The Froth Price Index
What a cafe costs in Melbourne
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The Froth Price Index
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The Froth Price Index
The typical price is the middle price: half the cafes charge less, half charge more.
The thin line or pale band runs from the 10th to the 90th cafe in every 100, so it covers the middle 80% of cafes.
The dashed mark on each row is the typical price across Australia, every city's cafe prices together.
The typical price is the middle price: half the cafes charge less, half charge more.
The thin line or pale band runs from the 10th to the 90th cafe in every 100, so it covers the middle 80% of cafes.
Cheapest first. Tap an item for every city.
An area's figure is the typical price among its cafes, with the same set-asides as Melbourne's. An area needs at least 5 cafes with a price. The dashed mark is Melbourne's typical price.
Pick an item. Each area is against Melbourne's typical price.
What each Melbourne cafe adds for one, its cheapest such line. The dashed mark is the typical extra across Australia.
What cafes here typically add to a coffee.
A flat white typically costs $5.00 in Melbourne, from 312 menus we read in November 2026. Most Melbourne cafes charge $4.50 to $5.90.
A brunch basket of flat white, banana bread and smashed avo typically adds up to $34.90 in Melbourne, each at its typical price. Across Australia the same basket is $32.00.
Of the 15 items with a figure in Melbourne, 4 cost more than the typical price across Australia, 6 less and 5 the same.
By area, Bayside is cheapest at a typical $5.00 and City and Inner South dearest at $5.40. An area needs at least 5 cafes with a price.
From the cafe menus we read in each city, November 2026. Each cafe counts once, at its main price for the item, and add-ons, large sizes and combos are left out. The typical price is the middle price: half the cafes charge less, half charge more. A city needs at least 8 cafes with a price before we show a figure; below that we say not enough cafes yet. We never name a cafe for its prices.