Taro in Hobart

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

A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup.

How a taro is built

This is taro

A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup.

Drawn as a taro latte, the drink Hobart cafes most often put it in.

  1. Taro paste steamed taro mashed with sugar, a thick layer at the bottom
  2. Cold milk about 220 ml, usually with no coffee at all
  3. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  4. Wide straw wide enough for the taro

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

Where to get one

Where to get taro in Hobart

3 Hobart cafes have it on their menus. Prices are from those menus and may have changed.

3 cafes, cheapest first

  • SisterhoodSandy Bay · as “Taro Latte”
    $5.60
  • So Dear Eastlands | Bubble Tea & CroffleRosny · as “# Taro Milk Tea”
    $8
  • Gong Cha HobartHobart · as “Taro Milk Tea”
    Price not on the menu
Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

Hobart cafes with Taro on their menus or in their posts.

Trend

Is taro still growing in Hobart?

It's emerging: early days yet.

Hobart's figures come from Google reviews and cafe menus (88 Hobart cafes with a review or menu in the last 90 days). We don't read Hobart cafes' posts yet, so this is a small sample and a drink shows up here later than it would in posts.

Spread

How taro spread across Hobart

2suburbs with cafes that have it

By Nov 2026 (so far)

Oct 2025Nov 2026 so far
Bars: Hobart cafes reviewed with it each month

Taro Hobart FAQs

Data updated 13 Nov 2026.

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

See how taro is doing across Australia

What is taro?

A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup. In all our data to 13 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 2 Hobart cafes across 2 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 3 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu.

Where can I get taro in Hobart?

It is on 3 Hobart cafe menus right now, including Sisterhood in Sandy Bay, So Dear Eastlands | Bubble Tea & Croffle in Rosny and Gong Cha Hobart in Hobart. 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 taro called?

Hobart cafes also sell taro as "Taro Latte" and "Taro Milk Tea". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.

Where in Australia is taro biggest?

It is on a bigger share of Adelaide cafes: 3.8% against Hobart's 1.1%, over the last 90 days.

When did taro first show up in Hobart cafes?

The earliest Hobart customer review about taro that The Froth has is from 30 Oct 2025. 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 taro latte?

A typical taro latte, drawn from Hobart cafes' menus and reviews, is built from the top down with wide straw (wide enough for the taro), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured), cold milk (about 220 ml, usually with no coffee at all) and taro paste (steamed taro mashed with sugar, a thick layer at the bottom). 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 taro 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 Hobart with all of a trend's names added up. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.