Black sesame in Gold Coast
Emerging
The earliest cafe post or review we have is from 30 Aug 2026, less than four months ago.
Fewer than 5 Gold Coast 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.
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.
Where to get black sesame in Gold Coast
4 Gold Coast cafes: 2 on their menus, 2 from posts.
4 cafes, A to Z
- CHANOYU Cafe Nerang – Matcha, Japanese Desserts & Pet-Friendly$6
- Hello Kitty and Friends Cafe Pacific FairPrice not on the menu
- Kefi CafeUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- MuncheezUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
Gold Coast cafes with Black sesame on their menus or in their posts.
Is black sesame still growing in Gold Coast?
It's emerging: early days yet.
About Gold Coast's figures
This is a small sample: 338 Gold Coast cafes with an Instagram post or a menu in the last 90 days, so a few cafes can move a figure.
How Gold Coast compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
Cafes posting it
Per 1,000 cafes that posted that month, in Gold Coast.Of the cafes in Gold Coast 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.
13 per 1,000 in Oct 2026
On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Gold Coast.
2 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.
How black sesame spread across Gold Coast
5suburbs with cafes posting it
By Nov 2026 (so far)
Each bar is the Gold Coast cafes with a post or customer review of it that month; Nov 2026 is not over yet, so its bar is so far.
Black sesame Gold Coast FAQs
Black sesame is on 2 Gold Coast cafe menus and has been posted by cafes in 5 Gold Coast 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 15 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 6 Gold Coast cafes across 5 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 4 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.
Where can I get black sesame in Gold Coast?
It is on 2 Gold Coast cafe menus right now, including CHANOYU Cafe Nerang – Matcha, Japanese Desserts & Pet-Friendly in Nerang and Hello Kitty and Friends Cafe Pacific Fair in Broadbeach. 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?
Gold Coast cafes also sell black sesame as "Black Sesame Latte", "Black Sesame Banana Smoothie", "Black Sesame Cold Brew" and "Black Sesame Foam". 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?
Of the cities The Froth reads, Gold Coast has it at the biggest share of cafes: 1.5% of Gold Coast cafes in the last 90 days, against 1.4% in Melbourne and 1.2% in Brisbane.
Is black sesame getting more popular in Gold Coast?
It is early days. The Froth rates black sesame as Emerging as of 15 Nov 2026: the earliest cafe post or review we have is from 30 Aug 2026, less than four months ago. In the 90 days to 15 Nov 2026, 1.5% of the Gold Coast cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in that time) had it. Gold Coast searches for it were up 17% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
How many people search for black sesame in Gold Coast?
There were 40 searches for black sesame in Gold Coast in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 10 searches (Dec 2024) to 40 (May 2026). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Gold Coast.
When did black sesame first show up in Gold Coast cafes?
The earliest Gold Coast cafe post or customer review about black sesame that The Froth has is from 30 Aug 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 (15 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Gold Coast 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.