Taro in Hobart
Emerging
Only 2 cafes have it so far.
Fewer than 5 Hobart 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.
4Hobart cafe menus list it
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 Hobart?
It's emerging: early days yet.
About Hobart's figures
Hobart's figures come from Google reviews and cafe menus (124 Hobart cafes with a review or menu in the last 90 days). We don't read Hobart cafes' posts yet, so this is a small sample and a drink shows up here later than it would in posts.
How Hobart compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Hobart.
4 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.
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.
- Chai & tea2 cafes
Taro Milk Tea
- Coffee2 cafes
Taro Latte
Where to get taro in Hobart
4 Hobart cafes have it on their menus.
How taro spread across Hobart
2suburbs with cafes that have it
By Nov 2026 (so far)
Each bar is the Hobart cafes with a customer review of it that month; Nov 2026 is not over yet, so its bar is so far.
1 suburb is known only from a menu, which we can't date, so it counts in the last month.
Taro Hobart FAQs
Data updated 15 Nov 2026.
Too early to quote: 2 cafes have had it so far. A quote will appear here once 5 cafes have.
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 15 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 2 Hobart cafes across 2 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 4 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu.
What drinks is taro in?
Across 4 cafe menus in Hobart that list taro as of 15 Nov 2026, the most common drinks are chai & tea (2 cafes) and coffee (2 cafes).
Where can I get taro in Hobart?
It is on 4 Hobart cafe menus right now, including Waffle Day in Hobart, Sisterhood in Sandy Bay, So Dear Eastlands | Bubble Tea & Croffle in Rosny and CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice Hobart in Hobart. 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?
Hobart cafes also sell taro as "Taro Latte" and "Taro Milk Tea". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.
Where in Australia is taro biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Adelaide cafes: 3.2% against Hobart's 0.8%, over the last 90 days.
When did taro first show up in Hobart cafes?
The earliest Hobart customer review about taro that The Froth has is from 30 Oct 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 (15 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Hobart with all of a trend's names added up. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.