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We didn't set out to create Italy. 

We set out to create something worth craving.

Gelato was born in Italy. That's exactly why we went there. Not to copy it. To understand it. Then we came home and built something entirely our own. Crafted for craving. Not tradition.

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Our philosophy.

We don't believe in more.

We believe in better.
 

Every ingredient has one job. 
If it doesn't make the gelato better, it doesn't belong. 

No gums. 
No artificial flavors. 
No artificial colors. 

Just simple ingredients. 
Serious flavor. 
Beautiful texture. 

Gelato that tastes exactly like what it says it is. 
Vanilla tastes like vanilla beans. 
Hazelnut tastes like roasted hazelnuts. 
Chocolate tastes like chocolate. 
Not a laboratory.

Sometimes the biggest career move ...

... is to start believing in yourself and start chasing your dreams. 

little creamery didn't start with a business plan. It started with a life decision.

After years in a successful corporate career in Germany, founder Marleen chose a different path. She moved to Cincinnati in the United States with her family, became a mom of two, and began building a life centered around the things that mattered most: family, freedom, creativity, and happiness.

That decision shaped everything that followed. Including the gelato. Because if happiness was going to become a life's work, the product had to create it too. 

 

That's why little creamery exists. Not just to serve gelato. But to make ordinary days a little happier and special occasions unforgettable.

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Happiness deserves a product.

There are thousands of products people buy because they have to.

Gelato isn't one of them.

Nobody needs gelato. People choose it.

To celebrate. To comfort. To slow down. To reward themselves.

To turn an ordinary Tuesday into something worth remembering.

That's why little creamery exists - because every day is a good day for gelato and a little extra happiness.

Italy taught us the craft.

Germany taught us precision. 

America allowed us to build something new. 

little creamery is where all three come together. 

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Happiness isn't complicated.

Neither is our gelato. 

 

Simple ingredients. Serious flavor.

Crafted for craving. 

Made to be shared.

Made to be remembered.

Made for every season.

Every celebration.

Every ordinary Tuesday.

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