Taro in Perth

Emerging
It is on a small share of cafes (0.8% in the last 90 days) and holding steady.
$7.50 average price, from 7 Perth menus
Where to get oneHow it's trending

A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup.

How a taro is built

This is taro

A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup.

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

  1. Taro paste steamed taro mashed with sugar, a thick layer at the bottom
  2. Cold milk about 220 ml, usually with no coffee at all
  3. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  4. Wide straw wide enough for the taro

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

Where to get one

Where to get taro in Perth

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

$7.50average · 7 Perth menusLowest $5.50Highest $9.95Most: $5.80 to $9.95

Showing 10 of 37 cafes, cheapest first

  • Atlas West PerthWest Perth · as “Taro latte”
    $5.50
  • Cuppull TrinityAlkimos · as “Taro Latte”
    $6
  • More Than Bites CafeParkwood · as “Taro Latte”
    $6.30
  • Bubble Bee Bubble TeaBassendean · as “O) Taro Milk Tea”
    $7.30
  • Bon Bon Cha Forest LakesThornlie · as “Taro Milk Tea”
    $7.50
  • Sakura DessertsLeederville · as “Taro Smoothie”
    $9.95
  • The Boba BarFremantle · as “Taro Smoothie”
    $9.95
  • BOBABOBA ALEXANDER HEIGHTSAlexander Heights · as “Classic Taro Milk Tea”
    Price not on the menu
  • BOBABOBA YOKINEYokine · as “Classic Taro Milk Tea”
    Price not on the menu
  • Chaffic BaldivisBaldivis · as “Taro Cream Long Black”
    Price not on the menu
Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

Perth cafes with Taro on their menus or in their posts.

Trend

Is taro still growing in Perth?

It's emerging: early days yet.

Perth's figures come from Google reviews and cafe menus (535 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

255075
255075
Spread

How taro spread across Perth

7suburbs with cafes that have it

By Nov 2026 (so far)

Dec 2024Nov 2026 so far
Bars: Perth cafes reviewed with it each month

Taro Perth FAQs

Data updated 13 Nov 2026.

Taro is on 37 Perth cafe menus and has been seen at cafes in 7 Perth suburbs.

The Froth, data to 13 Nov 2026

See how taro is doing across Australia

What is taro?

A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup. In all our data to 13 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 7 Perth cafes across 7 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 37 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu.

Where can I get taro in Perth?

It is on 37 Perth cafe menus right now, including Atlas West Perth in West Perth, Cuppull Trinity in Alkimos, More Than Bites Cafe in Parkwood and Bubble Bee Bubble Tea in Bassendean. 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 taro in Perth?

The average is $7.50, from 7 Perth cafe menus as of 14 Nov 2026. Most charge between $5.80 and $9.95; the lowest we have seen is $5.50 and the highest $9.95.

Where in Australia is taro biggest?

It is on a bigger share of Adelaide cafes: 3.8% against Perth's 0.8%, over the last 90 days.

What else is taro called?

Perth cafes also sell taro as "Taro Milk Tea", "Taro Latte", "Taro Milkshake", "Taro Smoothie", "Long Black With Taro Cream", "Taro Coffee", "Taro Matcha" and "Taro Matcha Latte", plus 3 other names. The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.

Is taro getting more popular in Perth?

It is early days. The Froth rates taro as Emerging as of 13 Nov 2026: it is on a small share of cafes (0.8% in the last 90 days) and holding steady. In the 90 days to 13 Nov 2026, 0.8% of the Perth cafes we see well (a current menu in that time) had it. Perth searches for it were down 27% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.

How many people search for taro in Perth?

There were 40 searches for taro 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 20 searches (Dec 2024) to 70 (May 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Perth.

When did taro first show up in Perth cafes?

The earliest Perth customer review about taro that The Froth has is from 18 May 2023. 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 taro latte?

A typical taro latte, drawn from Perth cafes' menus and reviews, is built from the top down with wide straw (wide enough for the taro), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured), cold milk (about 220 ml, usually with no coffee at all) and taro paste (steamed taro mashed with sugar, a thick layer at the bottom). 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 taro 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.