A Short Black in Tasmania costs $4.50 at the median café — level with the national median of $4.50.
A Short Black in Tasmania costs $4.50 at the median café, based on 174 priced menus in the October 2026 reading. The middle half of cafés charge between $4.00 and $5.00.
Tasmania's median of $4.50 sits level with the national median of $4.50.
Of the regions we read in Tasmania, Hobart Inner is cheapest at $4.50 and South East Coast is dearest at $4.50.
Across Tasmania, 80% of cafés charge between $3.93 and $5.79 for a Short Black. Prices refresh with the April 2027 reading.
This is the Tasmania reading of the Short Black Index. Medians, not means; every number ships with its sample size. Next reading: April 2027.