Black sesame in Perth

Emerging
−4%Perth searches, Aug to Oct 2026 vs Aug to Oct 2025
Where to get oneHow it's trending

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.

How a black sesame is built

This 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.

Drawn as a black sesame latte, the drink Perth cafes most often put it in.

  1. Black sesame paste roasted black sesame ground with sugar or honey, 2 spoonfuls
  2. Cold milk about 200 ml, turning grey where it meets the paste
  3. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  4. Sesame cream cream whipped with a little of the paste; some cafes add espresso
  5. Black sesame seeds toasted, scattered on top

Illustrative: a typical build, not one cafe's recipe.

Where to get one

Where to get black sesame in Perth

3 Perth cafes have it on their menus. Prices are from those menus and may have changed.

3 cafes, cheapest first

  • EsprezzoNoranda · as “Black Sesame Latte”
    $4.70
  • cake by cake (CAFE CBC)Willetton · as “Black Sesame Latte”
    $6.50
  • OVERTHEMOON CAKE & DESSERTVictoria Park · as “Black Sesame Latte”
    $7
Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

Perth cafes with Black sesame on their menus or in their posts.

Trend

Is black sesame still growing in Perth?

It's emerging: early days yet.

Perth's figures come from Google reviews and cafe menus (553 Perth cafes with a review or menu in the last 90 days). We don't read Perth cafes' posts yet, so a drink shows up here later than it would in posts.

Dec 2024 to Oct 2026

Perth searches a month

50100150
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  • How Perth compares

    Share of each city's cafes posting it, last 90 days.

    1. Gold Coast1.6%
    2. Melbourne1.4%
    3. Hobart1.1%
    4. Adelaide1.1%
    5. Brisbane1.1%
    6. Sydney1%
    7. PerthYou are here0.9%

  • Perth's share of Australia's searches

    Of every search for it in Australia, how many come from Perth.

    8%Aug to Oct 2026Down from 10% in Aug to Oct 2025 (the green tick).

  • Perth, Australia and the world

    Searches in Oct 2026, circles sized to match.

    12,100World1,300Australia110Perth
Spread

How black sesame spread across Perth

8suburbs with cafes that have it

By Nov 2026 (so far)

Jun 2026Nov 2026 so far
Bars: Perth cafes reviewed with it each month

Black sesame Perth FAQs

Data updated 13 Nov 2026.

Black sesame is on 3 Perth cafe menus and has been seen at cafes in 8 Perth suburbs.

The Froth, data to 13 Nov 2026

See how black sesame is doing across Australia

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 13 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 8 Perth cafes across 8 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 3 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu.

Where can I get black sesame in Perth?

It is on 3 Perth cafe menus right now, including Esprezzo in Noranda, cake by cake (CAFE CBC) in Willetton and OVERTHEMOON CAKE & DESSERT in Victoria Park. 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.

What else is black sesame called?

Perth cafes also sell black sesame as "Black Sesame Latte", "Black Sesame Affogato", "Black Sesame Foam" and "Black Sesame Soy Latte". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.

Where in Australia is black sesame biggest?

It is on a bigger share of Gold Coast cafes: 1.6% against Perth's 0.9%, over the last 90 days.

Is black sesame getting more popular in Perth?

It is early days. The Froth rates black sesame as Emerging as of 13 Nov 2026: it is on a small share of cafes (0.9% in the last 90 days) and holding steady. In the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026, 0.9% of the Perth cafes we see well (a current menu in that time) had it. Perth searches for it were down 4% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.

How many people search for black sesame in Perth?

There were 110 searches for black sesame in Perth in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 30 searches (Jan 2025) to 140 (Aug 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Perth.

When did black sesame first show up in Perth cafes?

The earliest Perth customer review about black sesame that The Froth has is from 16 Jun 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.

What is in a black sesame latte?

A typical black sesame latte, drawn from Perth cafes' menus and reviews, is built from the top down with black sesame seeds (toasted, scattered on top), sesame cream (cream whipped with a little of the paste; some cafes add espresso), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured), cold milk (about 200 ml, turning grey where it meets the paste) and black sesame paste (roasted black sesame ground with sugar or honey, 2 spoonfuls). Each cafe makes its own version, so this is a typical build, not one cafe's recipe.

How does The Froth count this?

A cafe counts for black sesame from the first Google review we found that mentions it, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. Shares are of the cafes we see well: those with 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 new reviews or menus (13 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Perth with all of a trend's names added up. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.