Where to get each oneWhere to get each one
Pick a trend to see the Blackburn cafes we saw it at, newest sighting first, by the name each sells it under: the line on its menu with the price, or the name it was posted under.
The figure on each chip counts every Blackburn cafe we have seen it at, in posts, reviews, menus or press, to 13 Nov 2026. The trend's own page lists every cafe in Melbourne.
Where to get each one
Pick a trend to see the Blackburn cafes we saw it at, newest sighting first, by the name each sells it under: the line on its menu with the price, or the name it was posted under.
The figure on each chip counts every Blackburn cafe we have seen it at, in posts, reviews, menus or press, to 13 Nov 2026. The trend's own page lists every cafe in Melbourne.
Matcha
7 cafes in Blackburn · first post here Jun 2026
- Sold asmatcha96 Cafe & EateryCustomer review, 31 Oct 2026
- Sold asmatchaHaru Bakery HouseCustomer review, 15 Oct 2026
- On the menuFour Seasons Matcha Cream TopSharetea North BlackburnCustomer review, 15 Jul 2026 · 3 more on the menu
- On the menuChai, Matcha, TurmericLittle Things Cafe (Blackburn)Cafe's post, 3 Jun 2026
- On the menuMatcha Latte, $7Aunt Billies CafeOn the menu when we first read it · 2 more on the menu
- Sold asmatchaCafe CachetOn the menu when we first read it
When each trend turned upWhen each trend turned up
Dates are the first post we have from a Blackburn cafe, or a customer posting from one, since 1 Jul 2025. A first post is when a trend shows up in what we collect, not when or where it began.
We saw 3 of 5 arrive: we had already been following that cafe for 60 days, so the date is close to when it turned up. A hollow dot is just the first post we could read.
Our records start in Jul 2025, so a trend posted here that month was most likely here already. Beside each later one: how many of the suburbs where we saw it arrive had it before Blackburn.
When each trend turned up
Dates are the first post we have from a Blackburn cafe, or a customer posting from one, since 1 Jul 2025. A first post is when a trend shows up in what we collect, not when or where it began.
We saw 3 of 5 arrive: we had already been following that cafe for 60 days, so the date is close to when it turned up. A hollow dot is just the first post we could read.
Our records start in Jul 2025, so a trend posted here that month was most likely here already. Beside each later one: how many of the suburbs where we saw it arrive had it before Blackburn.
First posts we saw, not where a trend began
- We saw it arrive
- First post we saw
- MatchaFirst post we saw.
- Strawberry matchaFirst post we saw.
- Cold brewWe saw it arrive. 24 of 27 suburbs had it before Blackburn
- TiramisuWe saw it arrive. 13 of 14 suburbs had it before Blackburn
- Cold foamWe saw it arrive. 29 of 32 suburbs had it before Blackburn
Blackburn in numbers
- 37cafes
- 7we follow
- 8trends seen
- 5in cafes' posts
About average
1 of the 7 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 5 different trends in six months.
“We follow”: cafes whose posts we read that posted in the last 90 days.
Of the 8 Blackburn cafes we followed in 180 days, 3 posted 5 of the trends we track. In 90 days 1 of 7 posted a rising trend and 1 one new to them. Against Melbourne: range about the same as Melbourne, rising about the same as Melbourne, new about the same as Melbourne.
The Inner East as a whole is trend-forward.
- Very trend-forward1.5 times Melbourne's trend activity or more, from at least 3 cafes.
- Trend-forward1.2 times Melbourne or more, from at least 2 cafes.
- About averageclose to Melbourne as a whole.
- Sticks to the classicsabout two thirds of Melbourne or less.
- Too few cafes to sayfewer cafes we follow than a band needs.
The three glasses: Range, how many different trends each cafe posts. Rising, how many cafes post a drink that is rising now. New, how many cafes tried a trend new to them. A fuller glass means more than Melbourne as a whole.
Each part compares a place's cafes with Melbourne. Range counts at most 3 trends per cafe over 180 days. Rising is cafes posting a rising or emerging trend in 90 days. New is cafes posting a trend for the first time in 90 days, and counts half.
Every part is pulled toward Melbourne, as if 8 average cafes were added, so two or three cafes can't swing it. A suburb needs 5 cafes we followed in 180 days, an area 10.
We follow posts from only some cafes, so the band depends on which ones. That is why it is a band with its sample, never a rank. Suburbs inside a band are listed by how many cafes we follow.
Figures to
Also try nearby
- Blackburn North 1.3 kmToo few cafes to say
- Blackburn South 1.7 kmToo few cafes to say
- Box Hill North 2.0 kmToo few cafes to say
- Forest Hill 2.1 kmToo few cafes to say
- Nunawading 2.2 kmVery trend-forward
- Box Hill South 2.5 kmToo few cafes to say
- All of the Inner East
Questions about Blackburn
What cafe trends are in Blackburn?
As at 13 Nov 2026 we have seen 8 tracked trends in Blackburn cafes across posts, reviews, menus and press, including Matcha, Strawberry matcha, Cold brew, Tiramisu and Cold foam. The latest to show up in cafes' posts there is Cold brew, first seen in Nov 2026.
How trend-forward are Blackburn cafes?
Blackburn is about average on our trend score as at 13 Nov 2026. 1 of the 7 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 5 different trends in six months. Against Melbourne: range about the same as Melbourne, rising about the same as Melbourne, new about the same as Melbourne.
We track 37 cafes there and follow 8, so the band depends on which ones those are.
Where can I get Matcha in Blackburn?
We have seen Matcha at 7 cafes in Blackburn across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 13 Nov 2026: 96 Cafe & Eatery, Haru Bakery House, Sharetea North Blackburn, Little Things Cafe (Blackburn), Aunt Billies Cafe and 2 more. Each one on this page links to where we saw it.
Which part of Melbourne is Blackburn in?
We group Blackburn (3130) with the Inner East. East of the Yarra from Hawthorn and Kew through Camberwell, Canterbury, Balwyn and Surrey Hills to Box Hill, Burwood and Blackburn, north to Bulleen, Doncaster and Templestowe, and south to Glen Iris and Ashburton.
How is this worked out?
We track every cafe we can find in Melbourne. We read the public posts of the ones we follow, plus customer reviews, cafe menus and food press. A cafe counts for a trend when it, or a customer posting from it, posted about it. Creators' posts never count as proof a cafe sells something.
A share is the cafes posting a trend in the last 90 days, out of the cafes in the same place that posted anything then. An area needs at least 10 such cafes before we show one. "First seen" is the earliest post we have since 1 Jul 2025. That is when a trend shows up in what we collect, not when or where it started. Figures run to 13 Nov 2026.
Facts to quote
Blackburn at a glance
Updated
- The Froth tracks 37 cafes in Blackburn, in the Inner East, and follows posts from 8 of them, 7 of which posted in the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026.
- 8 tracked cafe trends have been seen in Blackburn across posts, reviews, menus and press, 5 of them in cafes' own or customers' posts, as at 13 Nov 2026.
- Blackburn is about average on our trend score as at 13 Nov 2026. 1 of the 7 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 5 different trends in six months. Against Melbourne: range about the same as Melbourne, rising about the same as Melbourne, new about the same as Melbourne.
- The latest tracked trend to show up in Blackburn cafes' posts is Cold brew, first seen there on 6 Nov 2026.
- Matcha is the tracked trend seen at the most cafes in Blackburn: 7 cafes across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 13 Nov 2026.