Where to get each oneWhere to get each one
Pick a trend to see the Kensington cafes we saw it at, newest sighting first, by the name each sells it under: the line on its menu with the price, or the name it was posted under.
The figure on each chip counts every Kensington cafe we have seen it at, in posts, reviews, menus or press, to 14 Nov 2026. The trend's own page lists every cafe in Sydney.
Where to get each one
Pick a trend to see the Kensington cafes we saw it at, newest sighting first, by the name each sells it under: the line on its menu with the price, or the name it was posted under.
The figure on each chip counts every Kensington cafe we have seen it at, in posts, reviews, menus or press, to 14 Nov 2026. The trend's own page lists every cafe in Sydney.
Matcha
12 cafes in Kensington
- Sold asmatchaHome Ground KioskOn the menu, 14 Nov
- Sold asmatchaPlume Cafe UNSWCafe's post, 27 Oct
- Sold asmatchaCafe Jack's KensingtonCustomer review, 18 Oct
- Sold asmatchaCaffe BriosoCustomer review, 15 Oct
- Sold asmatchaCafe YS9Customer review, 5 Aug
- Sold asmatchaThe Little Marionette at UNSWCustomer review, 25 May
First seen hereFirst seen here
Dates are the first post we have from a Kensington cafe, or a customer posting from one, since 1 Jul 2025. A first post is when a trend shows up in what we collect, not when or where it began.
We saw 2 of 2 arrive: we had already been following that cafe for 60 days, so the date is close to when it turned up. A hollow dot is just the first post we could read.
Our records start in Jul 2025, so a trend posted here that month was most likely here already. Beside each later one: how many of the suburbs where we saw it arrive had it before Kensington.
First seen here
Dates are the first post we have from a Kensington cafe, or a customer posting from one, since 1 Jul 2025. A first post is when a trend shows up in what we collect, not when or where it began.
We saw 2 of 2 arrive: we had already been following that cafe for 60 days, so the date is close to when it turned up. A hollow dot is just the first post we could read.
Our records start in Jul 2025, so a trend posted here that month was most likely here already. Beside each later one: how many of the suburbs where we saw it arrive had it before Kensington.
The first post we saw, not where a trend began
- We saw it arrive
- First post we saw
- MatchaWe saw it arrive. 16 of 31 suburbs had it before Kensington
- Strawberry matchaWe saw it arrive. 7 of 12 suburbs had it before Kensington
Kensington in numbers
- 19cafes
- 4we follow
- 14trends seen
Too few cafes
“We follow”: cafes whose posts we read that posted in the last 90 days.
“Trends seen” counts posts, reviews, menus and press: 14 here, 2 of them in posts from its cafes.
The Eastern Suburbs as a whole is average.
- Very trendy1.5 times Sydney's trend activity or more, from at least 3 cafes.
- Trendy1.2 times Sydney or more, from at least 2 cafes.
- Averageclose to Sydney as a whole.
- Classicabout two thirds of Sydney or less.
- Too few cafesfewer cafes we follow than a band needs.
The three glasses: Range, how many different trends each cafe posts. Rising, how many cafes post a drink that is rising now. New, how many cafes tried a trend new to them. A fuller glass means more than Sydney as a whole.
Each part compares a place's cafes with Sydney. Range counts at most 3 trends per cafe over 180 days. Rising is cafes posting a rising or emerging trend in 90 days. New is cafes posting a trend for the first time in 90 days, and counts half.
Every part is pulled toward Sydney, as if 8 average cafes were added, so two or three cafes can't swing it. A suburb needs 5 cafes we followed in 180 days, an area 10.
We follow posts from only some cafes, so the band depends on which ones. That is why it is a band with its sample, never a rank. Suburbs inside a band are listed by how many cafes we follow.
Only 4 cafes we follow posted in the last 90 days, and a band needs 5.
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Questions about Kensington
What cafe trends are in Kensington?
As at 14 Nov 2026 we have seen 14 tracked trends in Kensington cafes across posts, reviews, menus and press, including Matcha and Strawberry matcha. The latest to show up in cafes' posts there is Strawberry matcha, first seen in Jun 2026.
How trend-forward are Kensington cafes?
There are too few cafes to say, as at 14 Nov 2026. Only 4 cafes we follow posted in the last 90 days, and a band needs 5.
Where can I get Matcha in Kensington?
We have seen Matcha at 12 cafes in Kensington across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 14 Nov 2026: Home Ground Kiosk, Plume Cafe UNSW, Cafe Jack's Kensington, Caffe Brioso, Cafe YS9 and 7 more. Each one on this page links to where we saw it.
Which part of Sydney is Kensington in?
We group Kensington (2033) with the Eastern Suburbs. East of the city from Paddington and Bondi Junction to the beaches at Bondi, Bronte and Coogee, north to Watsons Bay and south through Randwick and Maroubra to La Perouse.
How is this worked out?
We track every cafe we can find in Sydney. We read the public posts of the ones we follow, plus customer reviews, cafe menus and food press. A cafe counts for a trend when it, or a customer posting from it, posted about it. Creators' posts never count as proof a cafe sells something.
A share is the cafes posting a trend in the last 90 days, out of the cafes in the same place that posted anything then. An area needs at least 10 such cafes before we show one. "First seen" is the earliest post we have since 1 Jul 2025. That is when a trend shows up in what we collect, not when or where it started. Figures run to 14 Nov 2026.
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Kensington at a glance
Updated
- The Froth tracks 19 cafes in Kensington, in the Eastern Suburbs, and follows posts from 6 of them, 4 of which posted in the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026.
- 14 tracked cafe trends have been seen in Kensington across posts, reviews, menus and press, 2 of them in cafes' own or customers' posts, as at 14 Nov 2026.
- Kensington has no trend score as at 14 Nov 2026. Only 4 cafes we follow posted in the last 90 days, and a band needs 5.
- The latest tracked trend to show up in Kensington cafes' posts is Strawberry matcha, first seen there on 23 Jun 2026.
- Matcha is the tracked trend seen at the most cafes in Kensington: 12 cafes across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 14 Nov 2026.