Protein coffee in Australia

Emergingin 6 citiesMicro
+30%Australia searches, Aug to Oct 2026 vs Aug to Oct 2025
Where to get oneSee it city by city

Iced coffee or a latte with protein added, as a scoop of protein powder or a ready-made protein milk: thicker and a little sweeter than a plain iced coffee.

City by city

Protein coffee in each city

Biggest in Brisbane, on 0.5% of its cafes in the last 90 days. Search changes are Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025.

Perth and Adelaide: from Google reviews and menus only

  1. Brisbane

    EmergingFurthest ahead
    0.5%of Brisbane cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    4
    Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.

  2. Perth

    Emerging
    0.4%of Perth cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    2
    Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.

  3. Gold Coast

    Emerging
    0.3%of Gold Coast cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    1
    +62%Gold Coast searches

  4. Sydney

    Emerging
    0.3%of Sydney cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    5
    +22%Sydney searches

  5. Adelaide

    Emerging
    0.3%of Adelaide cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    1
    Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.

  6. Melbourne

    Emerging
    under 0.1%of Melbourne cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    1
    +39%Melbourne searches
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How a protein coffee is built

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This is protein coffee

Iced coffee or a latte with protein added, as a scoop of protein powder or a ready-made protein milk: thicker and a little sweeter than a plain iced coffee.

  1. Protein shake a scoop of vanilla or chocolate protein blended with about 250 ml of milk
  2. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  3. Espresso a double shot over the top, about 20 g of protein all up
  4. Straw through the lid

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

Where to get one

Where to get protein coffee in Australia

14 cafes in 6 cities: 13 on their menus, 1 from posts. Prices are from the menus and may have changed.

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Showing 10 of 14 cafes, cheapest first

  • Milk and Froth ClayfieldClayfield, Brisbane · as “Small Protein Coffee”
    $6.75
  • aamare cafeSurry Hills, Sydney · as “Protein Iced Coffee”
    $8
  • The Coffee Club Café - Brisbane Charlotte TowerBrisbane City, Brisbane · as “Coffee Protein Smoothie”
    $8
  • Fonzie AbbottAlbion, Brisbane · as “Protein Iced Latte”
    $8.90
  • Pulse BrewButler, Perth · as “Protein Iced Latte”
    $9.60
  • Sip On 29Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane · as “Coffee Protein Smoothie”
    $9.90
  • GLORY DAYSBondi Beach, Sydney · as “Protein iced latte”
    $10
  • Little Barista Espresso BarLabrador, Gold Coast · as “Coffee Protein Smoothie”
    $10.90
  • ROAR Bar & GrillBibra Lake, Perth · as “Salted Caramel Protein Iced Coffee”
    $13
  • Argo on the ParadeNorwood, Adelaide · as “Protein Espresso”
    $13.50
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 Protein coffee on their menus or in their posts.

Trend

Is protein coffee still growing in Australia?

Searches say yes: up 30% on a year earlier. (Aug to Oct 2026 vs Aug to Oct 2025)

Nov 2024 to Oct 2026

Australia searches a month

2,0004,0006,000
2,0004,0006,000

  • How the cities compare

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

    1. Brisbane0.5%
    2. Perth0.4%
    3. Gold Coast0.3%
    4. Sydney0.3%
    5. Adelaide0.3%
    6. Melbourneunder 0.1%

  • 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.

    74,000World4,400Australia
Spread

How protein coffee spread across Australia

SydneyMelbourneBrisbaneGold CoastPerthAdelaide

6cities where we've seen it

By Nov 2026 (so far)

Apr 2026Nov 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

Protein coffee Australia FAQs

Data updated 13 Nov 2026.

Writing about it?

“Protein coffee is on 14 cafe menus across 6 Australian cities, and furthest ahead in Brisbane (0.5% of its cafes), while searches across Australia rose 30% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025).”

What is protein coffee?

Iced coffee or a latte with protein added, as a scoop of protein powder or a ready-made protein milk: thicker and a little sweeter than a plain iced coffee. The Froth has seen it at cafes in 6 Australian cities (Brisbane, Perth, Gold Coast, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne) as of 13 Nov 2026.

Where can I get protein coffee in Australia?

It is on 14 cafe menus across 6 cities right now, including Milk and Froth Clayfield in Clayfield, Brisbane, aamare cafe in Surry Hills, Sydney, Pulse Brew in Butler, Perth and Little Barista Espresso Bar in Labrador, Gold Coast. 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.

Where in Australia is protein coffee biggest?

Of the cities The Froth reads, Brisbane has it on the biggest share of cafes: 0.5% of Brisbane cafes in the last 90 days, against 0.4% in Perth and 0.3% in Gold Coast. Each city's share is of its own cafes, so a smaller city can be ahead.

Is protein coffee getting more popular in Australia?

Searches for it across Australia were up 30% 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 Brisbane, Perth, Gold Coast, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne as of 13 Nov 2026.

How many people search for protein coffee in Australia?

There were 4,400 searches for protein coffee 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 1,000 (Dec 2024) to 5,400 (Jan 2026). These are monthly estimates of search demand across every state and territory.

What else is protein coffee called?

Australian cafes also sell protein coffee as "protein". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend.

When did protein coffee first show up in Australian cafes?

The earliest cafe post or customer review about protein coffee that The Froth has, in any city we read, is from 6 Apr 2026. 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?

Every city is counted on its own, with the same rules: a cafe counts for protein coffee 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.