Sydney’s best new gelato: in pictures

Coppetta, Vaucluse

Coffee is enjoyed with watermelon and mint sorbet, a lavender honey crème brûlée flavour and a chocolate wafer stick. coppetta.com.au

Coppetta, Vaucluse

The sprightly watermelon and mint sorbet. coppetta.com.au

Coppetta, Vaucluse

This hole-in-the-wall gelateria is on Old South Head Road. Flavours include gingerbread, Turkish delight, toasted marshmallow and pistachio and rosewater. coppetta.com.au

La Mamma del Gelato Anita, Chippendale

An old-school gelato cart at the entrance of La Mamma del Gelato Anita’s Chippendale store. anita-gelato.com

La Mamma del Gelato Anita, Chippendale

The rich and gooey Cookieman (a vanilla base spliced with Nutella, meringue and Italian biscotti) is a must-try. anita-gelato.com

La Mamma del Gelato Anita, Chippendale

The cases at La Mamma del Gelato Anita are filled with towers of extravagantly topped and sauced gelato. anita-gelato.com

Ciccone & Sons, Redfern

A cup of black sesame and pear and riesling gelato. facebook.com/cicconeandsons

Ciccone & Sons, Redfern

Ciccone’s crème brûlée and chocolate gelato is served. facebook.com/cicconeandsons

Gelato Franco, Marrickville

The tiramisù flavour is made using Sicilian Marsala and a chocolate sponge that’s sourced from Mezzapica Cakes in Leichhardt. It’s pictured here with the all-natural pistachio. facebook.com/gelatofranco

Gelato Franco, Marrickville

Franco makes a denser, more Sicilian-style product, like this mango gelato and blood plum sorbetto. facebook.com/gelatofranco

Pagoto Gelato & Waffle House, Marrickville

Another Marrickville player of note, Pagoto serves a Willy Wonka-esque mix of flavours piled high with toppings and sauces and an extensive menu of waffles and shakes. These waffles are topped with burnt-caramel slice gelato, banana, strawberries and Nutella sauce. pagotogelato.com.au

Pagoto Gelato & Waffle House, Marrickville

A saucy cone of red velvet and white chocolate gelato with berries. pagotogelato.com.au

Pagoto Gelato & Waffle House, Marrickville

Many flavours draw on the owners’ Greek heritage: watermelon and feta, the resin-like mastiha, and galaktoboureko among them. pagotogelato.com.au

RivaReno, Surry Hills

Alongside gelato, RivaReno is also popular for its range of Sicilian granita including  Pompelmo Rosa (pink grapefruit), Mandorla Sicilana (Sicilian almond) and this Arancia Rossa (Sicilian blood orange). rivareno.com.au

RivaReno, Surry Hills

The Pistachio Bronte flavour is intensely flavoured and lush. rivareno.com.au

Cow and the Moon café and gelataria, Enmore

In 2014 Cow and the Moon won the Gelato World Tour championship in Rimini with their Mandorla Affogato flavour: caramelised almonds and single-origin coffee in a salted-caramel sauce on a Madagascan vanilla-bean base. facebook/cowandthemoon

Cow and the Moon café and gelataria, Enmore

The cookies and cream flavour. facebook/cowandthemoon

Cow and the Moon café and gelataria, Enmore

Even 18 months after the award, queues for the Mandorla Affogato – as well as other flavours such as Single-Origin Latte, Passionfruit Crème and the saucy Cherrymania – still snake out the door. facebook/cowandthemoon