Taro in Melbourne
Emerging
It is on a small share of cafes (1.7% in the last 90 days) and holding steady, and searches in Melbourne are down 19% (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.
38Melbourne cafe menus list it
260Melbourne searches in Oct 2026
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.
Is taro still growing in Melbourne?
It's emerging: early days yet.
Melbourne searches a month
Mar 2025
First Melbourne cafe post or review in our data.
Jul 2025
390 searches, the busiest month.
Tap a number for what changed then.
How Melbourne compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
Melbourne's share of Australia's searches
19%Aug to Oct 2026Down from 22% 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 taro, 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.
4.3 per 1,000 in Oct 2026, 2.5× vs Jun 2026
On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Melbourne.
38 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 taro is in
Every cafe menu that names taro 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 taro 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.
- Coffee22 cafesUsually $6.50 ·
Taro Latte
- Chai & tea10 cafesUsually $7 ·
Chai Latte
- Matcha3 cafes
Taro Matcha
- Other drinks3 cafes
Where to get taro in Melbourne
52 Melbourne cafes: 38 on their menus, 14 from posts.
What it costs
The usual price on each kind of drink, in Melbourne
- Coffee$6.50$5.75$7
- Chai & tea$7$6.88$8.86
Bars share one scale, $5.75 to $8.86: the band is where most cafes sit, the dot the usual price.
Showing 10 of 52 cafes, A to Z
- 2Chi CaPheUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Bakery 127$5.50
- Bal Bakes$5.20
- BIGFOOT BOBAUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Bob's Your Uncle Cafe$9.80
- Boba Tea & SushiPrice not on the menu
- Bola BakePrice not on the menu
- Boy Boy BakeryUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Bubble CupUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Butcher Shop Cafe$6
Melbourne cafes with Taro on their menus or in their posts.
How taro spread across Melbourne
35suburbs 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.
15 suburbs are known only from a menu, which we can't date, so they count in the last month.
Where it's biggest
Each bar is the share of an area's cafes posting it in the last 90 days, from cafe and customer posts only. Tap an area to see it.
Taro Melbourne FAQs
Taro is on 38 Melbourne cafe menus and has been posted by cafes in 35 Melbourne suburbs.
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. In all our data to 14 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 44 Melbourne cafes across 35 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 52 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.
What drinks is taro in?
Across 38 cafe menus in Melbourne that list taro as of 14 Nov 2026, the most common drinks are coffee (22 cafes), chai & tea (10 cafes) and matcha (3 cafes).
How much is a taro coffee in Melbourne?
The usual price of a taro coffee in Melbourne is $6.50 as of 14 Nov 2026, and most cafes charge between $5.75 and $7, from 16 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 taro in Melbourne?
It is on 38 Melbourne cafe menus right now, including Bal Bakes in Craigieburn, Bakery 127 in Pakenham, Butcher Shop Cafe in West Melbourne and May & Mac Cafe in Northcote. 14 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 taro called?
Melbourne cafes also sell taro as "Taro Milk Tea", "Taro Latte", "Taro Matcha", "Iced Taro Latte", "Hot Taro Milk Tea", "Taro Bubble Tea", "Taro Smoothie" and "Taro Tea", plus 11 other names. The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafes' own posts and menus.
Where in Australia is taro biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Adelaide cafes: 3.2% against Melbourne's 1.7%, over the last 90 days.
Is taro getting more popular in Melbourne?
It is early days. The Froth rates taro as Emerging as of 14 Nov 2026: it is on a small share of cafes (1.7% in the last 90 days) and holding steady, and searches in Melbourne are down 19% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025). In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 1.7% 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, 2 of the same cafes had it, against 5 in the 90 days before. Melbourne searches for it were down 19% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
How many people search for taro in Melbourne?
There were 260 searches for taro 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 140 searches (Feb 2026) to 390 (Jul 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Melbourne.
When did taro first show up in Melbourne cafes?
The earliest Melbourne cafe post or customer review about taro that The Froth has is from 23 Mar 2025. 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 taro 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.