Yuzu in Melbourne

A tart citrus fruit used as juice, syrup or zest in cold brew, sodas, matcha and tea: sharp and fragrant, somewhere between lemon and mandarin. In all our data to 13 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 73 Melbourne cafes across 51 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 66 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.

It is on 52 Melbourne cafe menus right now, including Micah Coffee Brewers in Ferntree Gully, Rowena Corner Store in Richmond, So Pho So Good in Glen Iris and Chayō in Clayton. 14 more cafes have posted it, though it is not on their current menu. The "Where to get one" list on this page has every one, with the price where the menu gives one, links to the menu or post, and directions. Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

The average is $7.93, from 38 Melbourne cafe menus as of 14 Nov 2026. Most charge between $6 and $10; the lowest we have seen is $5 and the highest $15.50.

It is on a bigger share of Canberra cafes: 3.6% against Melbourne's 3.2%, over the last 90 days.

Melbourne cafes also sell yuzu as "Yuzu Soda", "Yuzu Lemonade", "Yuzu Matcha", "Yuzu Cold Brew", "Yuzu Iced Tea", "Yuzu Mont Blanc", "Yuzu Tea" and "Yuzu Espresso", plus 21 other names. The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafes' own posts and menus.

Yes. The Froth rates yuzu as Rising as of 13 Nov 2026: searches in Melbourne are up 35% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025), though too few of the same cafes have it to read a change (5, against none in the 90 days before). In the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026, 3.2% of the Melbourne cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in that time) had it. Among the 1,204 cafes we have followed through both periods, 5 of the same cafes had it, against none in the 90 days before. Melbourne searches for it were up 35% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.

There were 380 searches for yuzu in Melbourne in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 190 searches (Mar 2026) to 420 (Dec 2024). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Melbourne.

The earliest Melbourne cafe post or customer review about yuzu that The Froth has is from 21 Aug 2024. We only see what we collect, so that is when we first saw it, not when it started: it may have been sold earlier, here or elsewhere.

A typical yuzu espresso tonic, drawn from Melbourne cafes' own posts, is built from the top down with citrus wheel (a slice of yuzu or lemon on the rim), espresso (a double shot poured slowly over the ice so it floats), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured), tonic water (about 150 ml, poured gently to keep the bubbles) and yuzu syrup (or a spoonful of yuzu marmalade, about 20 ml). Each cafe makes its own version, so this is a typical build, not one cafe's recipe.

A cafe counts for yuzu from the first public post or customer review we found about it, the cafe's own post or a customer's, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. Shares are of the cafes we see well: those with an Instagram post or a current menu in the same 90 days, a chain counting once. A change compares the same cafes in the last 90 days with the 90 before, only among cafes we have followed through both, so newly added cafes never look like growth. The 90 days end on the latest day with cafe posts or reviews (13 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Melbourne with all of a trend's names added up. Captions stay private; we only link to public posts. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.