Black sesame in Brisbane
Emerging
It is on a small share of cafes (1.2% in the last 90 days) and holding steady.
Fewer than 5 Brisbane cafes have it, or the first cafe post or review we have is under 120 days old, or creators are posting it before any cafe has it. It also covers anything on a small share of cafes that is holding steady.
The stages run Emerging, Rising, Peaking, Mainstream, Fading. A trend can skip a stage or move back.
13Brisbane cafe menus list it
110Brisbane searches in Oct 2026
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.
Is black sesame still growing in Brisbane?
It's emerging: early days yet.
Brisbane searches a month
Jun 2025
Searches up by half on Dec 2024.
Mar 2026
First Brisbane cafe post or review in our data.
Tap a number for what changed then.
How Brisbane compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
Brisbane's share of Australia's searches
9%Aug to Oct 2026The same as 9% in Aug to Oct 2025 (the green tick).Cafes posting it
Per 1,000 cafes that posted that month, in Brisbane.Of the cafes in Brisbane 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.
6.9 per 1,000 in Oct 2026
On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Brisbane.
13 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.
Brisbane, Australia and the world
Searches in Oct 2026, circles sized to match.
What black sesame is in
Every cafe menu that names black sesame is sorted into one kind of drink by its words: a burger, a toastie and a wrap are all "burgers, sandwiches & wraps".
Each shop counts once, under the drink we list it for below, so a cafe with black sesame on several drinks shows under one of them.
The usual price is the middle price of those menus, with a chain's price counted once so one chain can't set it, shown when at least three cafes list a price.
- Coffee6 cafesUsually $6 ·
Black Sesame Latte
- Chai & tea2 cafes
Black Sesame Milk Tea
- Matcha2 cafes
Black Sesame Hojicha
- Other drinks3 cafes
Where to get black sesame in Brisbane
15 Brisbane cafes: 13 on their menus, 2 from posts.
What it costs
The usual price on each kind of drink, in Brisbane
- Coffee$6$5.65$6.35
Bars share one scale, $5.65 to $6.35: the band is where most cafes sit, the dot the usual price.
Showing 10 of 15 cafes, A to Z
- Ant Coffee$5.50
- BCC DESSERT & CAKEPrice not on the menu
- BLANKO Specialty Coffee - New Farm$12
- Coffee by Blanko$12
- Jian Cha Brisbane CityPrice not on the menu
- K2 Cafe & Lab$6
- MILK & CCINO$6
- Munchi DonutsUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Orange Tea Brisbane One$8
- Sonder$6.50
Brisbane cafes with Black sesame on their menus or in their posts.
How black sesame spread across Brisbane
14suburbs with cafes posting it
By Nov 2026 (so far)
Each bar is the Brisbane 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 Brisbane FAQs
Black sesame is on 13 Brisbane cafe menus and has been posted by cafes in 14 Brisbane suburbs.
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 13 Brisbane cafes across 14 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 15 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.
What drinks is black sesame in?
Across 13 cafe menus in Brisbane that list black sesame as of 14 Nov 2026, the most common drinks are coffee (6 cafes), chai & tea (2 cafes) and matcha (2 cafes).
How much is a black sesame coffee in Brisbane?
The usual price of a black sesame coffee in Brisbane is $6 as of 14 Nov 2026, and most cafes charge between $5.65 and $6.35, from 4 cafes that list a price (a chain counted once). Prices differ a lot from one kind of drink to another, so this page gives the usual price for each rather than one average.
Where can I get black sesame in Brisbane?
It is on 13 Brisbane cafe menus right now, including Ant Coffee in Underwood, K2 Cafe & Lab in Ashgrove, MILK & CCINO in Logan Central and Sonder in Sunnybank Hills. 2 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.
What else is black sesame called?
Brisbane cafes also sell black sesame as "Black Sesame Latte", "Black Sesame Coffee Latte", "Black Sesame Hojicha", "Black Sesame Cloud Tea", "Black Sesame Cold Foam", "Black Sesame Espresso", "Black Sesame Shake" and "Hot Black Sesame Latte". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafes' own posts and menus.
Where in Australia is black sesame biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Gold Coast cafes: 1.5% against Brisbane's 1.2%, over the last 90 days.
Is black sesame getting more popular in Brisbane?
It is early days. The Froth rates black sesame as Emerging as of 14 Nov 2026: it is on a small share of cafes (1.2% in the last 90 days) and holding steady. In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 1.2% of the Brisbane cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in that time) had it. Among the 1,088 cafes we have followed through both periods, 1 of the same cafes had it, against 1 in the 90 days before. Brisbane searches for it were up 16% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
How many people search for black sesame in Brisbane?
There were 110 searches for black sesame in Brisbane in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 40 searches (Apr 2025) to 110 (Jun 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Brisbane.
When did black sesame first show up in Brisbane cafes?
The earliest Brisbane cafe post or customer review about black sesame that The Froth has is from 25 Mar 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 Brisbane 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.