Lavender in Melbourne
Emerging
It is on a small share of cafes (0.7% in the last 90 days) and holding steady, and searches in Melbourne are down 35% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025).
Fewer than 5 Melbourne cafes have it, or the first cafe post or review we have is under 120 days old, or creators are posting it before any cafe has it. It also covers anything on a small share of cafes that is holding steady.
The stages run Emerging, Rising, Peaking, Mainstream, Fading. A trend can skip a stage or move back.
16Melbourne cafe menus list it
50Melbourne searches in Oct 2026
Lavender syrup stirred into lattes, matcha and lemonades: floral and lightly sweet, and often tinted pale purple.
Is lavender still growing in Melbourne?
It's emerging: early days yet.
Melbourne searches a month
May 2025
110 searches, the busiest month.
Feb 2026
First Melbourne cafe post or review in our data.
Tap a number for what changed then.
How Melbourne compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
- Darwin
- Gold Coast
- Hobart
- MelbourneYou are here
- Adelaide
Melbourne's share of Australia's searches
27%Aug to Oct 2026Down from 36% 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 lavender, 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
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 lavender is in
Every cafe menu that names lavender 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 lavender 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.
- Coffee12 cafes
Lavender Latte
- Chai & tea3 cafes
Black Tea Lavender
- Matcha1 cafe
Matcha & Lavender Latte
Where to get lavender in Melbourne
17 Melbourne cafes: 16 on their menus, 1 from posts.
Showing 11 of 17 cafes, A to Z
- Autumn Leaves MelbournePrice not on the menu
- Bal Bakes$11.50
- Bola BakePrice not on the menu
- Hello SailorPrice not on the menu
- Motobean Coffee RoastersUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Mr Walker MelbournePrice not on the menu
- PanenkaPrice not on the menu
- Pierluigi · 2 shops$6.50
- Raph's DeliPrice not on the menu
- Sycamore Meadows MelbournePrice not on the menu
Melbourne cafes with Lavender on their menus or in their posts.
How lavender 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.
Lavender Melbourne FAQs
Lavender is on 16 Melbourne cafe menus and has been posted by cafes in 17 Melbourne suburbs.
What is lavender?
Lavender syrup stirred into lattes, matcha and lemonades: floral and lightly sweet, and often tinted pale purple. In all our data to 14 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 16 Melbourne cafes across 17 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 17 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.
What drinks is lavender in?
Across 16 cafe menus in Melbourne that list lavender as of 14 Nov 2026, the most common drinks are coffee (12 cafes), chai & tea (3 cafes) and matcha (1 cafe).
Where can I get lavender in Melbourne?
It is on 16 Melbourne cafe menus right now, including Pierluigi in Malvern East, Pierluigi in Toorak, Tokyo Lamington Carlton in Carlton and Bal Bakes in Craigieburn. 1 more cafe has posted it, though it is not on its 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 lavender called?
Melbourne cafes also sell lavender as "Lavender Latte", "Lavender Tea", "Espresso With Lavender", "Iced Lavender Latte", "Lavender Green Tea" and "Lavender Oat Milk Latte". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafes' own posts and menus.
Where in Australia is lavender biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Darwin cafes: 1.8% against Melbourne's 0.7%, over the last 90 days.
Is lavender getting more popular in Melbourne?
It is early days. The Froth rates lavender as Emerging as of 14 Nov 2026: it is on a small share of cafes (0.7% in the last 90 days) and holding steady, and searches in Melbourne are down 35% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025). In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 0.7% of the Melbourne cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in that time) had it. Among the 1,224 cafes we have followed through both periods, 1 of the same cafes had it, against 3 in the 90 days before. Melbourne searches for it were down 35% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
How many people search for lavender in Melbourne?
There were 50 searches for lavender 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 (Dec 2024) to 110 (May 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Melbourne.
When did lavender first show up in Melbourne cafes?
The earliest Melbourne cafe post or customer review about lavender that The Froth has is from 20 Feb 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?
A cafe counts for lavender 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.