The Froth Price Index
What do cafes charge for alternative milk?
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The Froth Price Index
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The Froth Price Index
What a cafe adds for oat, soy, almond or another milk.
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 345 menus in 7 cities, November 2026.
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.
Dearest in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide at $1.00, cheapest in Brisbane and Hobart at $0.80: a 20c gap.
Not enough cafes yet in Gold Coast.
What most cafes charge
Each column is how many cafes charge a price in that step, from 345 menus in 7 cities, November 2026. Each cafe counts once, at its main price.
The darker columns hold the middle 80% of cafes, from the 10th to the 90th cafe in every 100. The solid column holds the typical price: half the cafes charge less, half charge more.
The first and last columns also hold the few cafes cheaper or dearer than the picture runs.
1 in 8 charge $1.50 or more.
$1.00 is the most common price: half the cafes charge exactly that.
Area by area
An area's figure is the typical price among its cafes, with the city's own set-asides. An area needs at least 5 cafes with a price.
Each bar is against its city's typical price, the dashed mark.
In Sydney, from $0.65 in Lower North Shore to $1.00 in Eastern Suburbs.
Not enough cafes yet in Upper North Shore and Hornsby, Northern Beaches, Ryde and Northern Suburbs and Canterbury-Bankstown.
What cafes typically add, against alternative milk at $1.00.
Alternative milk typically costs $1.00 in Sydney, from 129 menus we read in November 2026. Most Sydney cafes charge $0.58 to $2.00. That is the same as the typical price across Australia.
Alternative milk typically costs $1.00 in Melbourne, from 110 menus we read in November 2026. Most Melbourne cafes charge $0.50 to $1.00. That is the same as the typical price across Australia.
Alternative milk typically costs $0.80 in Brisbane, from 37 menus we read in November 2026. Most Brisbane cafes charge $0.66 to $1.00. That is $0.20 less than the typical price across Australia.
Alternative milk typically costs $1.00 in Adelaide, from 28 menus we read in November 2026. Most Adelaide cafes charge $1.00. That is the same as the typical price across Australia.
Alternative milk typically costs $0.90 in Perth, from 25 menus we read in November 2026. Most Perth cafes charge $0.54 to $1.00. That is $0.10 less than the typical price across Australia.
Alternative milk typically costs $0.80 in Hobart, from 8 menus we read in November 2026. Most Hobart cafes charge $0.70 to $1.20. That is $0.20 less than the typical price across Australia.
Alternative milk typically costs $0.95 in Canberra, from 8 menus we read in November 2026. Most Canberra cafes charge $0.70 to $1.00. That is $0.05 less than the typical price across Australia.
Of the 7 cities with enough cafes, Brisbane is cheapest at $0.80 and Adelaide dearest at $1.00, each its typical price.
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.