Where to get each oneWhere to get each one
Pick a trend to see the Kensington 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 Kensington 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 Kensington 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 Kensington 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 Kensington · first post here Feb 2026
- On the menuMatcha, $5The Premises.Customer review, 20 Sep 2026 · 1 more on the menu
- Sold asmatchaRumble Coffee Roasters - Macaulay Road Espresso BarCustomer review, 16 Sep 2026
- Sold asmatchaLittle Bunny CafeCustomer review, 11 Sep 2026
- Sold asmatchaFruits of PassionCustomer review, 24 Aug 2026
- Sold asmatchaDouble Dutch BakeryCustomer's post, 28 Apr 2026
- On the menuMatcha Latte, $5.50LuncheonetteCustomer review, 9 Apr 2026 · 2 more on the menu
When each trend turned upWhen each trend turned up
Dates are the first post we have from a Kensington 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 3 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 Kensington.
When each trend turned up
Dates are the first post we have from a Kensington 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 3 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 Kensington.
First posts we saw, not where a trend began
Kensington in numbers
- 18cafes
- 2we follow
- 5trends seen
- 3in cafes' posts
Too few cafes to say
Only 2 cafes we follow, and a band needs 5.
“We follow”: cafes whose posts we read that posted in the last 90 days.
The City and Inner South 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.
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Questions about Kensington
What cafe trends are in Kensington?
As at 13 Nov 2026 we have seen 5 tracked trends in Kensington cafes across posts, reviews, menus and press, including Matcha, Cold brew and Biscoff. The latest to show up in cafes' posts there is Biscoff, first seen in Apr 2026.
How trend-forward are Kensington cafes?
There are too few cafes to say, as at 13 Nov 2026. Only 2 cafes we follow, and a band needs 5.
Where can I get Matcha in Kensington?
We have seen Matcha at 7 cafes in Kensington across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 13 Nov 2026: The Premises., Rumble Coffee Roasters - Macaulay Road Espresso Bar, Little Bunny Cafe, Fruits of Passion, Double Dutch Bakery and 2 more. Each one on this page links to where we saw it.
Which part of Melbourne is Kensington in?
We group Kensington (3031) with the City and Inner South. The CBD, Southbank and Docklands and the suburbs around them, from Carlton, Parkville, North Melbourne and Kensington to Richmond, South Yarra, Prahran and Toorak, and south to Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, St Kilda and Elwood.
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.
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Kensington at a glance
Updated
- The Froth tracks 18 cafes in Kensington, in the City and Inner South, and follows posts from 3 of them, 2 of which posted in the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026.
- 5 tracked cafe trends have been seen in Kensington across posts, reviews, menus and press, 3 of them in cafes' own or customers' posts, as at 13 Nov 2026.
- Kensington has no trend score as at 13 Nov 2026. Only 2 cafes we follow, and a band needs 5.
- The latest tracked trend to show up in Kensington cafes' posts is Biscoff, first seen there on 28 Apr 2026.
- Matcha is the tracked trend seen at the most cafes in Kensington: 7 cafes across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 13 Nov 2026.