Where to get each oneWhere to get each one
Pick a trend to see the Preston 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 Preston 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 Preston 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 Preston 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
20 cafes in Preston · first post here Feb 2026
- Sold asmatchaKampot KitchenCustomer review, 10 Oct 2026
- On the menuMatcha Latte, $7High CoveCafe's post, 2 Oct 2026 · 4 more on the menu
- Sold asmatchaCedar Bakery | PrestonCafe's post, 26 Sep 2026
- Sold asmatchaCafe Four92Customer review, 7 Aug 2026
- Sold asmatchaGotcha Fresh Tea NorthlandCustomer review, 6 Jun 2026
- On the menuMatcha Latte, $6.50Chapter 35 Specialty Coffee ShopCustomer review, 16 May 2026 · 1 more on the menu
When each trend turned upWhen each trend turned up
Dates are the first post we have from a Preston 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 4 of 8 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 Preston.
When each trend turned up
Dates are the first post we have from a Preston 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 4 of 8 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 Preston.
First posts we saw, not where a trend began
- We saw it arrive
- First post we saw
- Cold brewFirst post we saw.
- Iced latteFirst post we saw.
- MatchaWe saw it arrive. 12 of 50 suburbs had it before Preston
- Strawberry matchaWe saw it arrive. 4 of 30 suburbs had it before Preston
- Mont Blanc coffeeFirst post we saw.
- Matcha cloudFirst post we saw.
- PistachioWe saw it arrive. 8 of 22 suburbs had it before Preston
- Coconut cloudWe saw it arrive.
Preston in numbers
- 109cafes
- 14we follow
- 19trends seen
- 8in cafes' posts
About average
1 of the 14 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 6 different trends in six months.
“We follow”: cafes whose posts we read that posted in the last 90 days.
Of the 14 Preston cafes we followed in 180 days, 3 posted 6 of the trends we track. In 90 days 1 of 14 posted a rising trend and 1 one new to them. Against Melbourne: range about the same as Melbourne, rising below Melbourne, new below Melbourne.
The North East as a whole is sticks to the classics.
- 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 Preston
What cafe trends are in Preston?
As at 13 Nov 2026 we have seen 19 tracked trends in Preston cafes across posts, reviews, menus and press, including Matcha, Iced latte, Strawberry matcha, Cold brew and Matcha cloud. The latest to show up in cafes' posts there is Coconut cloud, first seen in Aug 2026.
How trend-forward are Preston cafes?
Preston is about average on our trend score as at 13 Nov 2026. 1 of the 14 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 6 different trends in six months. Against Melbourne: range about the same as Melbourne, rising below Melbourne, new below Melbourne.
We track 109 cafes there and follow 14, so the band depends on which ones those are.
Where can I get Matcha in Preston?
We have seen Matcha at 20 cafes in Preston across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 13 Nov 2026: Kampot Kitchen, High Cove, Cedar Bakery | Preston, Cafe Four92, Gotcha Fresh Tea Northland and 15 more. Each one on this page links to where we saw it.
Which part of Melbourne is Preston in?
We group Preston (3072) with the North East. From Preston and Reservoir through Ivanhoe, Heidelberg and Bundoora to Greensborough and Eltham, north to Epping, South Morang, Mernda and Doreen, and out to Hurstbridge, Whittlesea, Wallan and Kinglake.
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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Preston at a glance
Updated
- The Froth tracks 109 cafes in Preston, in the North East, and follows posts from 14 of them, 14 of which posted in the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026.
- 19 tracked cafe trends have been seen in Preston across posts, reviews, menus and press, 8 of them in cafes' own or customers' posts, as at 13 Nov 2026.
- Preston is about average on our trend score as at 13 Nov 2026. 1 of the 14 cafes we read in the last 90 days posted a rising drink, and 6 different trends in six months. Against Melbourne: range about the same as Melbourne, rising below Melbourne, new below Melbourne.
- The latest tracked trend to show up in Preston cafes' posts is Coconut cloud, first seen there on 7 Aug 2026.
- Matcha is the tracked trend seen at the most cafes in Preston: 20 cafes across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 13 Nov 2026.