Hibiscus in Melbourne
Rising
Search up by a quarter or more while cafes hold steady.
At least 10 cafes had it in the last 90 days, and either the number of the same cafes with it grew by a quarter or more on the 90 days before (counting only cafes we have read through both periods, and at least 10 of them), or it is new among them, or Melbourne searches rose by a quarter or more while those cafes held steady.
The stages run Emerging, Rising, Peaking, Mainstream, Fading. A trend can skip a stage or move back.
16Melbourne cafe menus list it
60Melbourne searches in Oct 2026
Dried hibiscus flowers brewed into a deep red tea, served iced or topped up with lemonade or soda: tart, a little like cranberry.
Is hibiscus still growing in Melbourne?
Yes, it's rising.
Melbourne searches a month
Mar 2025
Searches up by half on Dec 2024.
Tap a number for what changed then.
How Melbourne compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
- Gold Coast
- Canberra
- Sydney
- MelbourneYou are here
- Brisbane
Melbourne's share of Australia's searches
24%Aug to Oct 2026Up from 21% in Aug to Oct 2025 (the green tick).Cafes posting it
Per 1,000 cafes that posted that month, in Melbourne.Of the cafes in Melbourne that posted anything that month, how many posted hibiscus, per 1,000 of them.
It is a share, not a count, so it does not grow just because we follow more cafes. It only grows when more of the cafes we follow take it up.
The month in progress shows here once it is complete, so a part month never reads as a drop. A month with too few cafes posting is left out.
1.1 per 1,000 in Oct 2026, down 35% vs Jun 2026
On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Melbourne.
16 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.
Melbourne, Australia and the world
Searches in Oct 2026, circles sized to match.
What hibiscus is in
Every cafe menu that names hibiscus 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 hibiscus 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 & tea9 cafesUsually $7.50 ·
hibiscus iced tea
- Sodas, juices & spritzes5 cafesUsually $7.50 ·
Sparkling
- Shakes & frappes1 cafe
Berries Hibiscus Smoothie
- Other drinks1 cafe
Where to get hibiscus in Melbourne
20 Melbourne cafes: 16 on their menus, 4 from posts.
What it costs
The usual price on each kind of drink, in Melbourne
- Chai & tea$7.50$5.50$8
- Sodas & juices$7.50$6.70$7.50
Bars share one scale, $5.50 to $8: the band is where most cafes sit, the dot the usual price.
Showing 10 of 20 cafes, A to Z
- Arcadia Cafe And BarPrice not on the menu
- Big ElmaUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Cafe 1947Price not on the menu
- Crest Café$5.50
- Favor & Grace$7
- Gram Cafe & Pancakes ChadstonePrice not on the menu
- Greens & Grains$7.50
- Harrow and Harvest Cafe$6.50
- Highlands Dessert Coffee HousePrice not on the menu
- Jackson Dodds Cafe MelbournePrice not on the menu
Melbourne cafes with Hibiscus on their menus or in their posts.
How hibiscus spread across Melbourne
17suburbs with cafes posting it
By Nov 2026 (so far)
Each bar is the Melbourne cafes with a post or customer review of it that month; Nov 2026 is not over yet, so its bar is so far.
11 suburbs are known only from a menu, which we can't date, so they count in the last month.
Hibiscus Melbourne FAQs
Hibiscus is on 16 Melbourne cafe menus and has been posted by cafes in 17 Melbourne suburbs.
What is hibiscus?
Dried hibiscus flowers brewed into a deep red tea, served iced or topped up with lemonade or soda: tart, a little like cranberry. In all our data to 14 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 19 Melbourne cafes across 17 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 20 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.
What drinks is hibiscus in?
Across 16 cafe menus in Melbourne that list hibiscus as of 14 Nov 2026, the most common drinks are chai & tea (9 cafes), sodas, juices & spritzes (5 cafes) and shakes & frappes (1 cafe).
How much is a hibiscus chai or tea in Melbourne?
The usual price of a hibiscus chai or tea in Melbourne is $7.50 as of 14 Nov 2026, and most cafes charge between $5.50 and $8, from 6 cafes that list a price (a chain counted once). Prices differ a lot from one kind of drink to another, so this page gives the usual price for each rather than one average.
Where can I get hibiscus in Melbourne?
It is on 16 Melbourne cafe menus right now, including Crest Café in Wantirna, Lux Foundry in Brunswick, Harrow and Harvest Cafe in Lilydale and Favor & Grace in Laverton. 4 more cafes have posted it, though it is not on their current menu. 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 hibiscus called?
Melbourne cafes also sell hibiscus as "Iced Hibiscus Tea Lemonade", "Hibiscus Tea", "Hibiscus Iced Tea", "Hibiscus Lemonade", "Hibiscus Fizzy Iced Tea", "Hibiscus Grapefruit Tea", "Hibiscus Latte" and "Hibiscus Soda", plus 2 other names. The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafes' own posts and menus.
Where in Australia is hibiscus biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Gold Coast cafes: 2.1% against Melbourne's 0.9%, over the last 90 days.
Is hibiscus getting more popular in Melbourne?
Yes. The Froth rates hibiscus as Rising as of 14 Nov 2026: search up by a quarter or more while cafes hold steady. In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 0.9% of the Melbourne cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in that time) had it. Melbourne searches for it were up 42% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
How many people search for hibiscus in Melbourne?
There were 60 searches for hibiscus in Melbourne in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 30 searches (May 2025) to 120 (Mar 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Melbourne.
When did hibiscus first show up in Melbourne cafes?
The earliest Melbourne cafe post or customer review about hibiscus that The Froth has is from 13 Dec 2024. 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 hibiscus from the first public post or customer review we found about it, the cafe's own post or a customer's, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. Shares are of the cafes we see well: those with an Instagram post or 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 cafe posts or reviews (14 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Melbourne with all of a trend's names added up. Captions stay private; we only link to public posts. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.