Taro in Perth
Emerging
It is on a small share of cafes (0.8% in the last 90 days) and holding steady.
Fewer than 5 Perth cafes have it, or the first review we have is under 120 days old. 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.
40Perth cafe menus list it
40Perth 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 Perth?
It's emerging: early days yet.
About Perth's figures
Perth's figures come from Google reviews and cafe menus (632 Perth cafes with a review or menu in the last 90 days). We don't read Perth cafes' posts yet, so a drink shows up here later than it would in posts.
Perth searches a month
May 2025
70 searches, the busiest month.
Tap a number for what changed then.
How Perth compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
Perth's share of Australia's searches
3%Aug to Oct 2026Down from 4% in Aug to Oct 2025 (the green tick).On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Perth.
40 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.
Perth, 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.
- Chai & tea22 cafes
Taro Milk Tea
- Coffee16 cafesUsually $6 ·
Taro Cream Long Black
- Shakes & frappes2 cafes
Taro Smoothie
Where to get taro in Perth
40 Perth cafes have it on their menus.
What it costs
The usual price on each kind of drink, in Perth
- Coffee$6$5.60$6.24
Bars share one scale, $5.60 to $6.24: the band is where most cafes sit, the dot the usual price.
Showing 10 of 40 cafes, A to Z
- Atlas West Perth$5.50
- BOBABOBA ALEXANDER HEIGHTSPrice not on the menu
- BOBABOBA YOKINEPrice not on the menu
- Bon Bon Cha Forest Lakes$7.50
- Bubble Bee Bubble Tea$7.30
- Bubble Wrap CafePrice not on the menu
- Chaffic BaldivisPrice not on the menu
- Chaffic BooragoonPrice not on the menu
- Chaffic CarouselPrice not on the menu
- Chaffic ClaremontPrice not on the menu
Perth cafes with Taro on their menus or in their posts.
How taro spread across Perth
10suburbs with cafes that have it
By Nov 2026 (so far)
Each bar is the Perth cafes with a customer review of it that month; Nov 2026 is not over yet, so its bar is so far.
7 suburbs are known only from a menu, which we can't date, so they count in the last month.
Taro Perth FAQs
Taro is on 40 Perth cafe menus and has been seen at cafes in 10 Perth 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 8 Perth cafes across 10 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 40 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu.
What drinks is taro in?
Across 40 cafe menus in Perth that list taro as of 14 Nov 2026, the most common drinks are chai & tea (22 cafes), coffee (16 cafes) and shakes & frappes (2 cafes).
How much is a taro coffee in Perth?
The usual price of a taro coffee in Perth is $6 as of 14 Nov 2026, and most cafes charge between $5.60 and $6.24, from 3 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 Perth?
It is on 40 Perth cafe menus right now, including Atlas West Perth in West Perth, Cuppull Trinity in Alkimos, More Than Bites Cafe in Parkwood and Bubble Bee Bubble Tea in Bassendean. 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?
Perth cafes also sell taro as "Taro Milk Tea", "Taro Latte", "Taro Milkshake", "Taro Smoothie", "Long Black With Taro Cream", "Taro Coffee", "Taro Matcha" and "Taro Matcha Latte", plus 3 other names. The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafe menus and Google reviews.
Where in Australia is taro biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Adelaide cafes: 3.2% against Perth's 0.8%, over the last 90 days.
Is taro getting more popular in Perth?
It is early days. The Froth rates taro as Emerging as of 14 Nov 2026: it is on a small share of cafes (0.8% in the last 90 days) and holding steady. In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 0.8% of the Perth cafes we see well (a current menu in that time) had it. Perth searches for it were down 27% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
How many people search for taro in Perth?
There were 40 searches for taro in Perth in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 20 searches (Dec 2024) to 70 (May 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Perth.
When did taro first show up in Perth cafes?
The earliest Perth customer review about taro that The Froth has 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.
How does The Froth count this?
A cafe counts for taro from the first Google review we found that mentions it, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. Shares are of the cafes we see well: those with 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 new reviews or menus (14 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Perth with all of a trend's names added up. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.