Taro in Australia

Emergingin 8 cities
−8%Australia searches, Aug to Oct 2026 vs Aug to Oct 2025
$6.81 average price, from 91 menus in 7 cities
Where to get oneSee it city by city

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.

City by city

Taro in each city

Biggest in Adelaide, on 3.8% of its cafes in the last 90 days. Search changes are Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025.

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

  1. Adelaide

    EmergingFurthest ahead
    3.8%of Adelaide cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    14
    average price
    $6.29
    +5%Adelaide searches

  2. Sydney

    Emerging
    3.2%of Sydney cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    59
    average price
    $6.69
    No changeSydney searches

  3. Canberra

    Emerging
    2.4%of Canberra cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    4
    average price
    $7.22
    No changeCanberra searches

  4. Gold Coast

    Emerging
    2%of Gold Coast cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    6
    average price
    $7.60
    Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.

  5. Brisbane

    Emerging
    1.9%of Brisbane cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    14
    average price
    $6.44
    −27%Brisbane searches

  6. Melbourne

    Emerging
    1.7%of Melbourne cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    31
    average price
    $6.99
    −19%Melbourne searches

  7. Hobart

    Emerging
    1.1%of Hobart cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    1
    Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.

  8. Perth

    Emerging
    0.8%of Perth cafes, last 90 days
    cafes with it, last 90 days
    4
    average price
    $7.50
    Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.

How a taro is built

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This 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.

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

  1. Taro paste steamed taro mashed with sugar, a thick layer at the bottom
  2. Cold milk about 220 ml, usually with no coffee at all
  3. Ice fills the cup before anything is poured
  4. Wide straw wide enough for the taro

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

Where to get one

Where to get taro in Australia

501 cafes in 8 cities: 480 on their menus, 21 from posts. Prices are from the menus and may have changed.

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$6.81average · 91 Australian menusLowest $4.80Highest $13Most: $5 to $9

Showing 10 of 501 cafes, cheapest first

  • Cafe VianeeMiranda, Sydney · as “Taro Latte”
    $4.80
  • CEMOChatswood, Sydney · as “Taro Latte”
    $4.80
  • The Brew SpotNorth Strathfield, Sydney · as “Taro Latte”
    $4.80
  • David Roche CaféNorth Adelaide, Adelaide · as “Taro Latte”
    $4.90
  • Ariana's PlaceNewtown, Sydney · as “Taro Latte”
    $5
  • Cafe ShebaHornsby, Sydney · as “Taro Latte”
    $5
  • Edesia AdelaideAdelaide · as “Taro Latte”
    $5
  • Urban Jungle CafeHurstville, Sydney · as “Taro Latte”
    $5
  • Urban Jungle CafeParramatta, Sydney · as “Taro Latte”
    $5
  • Urban Jungle CafeRooty Hill, Sydney · as “Taro Latte”
    $5
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 Taro on their menus or in their posts.

Flavours

Flavours we're seeing

The flavours on cafe menus that list taro 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“Taro Matcha”20 cafes
  2. Chai“Chai Latte / Matcha Latte / Red Velvet Latte / Taro Latte”3 cafes
  3. Chocolate“Hot chocolate / chai latte / matcha latte / taro latte s”1 cafe
  4. Lychee“Matcha/Taro Lychee Bloom”1 cafe
  5. Mocha“Iced Mocha / Chai / Matcha / Taro”1 cafe
  6. Strawberry“Iced Taro Strawberry”1 cafe
  7. Ube“Taro cream ube latte📷”1 cafe
Trend

Is taro still growing in Australia?

Searches are about level with a year earlier. (Aug to Oct 2026 vs Aug to Oct 2025)

Nov 2024 to Oct 2026

Australia searches a month

1,0002,000
1,0002,000
Spread

How taro spread across Australia

SydneyMelbourneBrisbaneGold CoastPerthAdelaideCanberraHobart

8cities 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

Taro Australia FAQs

Data updated 13 Nov 2026.

Writing about it?

“Taro is on 501 cafe menus across 8 Australian cities, and furthest ahead in Adelaide (3.8% of its cafes).”

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. The Froth has seen it at cafes in 8 Australian cities (Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart and Perth) as of 13 Nov 2026.

Where can I get taro in Australia?

It is on 501 cafe menus across 8 cities right now, including Cafe Vianee in Miranda, Sydney, David Roche Café in North Adelaide, Adelaide, Bal Bakes in Craigieburn, Melbourne and Project Blue Cafe in Taringa, Brisbane. 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 taro in Australia?

The average is $6.81, from 91 cafe menus in 7 cities as of 14 Nov 2026. Most charge between $5 and $9; the lowest we have seen is $4.80 and the highest $13. Each city's own average is on its page.

Where in Australia is taro biggest?

Of the cities The Froth reads, Adelaide has it on the biggest share of cafes: 3.8% of Adelaide cafes in the last 90 days, against 3.2% in Sydney and 2.4% in Canberra. Each city's share is of its own cafes, so a smaller city can be ahead.

Is taro getting more popular in Australia?

Searches for it across Australia were down 8% 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 Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart and Perth as of 13 Nov 2026.

How many people search for taro in Australia?

There were 1,300 searches for taro 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 720 (Dec 2024) to 1,600 (Jul 2024). These are monthly estimates of search demand across every state and territory.

When did taro first show up in Australian cafes?

The earliest cafe post or customer review about taro that The Froth has, in any city we read, is from 18 May 2023. 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 taro latte?

A typical taro latte, drawn from cafes' own posts, is built from the top down with wide straw (wide enough for the taro), ice (fills the cup before anything is poured), cold milk (about 220 ml, usually with no coffee at all) and taro paste (steamed taro mashed with sugar, a thick layer at the bottom). 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 taro 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.