Mount Desert Island Ice Cream · Portland, Maine
Fearless flavor.
Made from the ground up, in batches of no more than five gallons. Real ingredients, unexpected ideas and a little curiosity in every scoop.
Explore the official Portland shop ↗BATCH
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01 / How small-batch thinking works
Start with real things.
MDI describes scraping vanilla beans, squeezing lemons one at a time and making ice cream in small batches. This conceptual mixing diagram celebrates that process, not a technical factory schematic.
01 / Gather ingredients
02 / Explore the flavor imagination
What's your curiosity?
Choose a published flavor family to learn more. These are examples from the official Portland flavor page, not guaranteed current stock or a tasting reservation.
Specimen card / Not a live menu
Madagascar Vanilla Bean
The classic flavor is part of the Portland shop's published range. MDI describes scraping real vanilla beans in its process.
03 / Take the experiment outside
Go get a scoop.
51 Exchange Street, Portland, ME 04101. Discover the current shop information and real flavors through the official MDI website.
Get directions ↗Official Portland page ↗Your flavor direction: The classics.