It’s finally gelato season in Rome! And so we’d like to remind you of a fact that the Italian newspapers announce each year when the weather gets warm: gelato is nutritious and it can serve as a perfectly delicious and healthy meal substitute when the heat zaps your appetite.
It’s never been hard to convince us to do our part in upping the annual gelato consumption (Italians eat an average of six kilos of gelato a year). And we’ve definitely come around to the idea of substituting gelato for a proper lunch or dinner. But the problems that arose when we contemplated having gelato for breakfast always proved a bit more complex. For example, if one were to have gelato for breakfast, then would one be forced to forgo the morning cappuccino ritual? Are those tiny, potent cups of espresso compatible with the super-fresh fruit flavors that characterize summer gelato? Are our favorite gelaterias even open at 8:30 in the morning? The problems seemed insurmountable - until now!
Algida, Italy’s pre-packaged ice cream giant, has just introduced a new product sure to fulfill our morning ice cream desires: Cafe Zero! It’s a granita di cafe with a bit of cream mixed in. Or it’s a coffee flavored ice cream full of microscopic ice chips. Whatever it is, it’s as fabulous as most other Algida products. Packaged in American-style coffee-to-go cups with large spoon-straws, Cafe Zero comes in three flavors: Espresso, Cappuccino, and Moccacino. We just can’t get enough!
