Ube in Hobart

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

Purple yam, sweetened and used as a paste or syrup in lattes, matcha and cold foams: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and bright purple.

How an ube is built

This is ube

Purple yam, sweetened and used as a paste or syrup in lattes, matcha and cold foams: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and bright purple.

Drawn as an ube latte, the drink Hobart cafes most often put it in.

  1. Ube base purple yam jam loosened with condensed milk, 2 to 3 spoonfuls
  2. Cold milk about 200 ml, poured over so it turns lilac where they meet
  3. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  4. Ube cold foam milk whipped with a little ube; some cafes add an espresso shot instead

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

Where to get one

Where to get ube in Hobart

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

2 cafes, cheapest first

  • Happy Larry DeliKingston · as “Iced Ube Latte”
    $10
  • Madame Clarke’sKingston · as “Matcha/Ube Latte (Purple”
    One price for several drinks
Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

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

Trend

Is ube 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 ube spread across Hobart

1suburb with cafes that have it

By Nov 2026 (so far)

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

Ube 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 ube is doing across Australia

What is ube?

Purple yam, sweetened and used as a paste or syrup in lattes, matcha and cold foams: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and bright purple. In all our data to 13 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 2 Hobart cafes across 1 suburb, 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 ube in Hobart?

It is on 2 Hobart cafe menus right now, including Happy Larry Deli in Kingston and Madame Clarke’s in Kingston. 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 ube called?

Hobart cafes also sell ube as "Iced Ube Matcha" and "Ube Latte". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.

Where in Australia is ube biggest?

It is on a bigger share of Canberra cafes: 3.6% against Hobart's 2.3%, over the last 90 days.

What is in an ube latte?

A typical ube latte, drawn from Hobart cafes' menus and reviews, is built from the top down with ube cold foam (milk whipped with a little ube; some cafes add an espresso shot instead), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured), cold milk (about 200 ml, poured over so it turns lilac where they meet) and ube base (purple yam jam loosened with condensed milk, 2 to 3 spoonfuls). 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 ube 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.