Where to get each oneWhere to get each one
Pick a trend to see the Rockdale 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 Rockdale 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 Rockdale 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 Rockdale 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.
Iced latte
4 cafes in Rockdale · first post here Sep 2026
When each trend turned upWhen each trend turned up
Dates are the first post we have from a Rockdale 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 1 of 4 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 Rockdale.
When each trend turned up
Dates are the first post we have from a Rockdale 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 1 of 4 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 Rockdale.
First posts we saw, not where a trend began
- We saw it arrive
- First post we saw
- Hot honeyFirst post we saw.
- Iced latteWe saw it arrive. 16 of 23 suburbs had it before Rockdale
- Cold foamFirst post we saw.
- CruffinFirst post we saw.
Rockdale in numbers
- 40cafes
- 2we follow
- 10trends seen
- 4in cafes' posts
Too few cafes to say
Only 2 cafes we follow, and a band needs 5.
“We follow”: cafes whose posts we read that posted in the last 90 days.
St George as a whole is about average.
- Very trend-forward1.5 times Sydney's trend activity or more, from at least 3 cafes.
- Trend-forward1.2 times Sydney or more, from at least 2 cafes.
- About averageclose to Sydney as a whole.
- Sticks to the classicsabout two thirds of Sydney or less.
- Too few cafes to sayfewer 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.
Figures to
Also try nearby
- Banksia 0.8 kmToo few cafes to say
- Bexley 1.1 kmToo few cafes to say
- Kogarah 1.5 kmAbout average
- Brighton-Le-Sands 1.7 kmToo few cafes to say
- Arncliffe 1.8 kmToo few cafes to say
- Carlton 2.3 kmToo few cafes to say
- All of St George
Questions about Rockdale
What cafe trends are in Rockdale?
As at 14 Nov 2026 we have seen 10 tracked trends in Rockdale cafes across posts, reviews, menus and press, including Iced latte, Cold foam, Hot honey and Cruffin. The latest to show up in cafes' posts there is Cruffin, first seen in Oct 2026.
How trend-forward are Rockdale cafes?
There are too few cafes to say, as at 14 Nov 2026. Only 2 cafes we follow, and a band needs 5.
Where can I get Iced latte in Rockdale?
We have seen Iced latte at 4 cafes in Rockdale across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 14 Nov 2026: Spilled Milk, Happy Alley, Michel's Patisserie Rockdale and Oliver Brown. Each one on this page links to where we saw it.
Which part of Sydney is Rockdale in?
We group Rockdale (2216) with St George. South of the Cooks River: Wolli Creek, Arncliffe, Rockdale and Kogarah, Brighton-Le-Sands and Sans Souci on the bay, and west through Bexley, Hurstville and Kingsgrove to Mortdale, Oatley and Peakhurst.
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.
Facts to quote
Rockdale at a glance
Updated
- The Froth tracks 40 cafes in Rockdale, in St George, and follows posts from 3 of them, 2 of which posted in the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026.
- 10 tracked cafe trends have been seen in Rockdale across posts, reviews, menus and press, 4 of them in cafes' own or customers' posts, as at 14 Nov 2026.
- Rockdale has no trend score as at 14 Nov 2026. Only 2 cafes we follow, and a band needs 5.
- The latest tracked trend to show up in Rockdale cafes' posts is Cruffin, first seen there on 24 Oct 2026.
- Iced latte is the tracked trend seen at the most cafes in Rockdale: 4 cafes across posts, reviews, menus and press, as at 14 Nov 2026.