Açaí bowls at home: our café's signature

Our café in Chatswood, Sydney, has eight signature açaí bowls on its menu. Each one starts with our house açaí, which is the same as our Organic Açaí Original Sensation pint; Açaí Zero Sugar (Not a low calorie food.) is the other base on the menu. Because the base is the same, you can make every one of these bowls at home with a pint and a scoop. Here they are in menu order, with the ingredients exactly as the menu prints them.

Do you need a blender for these bowls?

No. The base is açaí sorbet, churned and frozen at the factory. The only tool you need is a scoop.

What do you need?

A pint of Organic Açaí Original Sensation, or Açaí Zero Sugar (Not a low calorie food.).
A bowl, or a clear glass if you want the café's layers.
An ice-cream scoop or a measuring cup, so each bowl comes out the same size.
The toppings for the bowl you are making. Fresh fruit is easy. For the sauces and crumbs, a store-bought spread or cookie does the job at home.

Organic Açaí Original Sensation Açaí Zero Sugar Not a low calorie food.

How do you make them?

The same three steps for all eight: scoop, top, serve.

Scoop. Take the pint from the freezer and scoop the açaí into the bowl. The Original Sensation pint's nutrition panel gives one serving as 2/3 cup; the café doesn't publish its bowl portions, so make yours the size you like. A scoop dipped in warm water goes through firm sorbet more easily. Put the pint straight back in the freezer.
Top. Add the toppings for your bowl; don't stir them in. Sauces and spreads drizzle more easily if you warm them a little first.
Serve. Eat it right away. Sorbet softens quickly at room temperature.

How do you get the café look?

At the café, the açaí goes into a clear cup in a tall swirl, with sauce, fruit and granola layered around it. Scooped from a pint, your bowl will be rounder and lower, and that is fine. For the layers, build in a clear glass: a spoon of granola, a scoop of açaí, a drizzle of sauce, then repeat, and finish with fruit on top.

The eight signature bowls

In menu order. Each "On the café menu" line is printed exactly as the menu lists it. The photos are the café's own, and some differ from the printed list.

1. The Original

A tall swirl of açaí in a clear cup, with strawberries and banana around the rim and layers of granola and açaí below. — Served at our Sydney café.

At home: Fan banana coins and halved strawberries around one side, pile granola in the middle, and finish with a thin drizzle of honey.

Allergy note: Granola can contain gluten and nuts. Honey is not vegan.

2. Pistachio Royale

An açaí swirl under a pistachio drizzle and crumbs, with strawberries and banana, and pistachio sauce layered through the clear cup. — Served at our Sydney café.

At home: Warm a spoon of pistachio cream so it pours, drizzle it over the fruit, and scatter chopped pistachios on last so they stay crisp.

Allergy note: Pistachios are tree nuts, and pistachio creams often contain milk. Granola can contain gluten and nuts.

3. Bueno Bliss

An açaí swirl with a pale drizzle, banana and strawberries, and granola and sauce layered through the clear cup. — Served at our Sydney café.

At home: A warmed hazelnut spread stands in for the sauce, and a few chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed in a bag, make the crumbs.

Allergy note: Hazelnut spreads usually contain tree nuts and milk, and sandwich cookies usually contain wheat. Granola can contain gluten and nuts.

4. Tropical Escape

An açaí swirl with passionfruit pulp and coconut flakes over a ring of golden fruit, with granola in the clear cup. — Served at our Sydney café.

At home: Dice the mango and kiwi, spoon passionfruit pulp over the top, seeds and all, and finish with coconut flakes and granola. The fruit goes on top; the base is still açaí.

Allergy note: Granola can contain gluten and nuts.

5. Biscoff Indulgence

An açaí swirl under Biscoff sauce and crumbs, with strawberries at the rim and sauce layered through the clear cup. — Served at our Sydney café.

At home: Warm a spoon of cookie butter until it drizzles, then crush a couple of speculoos cookies over the top.

Allergy note: Cookie butter and speculoos cookies usually contain wheat. Granola can contain gluten and nuts.

6. Peanut Power

An açaí swirl with a peanut butter drizzle and coconut flakes, strawberries and banana at the rim, and peanut butter layered through the clear cup. — Served at our Sydney café.

At home: Loosen a spoon of peanut butter with a few drops of warm water so it drizzles, then add banana, granola and coconut flakes.

Allergy note: Contains peanuts. Granola can contain gluten and nuts.

7. Snow White

An açaí swirl dusted with milk powder and coconut, with banana and strawberries, and granola and condensed milk layered through the clear cup. — Served at our Sydney café.

At home: Drizzle sweetened condensed milk over the fruit, dust milk powder through a small sieve for the snowy finish, then add coconut flakes and granola.

Allergy note: Condensed milk and milk powder are milk, so this bowl is not dairy-free or vegan. Granola can contain gluten and nuts.

8. Vitality Bowl

An açaí swirl with a peanut butter drizzle and chia seeds, strawberries and banana, and peanut butter and oats layered through the clear cup. — Served at our Sydney café.

At home: Add the fruit, a spoon of peanut butter and a drizzle of honey, then scatter rolled oats and a pinch of chia seeds over the top.

Allergy note: Contains peanuts. Oats can contain gluten unless the pack says gluten-free. Honey is not vegan.

A note on allergens

The notes above flag what the printed ingredients make obvious. They are not a full allergen list, and your toppings will not be the café's. Read the label on everything you use, including the pint. The certifications on our pint and cup cover the sorbet, not the bowl you build on it: Snow White, for one, has condensed milk and milk powder.

At the café, tell the team about any allergies before you order. The menu's notice, as printed:

Please advise our team of any allergies before ordering. Some items may contain or come into contact with common allergens. Gluten-free ingredients may be prepared in a shared environment and cross-contamination may occur. We cannot guarantee any item is completely allergen-free.

Where can you try the café versions?

At our café at 845 Pacific Hwy, Chatswood NSW 2067, in Sydney. The Store & Cafe page has all eight signature bowls with photos.

Neither pint is on sale in the US yet. Austropical açaí and tropical fruit sorbets are planned for US retail from March 2027, starting with Organic Açaí Original Sensation and Organic Mango in pints and Grab'n Go cups. The other eight flavors, Açaí Zero Sugar (Not a low calorie food.) among them, follow.

Photos: served at our Sydney café; the eight signature bowl photos are from the café's online menu. The café's açaí is the same as our Original Sensation pint, with Açaí Zero Sugar as the other base. Serving suggestions; toppings are not included. Açaí Zero Sugar: Not a low calorie food. Product of Brazil.

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