Pandan in Australia

Emergingin 5 cities
−19%Australia searches, Aug to Oct 2026 vs Aug to Oct 2025
$9.23 average price, from 8 menus in one city
Where to get oneSee it city by city

The juice or syrup of the pandan leaf, mixed into lattes, matcha and coconut drinks: grassy and sweet, a little like vanilla, and bright green.

City by city

Pandan in each city

Biggest in Canberra, on 1.2% of its cafes in the last 90 days.

Canberra, Perth and Adelaide: from Google reviews and menus only

  1. Canberra

    EmergingFurthest ahead
    1.2%of Canberra cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    2
    Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.

  2. Perth

    Emerging
    1.1%of Perth cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    6
    average price
    $9.23
    Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.

  3. Adelaide

    Emerging
    0.8%of Adelaide cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    3
    None of the same cafes had it, against 1 in the 90 days before.

  4. Melbourne

    Emerging
    0.8%of Melbourne cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    14
    None of the same cafes had it, against 1 in the 90 days before.

  5. Brisbane

    Emerging
    0.5%of Brisbane cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    4
    None of the same cafes had it, against 2 in the 90 days before.

  6. Sydney

    Rising
    0.5%of Sydney cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    9
    3 of the same cafes had it, against 1 in the 90 days before.

  7. Gold Coast

    Fading
    0%of Gold Coast cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    0
    None of the same cafes had it, against 1 in the 90 days before.
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How a pandan is built

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This is pandan

The juice or syrup of the pandan leaf, mixed into lattes, matcha and coconut drinks: grassy and sweet, a little like vanilla, and bright green.

Drawn as a pandan latte, the drink cafes most often put it in.

  1. Pandan milk milk with pandan syrup, often with coconut, about 200 ml
  2. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  3. Espresso a double shot poured on last
  4. Pandan leaf a knotted leaf, mostly for the smell

Illustrative: a typical build, not one cafe's recipe.

Where to get one

Where to get pandan in Australia

39 cafes in 7 cities: 28 on their menus, 11 from posts. Prices are from the menus and may have changed.

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$9.23average · 8 Australian menusLowest $6Highest $11Most: $6.91 to $11

Showing 10 of 39 cafes, cheapest first

  • Chunky Dough KioskSouthport, Gold Coast · as “Pandan Latte”
    $5.50
  • Lola's Coffee BarTarragindi, Brisbane · as “Ube/pandan Latte”
    $5.50
  • OVERTHEMOON CAKE & DESSERTVictoria Park, Perth · as “Pandan Latte”
    $6
  • Kusuka CornerSunnybank, Brisbane · as “Tira Miss U Pandan Iced Tea10.⁸⁰”
    $7
  • Bubble Bee Bubble TeaBassendean, Perth · as “O) Pandan Coconut Milk Tea”
    $7.30
  • Monster | Phin Coffee & Street Bites BraddonBraddon, Canberra · as “Pandan Coconut Latte”
    $7.50
  • NOOK179St Kilda, Melbourne · as “Pandan Coconut Latte”
    $8
  • Hideaway MelbourneMelbourne · as “Pandan Latte”
    $9
  • K3 Artisan CoffeeMalaga, Perth · as “Pandan Viet Coffee”
    $9
  • Miilk Cake StudioMelbourne · as “Pandan Latte”
    $9
Unverified: seen in the cafe's own post or a creator's post there, not on its current menu. Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

Australian cafes with Pandan on their menus or in their posts.

Flavours

Flavours we're seeing

The flavours on cafe menus that list pandan across Australia, most cafes first, with the menu line most of them use. A chain counts as one cafe however many shops it has.

  1. Matcha“Pandan Matcha”4 cafes
  2. Coconut“Pandan Coconut Latte”3 cafes
  3. Chocolate“Cream Puffs (Custard/Chocolate/green tea/pandan”1 cafe
  4. Ube“Ube/pandan latte”1 cafe
Trend

Is pandan still growing in Australia?

Searches are down 19% on a year earlier. (Aug to Oct 2026 vs Aug to Oct 2025)

Nov 2024 to Oct 2026

Australia searches a month

100200
100200

  • How the cities compare

    Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days. Tap a city to see its page.

    1. Canberra1.2%
    2. Perth1.1%
    3. Adelaide0.8%
    4. Melbourne0.8%
    5. Brisbane0.5%
    6. Sydney0.5%

  • Where the searches come from

    Of every search for it across Australia, Aug to Oct 2026, the part from each city.

  • How big is it?

    Searches in Oct 2026. Each circle's area matches its number.

    5,400World140Australia
Spread

How pandan spread across Australia

SydneyMelbourneBrisbaneGold CoastPerthAdelaideCanberra

7cities where we've seen it

By Nov 2026 (so far)

Dec 2024Nov 2026 so far
Bars: cities with a cafe posting it each month
Also rising

Each one is rising in at least one city we read. Prices are the average across every city's menus; lines are searches across Australia.

Questions

Pandan Australia FAQs

Data updated 13 Nov 2026.

Writing about it?

“Pandan is on 39 cafe menus across 7 Australian cities, and furthest ahead in Canberra (1.2% of its cafes).”

What is pandan?

The juice or syrup of the pandan leaf, mixed into lattes, matcha and coconut drinks: grassy and sweet, a little like vanilla, and bright green. The Froth has seen it at cafes in 7 Australian cities (Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Gold Coast) as of 13 Nov 2026.

Where can I get pandan in Australia?

It is on 39 cafe menus across 7 cities right now, including Chunky Dough Kiosk in Southport, Gold Coast, Lola's Coffee Bar in Tarragindi, Brisbane, OVERTHEMOON CAKE & DESSERT in Victoria Park, Perth and Monster | Phin Coffee & Street Bites Braddon in Braddon, Canberra. The "Where to get one" list on this page has every menu, city by city, with the price where the menu gives one and directions. Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.

How much is a pandan in Australia?

The average is $9.23, from 8 cafe menus in one city as of 14 Nov 2026. Most charge between $6.91 and $11; the lowest we have seen is $6 and the highest $11. Each city's own average is on its page.

Where in Australia is pandan biggest?

Of the cities The Froth reads, Canberra has it on the biggest share of cafes: 1.2% of Canberra cafes in the last 90 days, against 1.1% in Perth and 0.8% in Adelaide. Each city's share is of its own cafes, so a smaller city can be ahead.

Is pandan getting more popular in Australia?

Searches for it across Australia were down 19% in Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025. There is no single Australian stage: each city has its own, from its own cafes. The Froth rates it Emerging in Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane; Rising in Sydney; Fading in Gold Coast as of 13 Nov 2026.

How many people search for pandan in Australia?

There were 140 searches for pandan across Australia in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the months we have, from Jul 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 50 (Dec 2024) to 170 (Sep 2024). These are monthly estimates of search demand across every state and territory.

When did pandan first show up in Australian cafes?

The earliest cafe post or customer review about pandan that The Froth has, in any city we read, is from 15 Feb 2022. 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.

What is in a pandan latte?

A typical pandan latte, drawn from cafes' own posts, is built from the top down with pandan leaf (a knotted leaf, mostly for the smell), espresso (a double shot poured on last), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured) and pandan milk (milk with pandan syrup, often with coconut, about 200 ml). Each cafe makes its own version, so this is a typical build, not one cafe's recipe.

How does The Froth count this?

Every city is counted on its own, with the same rules: a cafe counts for pandan from the first public post or customer review we found about it, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. A city's share is of its own cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in the same 90 days, a chain counting once), and its change compares the same cafes in the last 90 days with the 90 before. Cities' cafe figures are never added together, because we read some cities' posts and others only from reviews and menus. Searches are monthly search demand across Australia with all of a trend's names added up. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.