Ube in Gold Coast
Rising
Search up by a quarter or more while cafes hold steady.
At least 10 cafes had it in the last 90 days, and either the number of the same cafes with it grew by a quarter or more on the 90 days before (counting only cafes we have read through both periods, and at least 10 of them), or it is new among them, or Gold Coast searches rose by a quarter or more while those cafes held steady.
The stages run Emerging, Rising, Peaking, Mainstream, Fading. A trend can skip a stage or move back.
7Gold Coast cafe menus list it
50Gold Coast searches in Oct 2026
Purple yam, sweetened and used as a paste or syrup in lattes, matcha and cold foams: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and bright purple.
Is ube still growing in Gold Coast?
Yes, it's rising.
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.
Gold Coast searches a month
Mar 2026
First Gold Coast cafe post or review in our data.
Jul 2026
50 searches, the busiest month.
Tap a number for what changed then.
How Gold Coast compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
Gold Coast's share of Australia's searches
2%Aug to Oct 2026Down from 3% in Aug to Oct 2025 (the green tick).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 ube, 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.
19 per 1,000 in Oct 2026, 1.4× vs Jun 2026
On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Gold Coast.
7 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.
Gold Coast, Australia and the world
Searches in Oct 2026, circles sized to match.
What ube is in
Every cafe menu that names ube 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 ube 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.
- Coffee4 cafesUsually $5.50 ·
Ube Latte
- Matcha2 cafes
Ube Cloud Matcha
- Other drinks1 cafe
Where to get ube in Gold Coast
15 Gold Coast cafes: 7 on their menus, 8 from posts.
What it costs
The usual price on each kind of drink, in Gold Coast
- Coffee$5.50$5.15$7.95
Bars share one scale, $5.15 to $7.95: the band is where most cafes sit, the dot the usual price.
Showing 10 of 15 cafes, A to Z
- Cafe on CrombieUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Chunky Dough CaféUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Chunky Dough Kiosk$5.50
- CLOVE N HONEY _ Ormeau$5.50
- Day Off$9
- Dayo Cafe$9
- Deja Brew Cafe$5
- Dipcro PastryUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Ground CoolangattaUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- KOVI Cafe$9.50
Gold Coast cafes with Ube on their menus or in their posts.
How ube spread across Gold Coast
8suburbs 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.
3 suburbs are known only from a menu, which we can't date, so they count in the last month.
Ube Gold Coast FAQs
Ube is on 7 Gold Coast cafe menus and has been posted by cafes in 8 Gold Coast suburbs.
What is ube?
Purple yam, sweetened and used as a paste or syrup in lattes, matcha and cold foams: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and bright purple. In all our data to 15 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 14 Gold Coast cafes across 8 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 ube in?
Across 7 cafe menus in Gold Coast that list ube as of 15 Nov 2026, the most common drinks are coffee (4 cafes) and matcha (2 cafes).
How much is a ube coffee in Gold Coast?
The usual price of a ube coffee in Gold Coast is $5.50 as of 15 Nov 2026, and most cafes charge between $5.15 and $7.95, 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 ube in Gold Coast?
It is on 7 Gold Coast cafe menus right now, including Deja Brew Cafe in Southport, Chunky Dough Kiosk in Southport, CLOVE N HONEY _ Ormeau in Ormeau and Side Piece Coffee in Varsity Lakes. 8 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 ube called?
Gold Coast cafes also sell ube as "Ube Latte", "Ube Cold Foam", "Iced Ube Coffee", "Ube Collection Coffee", "Ube Matcha", "Ube Cloud Matcha", "Ube Foam" and "Ube Iced Latte". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafes' own posts and menus.
Where in Australia is ube biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Brisbane cafes: 3.4% against Gold Coast's 3%, over the last 90 days.
Is ube getting more popular in Gold Coast?
Yes. The Froth rates ube as Rising as of 15 Nov 2026: search up by a quarter or more while cafes hold steady. In the 90 days to 15 Nov 2026, 3% of the Gold Coast cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in that time) had it. Among the 450 cafes we have followed through both periods, 2 of the same cafes had it, against 3 in the 90 days before. Gold Coast searches for it were up 33% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
How many people search for ube in Gold Coast?
There were 50 searches for ube 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 50 (Jul 2026). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Gold Coast.
When did ube first show up in Gold Coast cafes?
The earliest Gold Coast cafe post or customer review about ube that The Froth has is from 14 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 ube 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.