OUR STORY
OroBianco Italian Creamery owned and operated the first and only water buffalo dairy and creamery in the state of Texas. While we no longer milk our herd of water buffalo, we still make a fantastic gelato made with water buffalo milk (sourced from the farm where we purchased our first water buffalo), local cow milk and cream, and other locally sourced and made-in-house ingredients. We are chefs, ranchers and cowboys, and we proudly raise our livestock using south Texas ranching traditions that we believe enhance the animals’ well-being and sustain our soils. We strive to produce the finest gelato in Texas while being diligent stewards of our land and our livestock.
Our Animals
Our herd of Water Buffalo currently live in the southern tip of Texas. Thriving on a grass-only diet with no growth hormones or antibiotics, our water buffalo can produce milk that contains almost twice the butterfat and nutrients than cows’ milk and reflects the terroir of our lush Texas pastures. Though powerful and intimidating, our water buffalo are gentle, intelligent and emotional animals, and we are fortunate to be on the ground with them 365 days a year.
Our Gelato
We craft our gelato in small batches and completely by hand using water buffalo milk, local cow milk and cream and other local and premium ingredients. Never using mixes, we use real fruit from local Texas farms, nut butters that we make from raw nuts in-house, herbs that we grow ourselves and eggs from chickens we raise in Dripping Springs, Texas. We are deliberate in composing recipes and flavors that highlight local terroir and, as Texas farmers and ranchers ourselves, we proudly use locally-sourced ingredients that reflect the abundance and richness of our land. This is seriously small-batch gelato, y'all.