Taro in Adelaide
Emerging
It is on a small share of cafes (3.2% in the last 90 days) and holding steady.
Fewer than 5 Adelaide cafes have it, or the first review we have is under 120 days old. 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.
19Adelaide cafe menus list it
140Adelaide searches in Oct 2026
A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup.
Is taro still growing in Adelaide?
It's emerging: early days yet.
About Adelaide's figures
Adelaide's figures come from Google reviews and cafe menus (435 Adelaide cafes with a review or menu in the last 90 days). We don't read Adelaide cafes' posts yet, so this is a small sample and a drink shows up here later than it would in posts.
Adelaide searches a month
Apr 2025
Searches up by half on Dec 2024.
May 2025
170 searches, the busiest month.
Sep 2025
First Adelaide review in our data.
Tap a number for what changed then.
How Adelaide compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
Adelaide's share of Australia's searches
12%Aug to Oct 2026Up from 10% in Aug to Oct 2025 (the green tick).On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Adelaide.
19 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.
Adelaide, Australia and the world
Searches in Oct 2026, circles sized to match.
What taro is in
Every cafe menu that names taro 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 taro 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.
- Coffee11 cafesUsually $5.75 ·
Taro Latte
- Chai & tea2 cafes
Taro Milk Tea
- Matcha2 cafes
Matcha
- Other drinks4 cafesUsually $8.50
Where to get taro in Adelaide
22 Adelaide cafes: 19 on their menus, 3 from posts.
What it costs
The usual price on each kind of drink, in Adelaide
- Coffee$5.75$4.99$5.92
Bars share one scale, $4.99 to $5.92: the band is where most cafes sit, the dot the usual price.
Showing 10 of 22 cafes, A to Z
- Argo on the Parade$7
- CoCo Bubble TeaPrice not on the menu
- David Roche Café$4.90
- Edesia Adelaide$5
- Faar Farr AwayPrice not on the menu
- Faar Farr Away Cafe & Dessert BarPrice not on the menu
- Gico EateryUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Half Baked Co.$5.60
- JD Cake LabUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Leaf Cafe & Co Golden GrovePrice not on the menu
Adelaide cafes with Taro on their menus or in their posts.
How taro spread across Adelaide
16suburbs with cafes that have it
By Nov 2026 (so far)
Each bar is the Adelaide cafes with a customer review of it that month; Nov 2026 is not over yet, so its bar is so far.
12 suburbs are known only from a menu, which we can't date, so they count in the last month.
Taro Adelaide FAQs
Taro is on 19 Adelaide cafe menus and has been seen at cafes in 16 Adelaide suburbs.
What is taro?
A starchy root used as a paste or powder in lattes and milk teas: sweet and nutty, a little like vanilla, and pale purple in the cup. In all our data to 14 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 18 Adelaide cafes across 16 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 22 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.
What drinks is taro in?
Across 19 cafe menus in Adelaide that list taro as of 14 Nov 2026, the most common drinks are coffee (11 cafes), chai & tea (2 cafes) and matcha (2 cafes).
How much is a taro coffee in Adelaide?
The usual price of a taro coffee in Adelaide is $5.75 as of 14 Nov 2026, and most cafes charge between $4.99 and $5.92, from 10 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 taro in Adelaide?
It is on 19 Adelaide cafe menus right now, including David Roche Café in North Adelaide, Edesia Adelaide in Adelaide, Half Baked Co. in Christies Beach and LLaw Boutique Restaurant Port Plaza in Port Adelaide. 3 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 taro called?
Adelaide cafes also sell taro as "Taro Milk Tea", "Taro Latte", "Taro Boba Tea", "Iced Taro Latte", "Taro Bubble Tea", "Taro Matcha", "Taro Milky Hot Tea" and "Taro Tea", plus 1 other name. The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.
Where in Australia is taro biggest?
Of the cities The Froth reads, Adelaide has it at the biggest share of cafes: 3.2% of Adelaide cafes in the last 90 days, against 3.1% in Sydney and 2.1% in Gold Coast.
Is taro getting more popular in Adelaide?
It is early days. The Froth rates taro as Emerging as of 14 Nov 2026: it is on a small share of cafes (3.2% in the last 90 days) and holding steady. In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 3.2% of the Adelaide cafes we see well (a current menu in that time) had it. Adelaide searches for it were up 5% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
How many people search for taro in Adelaide?
There were 140 searches for taro in Adelaide in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 30 searches (Dec 2025) to 170 (May 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Adelaide.
When did taro first show up in Adelaide cafes?
The earliest Adelaide customer review about taro that The Froth has is from 10 Sep 2025. 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 taro from the first Google review we found that mentions it, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. Shares are of the cafes we see well: those with 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 new reviews or menus (14 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Adelaide with all of a trend's names added up. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.