Roberto's Gelato

Some of our creations haven't done so well. A number of these flavours were either too weird that nobody wanted to try it them, or they only gleaned a very modest following. Others were really quite marvellous, but for one reason or other didn't sell well. We try, we learn.

avocado	gelato	Superb! Really rich, thick, and creamy, with a delicate nutty avocado flavour, beautiful light green colour. We don't understand why it wasn't more popular.
black sesame	gelato	Nice flavour, very popular in Asian countries. Just didn't fly: many people didn't like the slightly bitter taste of black sesame.
carrot ginger	sorbetto	Funny sounding combination, but quite delicious. We still have people occasionally ask for it, but it just wasn't popular enough.
cashew or cashew caramel	gelato	Cashews are considered a luxury nut, but tasty as this creation is, peanut butter gelato sells at least 10x better! Retired.
cassata	gelato	A very popular flavour in Italy, but here it never did well.
date	gelato	Delicious, but not popular. Even when we made it as "brandied date" it wouldn't move much.
dulce de leche	gelato	Extremely popular flavour in South American countries, but here never developed a following. Caramel, and our later sea salt caramel, are waaaaayyyyyy more successful.
fig	gelato	Absolutely delicious. None of us have any idea why it doesn't sell, but there you go!
garam masala	gelato	A delicate spicy flavour, yellowish colour. We made it too strong at first, and not many liked it. Later incarnations were much milder and more folks found it very appealing, just not enough of them to warrant making it.
grapefruit campari	sorbetto	It never caught on. Ruby red grapefruit is always a popular flavour, and campari adds a delicate touch. It is also somewhat bitter and red, but it is an expensive ingredient, so if it doesn't move better with than without, then we'll forget it.
haskap	sorbetto	This new "in" berry, so-called "superfruit" has gorgeous colour, but not a particularly distinctive flavour. It is also very pricey and has been our most expensive flavour to produce. Probably a good thing that not many people took a fancy to it. We have stopped making it.
kiwi	sorbetto	It has been near to impossible for us to find nice ripe kiwis, and the frozen ones aren't very nice either, so we'll give this one a miss as well.
orange	sorbetto	Why is blood orange so popular, but orange is not? To us they taste virtually the same, but we'll let popularity decide.
red beet	gelato	Our wonderful Red Ace beet gelato has been very popular at Covert Farms, who requested we make this flavour in the first place. But at Roberto's it is hard to convince people to even sample it! We still make it from time to time, but it isn't a regular feature.
saskatoon	sorbetto	Another fruit that is hard to get for some reason, and besides, it has never been overly popular.
turmeric	gelato	Never caught on, not even in the mildest version we tried. And turmeric is sooooo healthy! Oh well.