Indianapolis coffee shops are going bananas for this coffee flavor

• Banana syrup was the fastest-growing beverage ingredient flavor over the past year at restaurants, per Circana market data.
• Search interest is surging, too. "Banana coffee" and "banana matcha" hit all-time highs in search in 2026, per Google trends.

Driving the news: Starbucks' fall menu, out today, jumps on the banana bandwagon with two new drinks — the iced Banana Bread Latte and iced Banana Bread Chai.

• The fall menu includes perennial Pumpkin Spice favorites, brings back pecan flavors and introduces "chaider" — a new cider-inspired chai drink.

Yes, but: Lots of locals have been going ape for banana flavor all year.

Zoom in: Here are some local options that may a-peel to you.

🍌 The Selene's summer menu is all banana. The Fountain Square walk-up coffee bar is serving banana pudding lattes, banana bread chai and banana milk matcha.

☕️ A banana pudding latte is also on the menu at Leviathan Bakehouse right now.

🧋 Downtown's Good Vibes Cafe mixes caramel with their house-made banana syrup for a banana caramel latte.

🎂 On the southside, Coffee Junkiez is channeling the fruit's dessert side. Choose from a banana split, banana cheesecake or banana cream pie latte.

🍞 Noble Coffee and Tea has a banana nut bread latte.

🫖 Garden Table's locations in Broad Ripple and Carmel have banana-flavored lattes on their menus, too.

🍵 And, for the non-coffee drinkers, head to Recess for a banana pudding matcha latte that's topped with a banana pudding cloud, Nilla Wafers and dried banana.