The Froth Price Index
What a cafe costs in Australia
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The Froth Price Index
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The Froth Price Index
$32.00across Australia
City by city
A regular hot flat white (a latte or cappuccino where that is what the cafe lists).
The typical price is the middle price: half the cafes charge less, half charge more.
The thin line or pale band runs from the 10th to the 90th cafe in every 100, so it covers the middle 80% of cafes.
Cheapest in 4 cities at $5.00, dearest in Adelaide at $5.40.
Every item
Each rung is an item's typical price across Australia, putting every city's cafe prices together, each cafe once. Every rung is on the same scale, from $0.00.
The typical price is the middle price: half the cafes charge less, half charge more.
The thin line or pale band runs from the 10th to the 90th cafe in every 100, so it covers the middle 80% of cafes.
From a flat white at $5.00 to eggs benedict at $22.90.
Brunch for one
The basket adds up the typical prices of a flat white, banana bread and smashed avo in each city. A city shows only when every item in it has enough cafes.
Cheapest in Sydney at $29.90, dearest in Melbourne at $34.90.
On top of the coffee
What each cafe adds for one, its cheapest such line, across Australia.
What cafes typically add for each one.
A flat white typically costs $5.00 in Australia, from 1,277 menus in 8 cities we read in November 2026. Half the cafes charge less. Most charge $4.50 to $5.90. It is cheapest in Sydney ($5.00) and dearest in Adelaide ($5.40).
Going by the typical flat white, Sydney ($5.00), Melbourne ($5.00), Gold Coast ($5.00), Hobart ($5.00), Brisbane ($5.20), Perth ($5.20), Canberra ($5.20) and Adelaide ($5.40), cheapest first.
A brunch basket of flat white, banana bread and smashed avo typically adds up to $32.00 in Australia, each at its typical price. It is cheapest in Sydney ($29.90) and dearest in Melbourne ($34.90).
Across Australia a matcha latte typically costs $6.00 and a flat white $5.00: $1.00 more, about 20%.
Typically, across Australia: alternative milk $1.00, decaf $0.80, syrup $0.80 and extra shot $0.80. Each is what a cafe adds for one, its cheapest such line.
From the cafe menus we read in each city, November 2026. Each cafe counts once, at its main price for the item, and add-ons, large sizes and combos are left out. The typical price is the middle price: half the cafes charge less, half charge more. A city needs at least 8 cafes with a price before we show a figure; below that we say not enough cafes yet. We never name a cafe for its prices.