David Burton has a motto for the homemade ice cream he and wife Dede prepare, one six-quart batch at a time: extra rich with intense flavor.

And the Kirkland couple has been making it that way for 15 years. Their booth has become one of the more popular stops at the Friday Night Market at Juanita Beach for both first-time samplers and those who come back again and again.

“When they come up to us, we say ‘now listen, you don’t have to buy any of this ice cream if you don’t want to. Don’t feel any pressure,'” said David Burton, founder of Burton Brother Ice Cream, “But we would like you to try the samples because we think this is ice cream that you have never had before in your life.’”

The Burtons have developed about 40 different flavors, bringing seven to the market — roasted almond fudge, butterscotch caramel-roasted cashew, cherry dark chocolate chip, creamy lime, lemon cream, pineapple cream, vanilla butter and raspberry.

Each batch begins life with a 25 percent cream base, which makes Burton Brother ice cream among the richest and creamiest available on the market — unless you make it yourself. The ice cream then gains its unique texture before being frozen from the triple whipping action of the White Mountain, a machine renowned for its quality.

But Dede readily admits that her ice cream probably isn’t meant to be an everyday treat.

“We feel that eating ice cream that is as rich as this is, you can do it every once in a while and be okay if you want to eat something rich, something special,” she said.

It’s the kind of ice cream that reminds David of his childhood, when he’d sneak out of the house at night with his three brothers just to buy some. It was on one such occasion that he came home to find his father sitting on his bed.

“You’re in big trouble,” he told his son, “unless you give me some ice cream and I won’t tell your mom.”

About 15 years ago, after realizing that he’d never find ice cream as rich and flavorful as the kind he sampled in his youth, David decided to try his hand at ice cream making. And to this day, watching others enjoy his creations never fails to bring a smile to his face.

“Psychologically he’s a feeder. He used to feed everybody in the neighborhood. Pretty soon he knew he had a pretty good ice cream,” said Dede.

The Burtons make their ice cream Mondays at Kirkland’s Starry Nights Catering kitchen and sell it in pints and small cups for about $3. It’s expensive, David admits, but it’s also homemade and flavor intensive.

“They put it in their mouth for the first time and go … MMM! Oh my goodness!”

For information

Visit Burton Brother Ice Cream at www.burtonbrother.blogspot.com