Salted maple in Australia

Emergingin 5 cities
Seen at cafes in 7 cities so far.
Where to get oneSee it city by city

Maple syrup with a pinch of salt, most often whipped into the cold foam on an iced coffee or matcha: sweet and salty, close to salted caramel.

City by city

Salted maple in each city

Biggest in Gold Coast, on 1% of its cafes in the last 90 days.

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

  1. Gold Coast

    EmergingFurthest ahead
    1%of Gold Coast cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    3
    Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.

  2. Brisbane

    Emerging
    0.8%of Brisbane cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    6
    1 of the same cafes had it, against 2 in the 90 days before.

  3. Adelaide

    Emerging
    0.8%of Adelaide cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    3
    Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.

  4. Canberra

    Emerging
    0.6%of Canberra cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    1
    Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.

  5. Sydney

    Rising
    0.5%of Sydney cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    10
    None of the same cafes had it, against 2 in the 90 days before.

  6. Melbourne

    Rising
    0.4%of Melbourne cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    8
    2 of the same cafes had it, against none in the 90 days before.

  7. Perth

    Emerging
    0.2%of Perth cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    1
    Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.
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How a salted maple is built

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This is salted maple

Maple syrup with a pinch of salt, most often whipped into the cold foam on an iced coffee or matcha: sweet and salty, close to salted caramel.

Drawn as a salted maple cold brew, the drink cafes most often put it in.

  1. Cold brew about 250 ml over ice
  2. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  3. Salted maple foam milk and cream whipped cold with maple syrup and a pinch of salt, about 2 cm
  4. Sea salt flakes a pinch on top

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

Where to get one

Where to get salted maple in Australia

33 cafes in 7 cities: 17 on their menus, 16 from posts. Prices are from the menus and may have changed.

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Showing 10 of 33 cafes, cheapest first

  • Little Charley CafeMelbourne · as “Salted Maple Cloud Latte”
    $7
  • Side Piece DeliSwanbourne, Perth · as “Salted Maple Cold Brew”
    $7.50
  • Cafe FatboyCaringbah, Sydney · as “Maple Sea Salt Iced Coffee”
    $8
  • Beachside Bagels - Port NoarlungaPort Noarlunga, Adelaide · as “Maple Sea Salt Cold Brew”
    $9.50
  • AriseBaulkham Hills, Sydney · as “Iced salted maple latte”
    $10
  • Cafe & Bar on Whites HillCamp Hill, Brisbane · as “Salted Maple Cold Brew cold brew”
    $10
  • KOVI CafeOrmeau, Gold Coast · as “Maple Sea Salt Iced Matcha”
    $10.50
  • Easy Oar CafeActon, Canberra · as “Salted Maple Mont Blanc”
    $11
  • Eat Ozzo Marrickville | Cafe in Marrickville SydneyMarrickville, Sydney · as “Salted Maple Matcha Latte”
    Price not on the menu
  • Eat Ozzo PyrmontPyrmont, Sydney · as “Salted Maple Matcha Latte”
    Price not on the menu
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 Salted maple on their menus or in their posts.

Flavours

Flavours we're seeing

The flavours on cafe menus that list salted maple 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. Sea salt“Maple sea salt foam”6 cafes
  2. Matcha“Salted Maple Matcha Latte”4 cafes
Trend

Is salted maple still growing in Australia?

Nov 2024 to Oct 2026

Australia searches a month

255075
255075
Spread

How salted maple spread across Australia

SydneyMelbourneBrisbaneGold CoastPerthAdelaideCanberra

7cities 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

Salted maple Australia FAQs

Data updated 13 Nov 2026.

Writing about it?

“Salted maple is on 33 cafe menus across 7 Australian cities, and furthest ahead in Gold Coast (1% of its cafes).”

What is salted maple?

Maple syrup with a pinch of salt, most often whipped into the cold foam on an iced coffee or matcha: sweet and salty, close to salted caramel. The Froth has seen it at cafes in 7 Australian cities (Gold Coast, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth) as of 13 Nov 2026.

Where can I get salted maple in Australia?

It is on 33 cafe menus across 7 cities right now, including Little Charley Cafe in Melbourne, Melbourne, Side Piece Deli in Swanbourne, Perth, Cafe Fatboy in Caringbah, Sydney and Beachside Bagels - Port Noarlunga in Port Noarlunga, Adelaide. 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 salted maple biggest?

Of the cities The Froth reads, Gold Coast has it on the biggest share of cafes: 1% of Gold Coast cafes in the last 90 days, against 0.8% in Brisbane and 0.8% in Adelaide. Each city's share is of its own cafes, so a smaller city can be ahead.

Is salted maple getting more popular in Australia?

There is no single Australian stage: each city has its own, from its own cafes. The Froth rates it Emerging in Gold Coast, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra and Perth; Rising in Sydney and Melbourne as of 13 Nov 2026.

How many people search for salted maple in Australia?

There were 70 searches for salted maple 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 10 (Jul 2024) to 70 (Oct 2024). These are monthly estimates of search demand across every state and territory.

When did salted maple first show up in Australian cafes?

The earliest cafe post or customer review about salted maple that The Froth has, in any city we read, is from 22 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.

What is in a salted maple cold brew?

A typical salted maple cold brew, drawn from cafes' own posts, is built from the top down with sea salt flakes (a pinch on top), salted maple foam (milk and cream whipped cold with maple syrup and a pinch of salt, about 2 cm), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured) and cold brew (about 250 ml over ice). 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 salted maple 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.