread

How yuzu spread across Gold Coast

8suburbs with cafes posting it

By Nov 2026 (so far)

Jun 2026Nov 2026 so far
Bars: Gold Coast cafes posting it each month

Yuzu Gold Coast FAQs

Data updated 14 Nov 2026.

Yuzu is on 9 Gold Coast cafe menus and has been posted by cafes in 8 Gold Coast suburbs.

The Froth, data to 14 Nov 2026

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 9 Gold Coast cafes across 8 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 11 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.

Where can I get yuzu in Gold Coast?

It is on 9 Gold Coast cafe menus right now, including Fala Fels in Mermaid Waters, Cafe Junie in Carrara, Paddock Bakery in Burleigh Heads and The Paddock Bakery in Broadbeach. 2 more cafes have posted it, though it is not on their current menu. 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 yuzu in Gold Coast?

The average is $7.50, from 8 Gold Coast cafe menus as of 14 Nov 2026. Most charge between $5.35 and $9.20; the lowest we have seen is $5 and the highest $12.

Where in Australia is yuzu biggest?

It is on a bigger share of Canberra cafes: 3.5% against Gold Coast's 2.6%, over the last 90 days.

What else is yuzu called?

Gold Coast cafes also sell yuzu as "Yuzu Chamomile Iced Tea", "Yuzu Soda", "Iced Yuzu Matcha Latte", "Yuzu Cold Brew Spritz", "Yuzu Iced Coffee", "Yuzu Mango Crunch Smoothie", "Yuzu Spritz" and "Yuzu Tea". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafes' own posts and menus.

Is yuzu getting more popular in Gold Coast?

It is early days. The Froth rates yuzu as Emerging as of 14 Nov 2026: it is on a small share of cafes (2.6% in the last 90 days) and holding steady. In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 2.6% of the Gold Coast cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in that time) had it. Among the 444 cafes we have followed through both periods, none of the same cafes had it, against 1 in the 90 days before. Gold Coast searches for it were up 17% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.

How many people search for yuzu in Gold Coast?

There were 30 searches for yuzu in Gold Coast 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 (Sep 2025) to 40 (Dec 2024). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Gold Coast.

When did yuzu first show up in Gold Coast cafes?

The earliest Gold Coast cafe post or customer review about yuzu that The Froth has is from 13 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 a yuzu espresso tonic?

A typical yuzu espresso tonic, drawn from Gold Coast cafes' own posts, 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 public post or customer review we found about it, the cafe's own post or a customer's, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. Shares are of the cafes we see well: those with an Instagram post or 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 cafe posts or reviews (14 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Gold Coast with all of a trend's names added up. Captions stay private; we only link to public posts. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.