What's catching on in Melbourne cafes
Every trend we follow across 8,479 Melbourne cafes, and the menus that have them.
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Melbourne right nowHow these are worked out
Rising fastest: the change in Melbourne 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 Melbourne cafes we read that had it in the last 90 days.
Prices: the average on 256 Melbourne cafe menus that list a flat white with a price, one price per cafe.
How these are worked out
Rising fastest: the change in Melbourne 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 Melbourne cafes we read that had it in the last 90 days.
Prices: the average on 256 Melbourne cafe menus that list a flat white with a price, one price per cafe.
- Rising fastest, searches vs a year ago
- Most common42%Matcha of Melbourne cafes
- A flat white, on average$5.12
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.
Melbourne cafe trendsThe order
By the change in Melbourne 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 Melbourne 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 drink$9.11average
- Jasmine matcha cloudEmerging drink Micro2cafes so farToo few searches to chart yet
- Salted mapleRising flavour10cafes so far
- UbeRising flavour$8.67average
- Mont Blanc coffeeRising drink$9.44average
- Coconut matcha cloudRising drink$9.20average
- ElderflowerEmerging flavour Micro3cafes so far
- Iced turmeric latteEmerging drink Micro$7.18averageNot searched enough to chart yet
- Iced latteRising drink$6.82average
- BiscoffRising flavour$8.69average
- HibiscusRising flavour$8.04average
- Cold brewRising drink$6.75average
- Protein coffeeEmerging drink Micro1cafe so far
- EinspannerEmerging drink11cafes so far
- Coconut cloudEmerging drink13cafes so far
- YuzuRising flavour$7.93average
- TiramisuRising flavour$9.47average
- Coconut water cold brewEmerging drink Micro1cafe so far
- Matcha cloudRising drink$9.02average
- Earl grey matchaEmerging drink$9.70average
- MatchaMainstream drink$7.05average
- Coconut water espressoEmerging drink Micro2cafes so farToo few searches to chart yet
- Mango matchaEmerging drink$9.68average
- HojichaEmerging drink$7.11average
- Basque cheesecakeEmerging sweet$12.23average
- Black sesameEmerging flavour$7.06average
- PandanEmerging flavour19cafes so far
- PistachioEmerging flavour$8.98average
- HoneycombEmerging flavour7cafes so far
- TaroEmerging flavour$6.99average
- LavenderEmerging flavour14cafes so far
- Strawberry matchaRising drink$9.54average
- Dubai chocolateFading sweet$21.88average
- Turkish eggsEmerging dish$24.62averageNot searched enough to chart yet
- Hot honeyEmerging dish$22.27averageNot searched enough to chart yet
- Pistachio croissantEmerging bake$8.86averageNot searched enough to chart yet
- CruffinEmerging bake$7.01averageNot searched enough to chart yet
- Brown butterEmerging flavour Micro5cafes so far
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Where it's happeningThe map
Each area is coloured by the share of its cafes that posted a rising or emerging trend in the last 90 days, against Melbourne as a whole.
Tap or point at an area for the three trends most ahead of Melbourne there (5 or more cafes posting each). Open it to see everything there.
The map
Each area is coloured by the share of its cafes that posted a rising or emerging trend in the last 90 days, against Melbourne as a whole.
Tap or point at an area for the three trends most ahead of Melbourne there (5 or more cafes posting each). Open it to see everything there.
- More cafes on rising trends than Melbourne overall
- Fewer
Trendiest suburbsTrendiest suburbs
Suburbs with 12 or more cafes we follow that posted in the last 90 days (13 in Melbourne), in order of the share of those cafes that posted a rising trend. Smaller suburbs are left out of the order: in a suburb of a few cafes, one or two posts move it a long way.
Trendiest suburbs
Suburbs with 12 or more cafes we follow that posted in the last 90 days (13 in Melbourne), in order of the share of those cafes that posted a rising trend. Smaller suburbs are left out of the order: in a suburb of a few cafes, one or two posts move it a long way.
- RichmondCity and Inner South33%5 of 15 we follow
- Moonee PondsInner North33%4 of 12 we follow
- CarltonCity and Inner South30%7 of 23 we follow
- CheltenhamBayside29%4 of 14 we follow
- Melbourne CBDCity and Inner South20%12 of 61 we follow
- South MelbourneCity and Inner South18%3 of 17 we follow
- Port MelbourneCity and Inner South17%2 of 12 we follow
- BrunswickInner North14%4 of 28 we follow
- BrightonBayside14%2 of 14 we follow
- CollingwoodInner North14%2 of 14 we follow
- South YarraCity and Inner South12%2 of 17 we follow
- PrestonNorth East7%1 of 14 we follow
- DocklandsCity and Inner South0%0 of 14 we follow
71 smaller suburbs have too few cafes to rank
Questions people ask
How much is a coffee in Melbourne?
A flat white averages $5.12 on Melbourne cafe menus. A latte averages $5.21, a cappuccino $5.18 and a long black $5.07. Iced lattes cost more, at $6.71.
From 256 Melbourne cafe menus that list a flat white with a price, updated 14 Nov 2026.
What are the biggest cafe trends in Melbourne right now?
Cold foam, jasmine matcha cloud and ube are growing fastest: Melbourne searches are up 606%, 113% and 97% in Aug to Oct 2026 against the same months of 2025. Matcha is still the most common, on about one in two Melbourne cafes.
Google searches in Melbourne and the cafes we follow, updated 14 Nov 2026.
How much does a matcha latte cost in Melbourne?
A matcha latte averages $6.25. Flavoured matchas cost more: strawberry matcha averages $9.54.
From 242 Melbourne cafe menus that list a matcha latte with a price, updated 14 Nov 2026.
What new drinks are Melbourne cafes trying?
Small trends only a few cafes have so far: iced turmeric latte (6 cafes in the last 90 days), brown butter (3 cafes in the last 90 days) and elderflower (3 cafes in the last 90 days). We tag these Micro until 10 or more cafes in a city have them.
Cafes we follow in Melbourne, updated 14 Nov 2026.
Which Melbourne suburbs are the most trend-forward?
Among suburbs where we follow 15 or more cafes, Richmond (5 of 15 cafes we follow), Carlton (7 of 23 cafes we follow) and Melbourne CBD (12 of 61 cafes we follow) had the most cafes post a rising trend in the last 90 days.
Cafes we follow in each suburb, updated 14 Nov 2026.
How does The Froth decide what is trending?
We count how many Melbourne cafes post about a drink, how often customers review it, how many menus list it and how much Melbourne 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