We’re really happy with the little changes we’ve made at our oberoi store. Yes, the space is still tiny but it’s ours, and we’re making it work. we added four stools inside so you can sit, cool down, and actually enjoy your ice cream for a moment instead of rushing off. It’s not a big, polished café. and that’s okay. sometimes small spaces ask you to slow down, even just a little. There’s still the bench outside too perfect for melting scoops and people-watching. And yes, there might be a gojek driver nearby asking “yes bike, yes bike.” it can be annoying. or… you can say hi, ask how they’re doing. Somehow, that helps. less irritation, more human moments.
give it a chance. Small places can still hold good things. 🍦
we’ve been working on dairy-based flavours lately. slowly, quietly, excitedly. this one’s biscoff, finished with dark chocolate poured in hot stracciatella style.
have you tried it yet?
Not every decision is a statement. Some are practical, some are local and some are about taste. Life doesn’t need constant explaining either. You choose, you move on.
Did you know that taking photos for social media as an ice cream business is actually… really annoying?
and you know why? because it melts. fast. always at the worst possible moment.
We love sharing our flavours with you, but maybe it’s time we also share the less glamorous part sticky hands, rushed shots, and ice cream doing what it’s meant to do.
melting.
We don’t do scoops to go. Not because we don’t want to sell, but because ice cream melts and so does the planet when we use styrofoam. So yeah 300ML Pints only.
We’ve always worked with coconut, but lately that’s been changing. Sourcing it the way we believe in has become harder prices rising, supply uncertain, and the coconuts we rely on more difficult to come by. The past months have been a constant balancing act. We know this shift might disappoint some of you, especially since coconut has been part of Mad Pops from the start, but we can’t keep pretending everything is fine when it isn’t, and we can’t be everything for everyone.
So we’re expanding. Some flavours are becoming dairy-based not as a replacement, just another way forward. What hasn’t changed is how we make things: still from scratch, still slow. And honestly, it’s been exciting. New bases mean new flavours, and space to experiment again
Nothing stays the same. Everything shifts. So do we.
Seminyak is open. Not finished just open. The rest will come slowly, between melts and holidays.
For now, the windows stay handwritten. Thoughts, feelings, reminders. Because outside these walls, forests are disappearing, floods are happening, and too much is being ignored.
Ice cream doesn’t live in a bubble. This is our home. We’re open AND we’re paying attention.
yesterday we had our Melaspas ceremony in our new production space. it felt warm, calm, and quietly special the kind of moment that reminds you why beginnings matter.
mad pops has always been a mix of people from different islands, different cultures, different beliefs. somehow we all ended up here, working under the same roof, chasing the same dream even if we come from completely different corners of indonesia.
we’re not Balinese, and this land isn’t our birthplace… but it is our home right now. and because some of our team is Balinese, it feels important to honour their way of doing things, to step into a new space the way they do with respect, intention, and a little bit of grace.
we might not always find the perfect words, but we’re grateful. grateful to be welcomed, grateful to be learning, and grateful to grow a small part of our story here, even if we’re just visitors passing through time.
Today’s the first moving day. from our old production to the new space. eleven years worth of stuff, dust, and memories packed in boxes — who knew we had so much?
sad? not really. more like… full. we’ve lived a lot in those walls, but we’re ready to move forward. no point in holding on too tightly — the past already did its job.
we’re grateful for every scoop, every mistake, every sticky floor. and now, we build again. new walls, same madness.
