Serez Dondurmacısı

The clearest documented case in Istanbul of a maker who built an ice-cream formula from first principles rather than inheriting one, and reasoned explicitly against industrial shortcuts.

What to order
Hacımemiş kurabiyeli, a cookie flavour particular to the shop.

What we know

Founder explicitly rejected ready-made syrups, bases, artificial colourants and synthetic additives, building his own formulas from scratch after consulting academics, per the founder's own first-person account
Sorbets stated as 100% fruit; 'gurme' range built on milk kaymağı (clotted cream) rather than a shared base mix, per the founder's own account
Sells salep and a separate lactose-free salep as standalone product lines, and states its yoğurtlu (yogurt) ice-cream category contains milk and salep, per the business's own current product menu
Featured on Vedat Milor's television programme in 2015, per the founder's own account (not independently corroborated by an opened Milor-authored review of this specific shop)

Status: open
Address: Kocayol Caddesi No:12/B, Bostancı Mahallesi, Bostancı, İstanbul
Maker: Serdar Kemahlı, founder
Website: serezdondurmacisi.com/hakkimizda
Last checked: 2026-08-21

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