How much is a flat white in Sydney?

The average price of a regular flat white in Sydney is around $5.00 based on direct phone calls to hundreds of independent cafes. Prices range from about $4.00 in outer suburbs to over $6.00 in premium locations.

What is the Flat White Index?

The Flat White Index is a live price survey that uses an AI voice agent to call every independent cafe in Sydney and ask the price of a regular flat white. It provides suburb-by-suburb price comparisons updated as calls complete.

How are flat white prices collected?

Every price is collected by direct phone contact with the cafe. An AI voice agent named Mia calls each cafe and asks: 'How much is a regular flat white?' Prices are not scraped from menus or based on user reports.

Flat White Index — Sydney Coffee Prices 2026

Name: Flat White Index — Sydney 2026
Creator: Flat White Index
Published: 2026-03-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How it works

Four steps to every price

Discover. We find every cafe in Sydney using Google Places — suburb by suburb, across the whole metro area.

Call. Our AI voice agent Mia phones each cafe and asks one question: "How much is a regular flat white?"

Extract. Prices are pulled from the call transcript, verified, and added to the index in real time.

Map. Every price lands on this dashboard — sorted by suburb, plotted on the map, updated live.

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