Cream of the crop: Canberra’s best cold foam cafés
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Scroll through your Insta feed on any given day, and you’ll likely see them: gorgeous, perfectly layered iced matcha and cold brew topped with a cloud-like layer of thick, flavoured foam.
Not just there to look pretty, cold foam adds a creamy, sweet kick to your cold brew if you’re in the mood for a little extra, and the frothier the better.
Canberra’s cafés are pushing the boundaries with creative flavours, serving everything from hazelnut to tiramisu. Read on for the best spots to get your cold foam fix this weekend!
Easy Oar (Black Mountain Peninsula)
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This freshly opened café is a cold foam lover’s dream, offering tiramisu cold foam, salted maple cold foam Mont Blanc and cold foam matcha, not to mention gorgeous waterside views while you sip.
6 Bowen Drive, Barton | redshed.org.au/facility/easyoarcafe
Society Coffee Co (Belconnen)
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Tucked away in Grazier Lane, this northside gem is known for its monthly rotating menu of speciality cold foams, including highlights like the sticky date iced latte (espresso and sticky date puree over ice, finished with custom salted vanilla cold foam) and their matcha s’more lattes to satisfy even the sweetest tooth.
4 Grazier Lane, Belconnen | @society.coffee.co
Purple Rain Café (Campbell)
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Known for its creative beverage menu, this music-inspired spot serves up delicious cold foam options, including déjà vu (a cold brew coffee topped with salted vanilla cream foam and orange zest) and brown sugar matcha (iced matcha layered with rich brown sugar syrup and topped with silky cream foam).
51 Constitution Avenue, Campbell | @purple.rain.music.cafe
Rose N’ Brew (Greenway)
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This southside café is famous for its bright pink aesthetic, so why not try the drink to match? Their speciality strawberry puree matcha cold foam and coconut water is a treat on both the taste buds and Insta feed.
16/236 Cowlishaw Street, Greenway | rose-n-brew.lovable.app
Highroad (Dickson)
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Highroad has perfected cold foam to an art form, with their famous roast hazelnut iced latte coming topped with a velvety hazelnut cold foam, whole hazelnuts and chocolate, mimicking a caffeinated Ferrero Rocher.
1 Woolley Street, Dickson | @highroad.cbr
Bakehouse Mitchell (Mitchell)
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If you’re craving dessert with your coffee, don’t go past this venue for its house-made vanilla maple cold foam: a rich, velvety topping used across rotating monthly drink and donut pairings. The menu is also customisable, so you can add cold foams to any iced drink if it takes your fancy!
83/81-101 Lysaght Street, Mitchell | thebakehousemitchell.bitebusiness.com
Harvest (City)
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From rich, velvety Mont Blancs layered with citrus-infused cold foam to refreshing iced London fogs, Harvest has a cold foam offering that’s certain to satisfy. Why not pair your drink with one of the fresh daily bakes for an extra treat?
40 Marcus Clarke Street, City | @harvestiscoffee
Mayfair Espresso (City)
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Mayfair Espresso’s decadent tiramisu latte and vibrant ube foam matcha strike that rare balance of tasting just as good as they look. The flavours are perfectly paired with rich, colourful cold foams that are deeply satisfying from the first sip to the last.
G20/40 Marcus Clarke Street, City | mayfairespresso.com
Good Neighbour (Kingston)
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This inner south café is often a hub of activity thanks to their rotating menu featuring cold foam on specialty drinks, like their Mont Blanc: an orange-infused cold brew with orange syrup and silky vanilla cold foam. Don’t leave without trying their signature pistachio cloud matcha with a gooey cookie to match!
1/55 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston | @goodneighbour.cafe
Lava (Campbell, Weston, Phillip, Kingston)
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Who says cold foam is just for summer? Lava turns it into a cosy treat with their specialty Snowman drink, featuring a warming spiced brew topped with leatherwood honey cream cold foam. While you’re there, try their black cherry cold foam over a house brew. Delish!
Feature image: Mayfair Espresso. Via Facebook.
