About Lotus CreameryEst. 2022
HenalFounder & ice cream maker
The name
A lotus is a beautiful thing from an unlikely place. It blooms from muddy water, clean and bright. In India, the lotus has long stood for purity and grace. That meaning felt right for the ice cream she wanted to make: real ingredients, careful work, and nothing to hide.
How it started
Our three-year-old asked for his first scoop of ice cream, and we said yes. Then we tasted it. It was sharp, artificial, and overloaded with sugar — the kind of scoop that made us pause before handing it to a child. So that night, Henal made her own. A Tupperware container in the freezer. The first batch was for him.
Then Austin
After we moved to Austin, Henal kept making ice cream for family and friends. Then she started bringing pints to farmers markets to see if other people wanted the same thing: familiar flavors, real ingredients, balanced sweetness, and ice cream that felt good to share. They did. Lotus has been a family thing ever since.
What we make
We make the flavors Henal grew up with — rose, saffron-pistachio, thandai, paan masala, chai masala, kulfi — alongside the American classics our kids ask for. Every batch is machine-churned in Austin with locally sourced dairy and real ingredients. No artificial flavors. No preservatives. No synthetic stabilizers. Nothing overloaded with sugar. Just a cleaner scoop we feel good handing to a three-year-old.
What we believe
Ingredients
Texas milk and cream. Real fruit. Real cardamom, rose, saffron, and spices. No artificial flavors, no preservatives, no synthetic stabilizers, and no sugar overload.
Craft
Every flavor is machine-churned in Austin, one batch at a time. We keep the sweetness balanced so the real ingredients can come through.
Community
We serve most weekends at Sunset on the ’Rise in Round Rock, and we bring ice cream to weddings, mehndi nights, and company events across the Austin area. Come by hungry, bring the kids, and try something new.
