Black sesame in Sydney
Rising
Searches in Sydney are up 32% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025), though too few of the same cafes have it to read a change (1, against 3 in the 90 days before).
At least 10 cafes had it in the last 90 days, and either the number of the same cafes with it grew by a quarter or more on the 90 days before (counting only cafes we have read through both periods, and at least 10 of them), or it is new among them, or Sydney searches rose by a quarter or more while those cafes held steady.
The stages run Emerging, Rising, Peaking, Mainstream, Fading. A trend can skip a stage or move back.
Roasted black sesame ground to a paste and stirred into lattes and matcha: nutty, toasty and a little bitter, and it turns the drink grey.
Where to get black sesame in Sydney
29 Sydney cafes: 16 on their menus, 13 from posts.
Showing 10 of 29 cafes, A to Z
- Antidote$6
- Cafe Vianee$6.90
- Chè & Drinks MAY CabramattaUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Donut AffairUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Duo Duo RoselandsPrice not on the menu
- Duo Duo StrathfieldPrice not on the menu
- Eky's DessertsUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Gram Cafe & Pancakes ChatswoodPrice not on the menu
- Gram Cafe & Pancakes The GaleriesPrice not on the menu
- La Lune MarketUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
Sydney cafes with Black sesame on their menus or in their posts.
Is black sesame still growing in Sydney?
Yes, it's rising.
Sydney searches a month
Mar 2025
Searches up by half on Dec 2024.
Jun 2025
480 searches, the busiest month.
Feb 2026
First Sydney cafe post or review in our data.
Tap a number for what changed then.
How Sydney compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
Sydney's share of Australia's searches
36%Aug to Oct 2026Up from 33% in Aug to Oct 2025 (the green tick).Cafes posting it
Per 1,000 cafes that posted that month, in Sydney.Of the cafes in Sydney that posted anything that month, how many posted black sesame, per 1,000 of them.
It is a share, not a count, so it does not grow just because we follow more cafes. It only grows when more of the cafes we follow take it up.
The month in progress shows here once it is complete, so a part month never reads as a drop. A month with too few cafes posting is left out.
3.0 per 1,000 in Oct 2026, down 9% vs Jun 2026
On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Sydney.
16 cafe menus
We started reading cafe menus in late 2026. Cafes adding and dropping it each month show here once the first whole month of menu reads is in.
Sydney, Australia and the world
Searches in Oct 2026, circles sized to match.
How black sesame spread across Sydney
29suburbs with cafes posting it
By Nov 2026 (so far)
Each bar is the Sydney cafes with a post or customer review of it that month; Nov 2026 is not over yet, so its bar is so far.
8 suburbs are known only from a menu, which we can't date, so they count in the last month.
Black sesame Sydney FAQs
Black sesame is on 16 Sydney cafe menus and has been posted by cafes in 29 Sydney suburbs, while Sydney searches for it rose 32% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025).
What is black sesame?
Roasted black sesame ground to a paste and stirred into lattes and matcha: nutty, toasty and a little bitter, and it turns the drink grey. In all our data to 14 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 35 Sydney cafes across 29 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 29 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.
Where can I get black sesame in Sydney?
It is on 16 Sydney cafe menus right now, including Antidote in Pyrmont, Tokyo Lamington & the Bakery in Marrickville, Tokyo Lamington Newtown in Newtown and Shenkin in Enmore. 13 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.
How much is a black sesame in Sydney?
The average is $7.12, from 12 Sydney cafe menus as of 15 Nov 2026. Most charge between $6.30 and $8.76; the lowest we have seen is $6 and the highest $10.
Where in Australia is black sesame biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Gold Coast cafes: 1.5% against Sydney's 1.1%, over the last 90 days.
What else is black sesame called?
Sydney cafes also sell black sesame as "Black Sesame Latte", "Iced Black Sesame Latte", "Black Sesame Frappe", "Black Sesame Matcha", "Black Sesame Cold Foam", "Black Sesame Iced Latte", "Black Sesame Cream Latte" and "Black Sesame Hojicha Latte", plus 3 other names. The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafes' own posts and menus.
Is black sesame getting more popular in Sydney?
Yes. The Froth rates black sesame as Rising as of 14 Nov 2026: searches in Sydney are up 32% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025), though too few of the same cafes have it to read a change (1, against 3 in the 90 days before). In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 1.1% of the Sydney cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in that time) had it. Among the 3,110 cafes we have followed through both periods, 1 of the same cafes had it, against 3 in the 90 days before. Sydney searches for it were up 32% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
How many people search for black sesame in Sydney?
There were 480 searches for black sesame in Sydney in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 140 searches (Dec 2024) to 480 (Jun 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Sydney.
When did black sesame first show up in Sydney cafes?
The earliest Sydney cafe post or customer review about black sesame that The Froth has is from 20 Feb 2026. 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.
How does The Froth count this?
A cafe counts for black sesame 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 (14 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Sydney 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.