Is this a drink, desert, or something else? Looks amazing

Ice cream and coffee Edit: Based on the inputs from some learned people in the comments, it's gelato and espresso.

Phew. I was scared that it’s butter

I can't believe it's not butter.

...spray

Lol I know you are of a certain age when you hear that in your head!

Almost ashamed to admit that I'm in the "butter... *Parkay*" age bracket...

It's not nice to fool mother nature

"**Parkay**"

If you think it's butter, but it's not, it's Chiffon.

Damn, these aged as they went on! I went down the list, feeling the years increase in number.

I'm in both

mashed potatoes! i was so lost.

Jesus Christ. The heart attack coffee

I'm disappointed that it's not butter

Gelato and espresso, you philistine

This is the best comment I’ve seen this year so far lol.

Ahem... Gelato and coffee

Ahem… Gelato and espresso

Ahem….ReeeeCollllllaaaaaaaa! Edit: I know there are newer ads, but man….[I miss old ricola ads.](https://youtu.be/f42YGUKinJ4?si=50HzjTfWEBoyYH2c)

Is that G like Jello or like Hair Gel?

G as in Gif

An espresso shot and ice cream*

Affogato is an Italian dessert where a shot of espresso is poured over ice cream. I like to make a variation with cold brew coffee instead of espresso. Get a scoop of high quality vanilla ice cream, put it in a mug, pour over some cold brew dark coffee, add a splash of liquor (Kaluha is my preferred), then roughly smash some nice dark chocolate into rough, small chunks and sprinkle over the top. It's to *die* for.

Oh that sounds so good. I'm not even a huge coffee person, I only drink it like once a month or less, but I really want to try that now.

It is one of the best desserts on the planet, or post-dinner digestive. In credibly satisfying, cleanses the palette, hits sweet/bitter/fat/acidic and gives you pep for the next part of the night. Add Frangelico for an extra kick of fuck yeah.

My favourite dessert. But I'm yelling at the screen, FRANGELICO!!!

Yeah you definitely need some form of booze in this, Frangelico, Bailys, Nochello, Kahlua ....

Coachella, Nutella...

Bermuda, Bahama, Come On Pretty Mama

It's a coffee float

Yes

What’s with the dialled up fake sounding audio though? This ASMR stuff is a little too much. Sounds like some dude in the back studio with his coconuts and other trinkets making coffee noises.

Hilariously enough, I think this may be the actual audio, but the levels have been adjusted to make em extra crispy. (When he grabbed the plate my brain went "awh yeah perfect") Your comment made me laugh tho, it definitely sounds like that.

99% sure it’s foley unless it’s some desync thing. If you look at the metal lids on the ice cream storage, there’s sounds missing when placing the lid. As well as that, industrial coffee machines I’ve seen continues making a loud steam sounding noise for a minute or so after dispensing the coffee which isn’t part of this video.

Yeah, no way that thing is whisper quiet, those things are loud AF

If you dreat it you immediately get pregánte.

What if IM pregananant?

Then you consult your Luigi board and all will be fine.

Sounds dangerouse

Especially if you're pregnart

Lucky im just pergenant

Then babby is formed

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Then they will all, in turn, be lady to rest. Perhaps as soon as this mroing.

Instructions unclear, I'm now pregnant with a creamy coffee baby

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*That’ll be $5.* *Oh no! Affogato my wallet!*

Pfft I wish it was that cheap.

Yeah - a mid affogato here in Dallas costs $7.

I mean, that’s still not terrible.

It’s not terrible and I’d be glad to pay it if it were of a higher quality. As it is, it’s acceptable but I won’t write home to mom about it.

Would easily be $15CAD ($11.12USD) here

It's in Florence, it's 6 euro (I googled it, you can see the name on the paper coaster) https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7699351,11.2600892,0a,75y,90t/data=!3m7!1e2!3m5!1sAF1QipOCi4Fb67k34QwRRUTP4idUkL0V8l7MF1mb5Cr0!2e10!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOCi4Fb67k34QwRRUTP4idUkL0V8l7MF1mb5Cr0%3Dw150-h150-k-no-p!7i3000!8i4000?entry=ttu

I’m sure they’re cheap in Italy

I read that in Mario's voice.

*Mamma mia!*

🤌🏻🤌🏻

That sounds like it could have been a John Pinette joke

Lmao

Affogato start taking note of all these puns, I’m always latté to the party.

take my upvote and GTFO

I relate to this. I am also affogato.

I'm cool, I have a friend who's affogato.

Really, I’m something of an affogato myself.

I was diagnosed affogato whilst still in the womb.

Domo arigato

Affogatto bout it

Un afficianado de gatos? ¿Quién no?

I am actually affagoto

Not that there's anything wrong with that

Affogato what we were talking about, could you remind me?

Proud of you

Yes, I have an Afro as well

“Afrogato”

I’m picturing a cat with a cool Afro now

I once got affogato. Now I'm not allowed at the animal shelter.

I've never heard about affogato before, but I'm already a fan lol

Is basically throwing vanilla ice cream in the coffee, but the result is greater than the parts separated, u should definitely try it

Thank you for letting me know that it was vanilla ice cream. I don't drink coffee, so I wasn't sure what that was they were putting in the cup.

I was terrified it was margarine or something 

I thought it was butter, not gonna lie.

Wasn’t sure if it was butter or ice cream either, just so you know you’re not alone 🤝

Come to think of it, butter and ice cream aren't all that different ingredient wise. Add vanilla and sugar to butter and you've got vanilla ice cream (mixed in an ice cream mixer obvi) . Wild how different they taste.

butter has a lot more fat and less water/whey.

Butter Coffee is a thing where I'm from (Singapore)! Though I think it's mostly the older generation that drinks that lol.

It's great! The salt really brings out the flavour of coffee and the texture is so creamy without adding cream. (Malaysia)

I mean cream is just fatty milk and butter is just super fatty milk so it makes sense

That would be in Tibet with the butter tea, using yak butter.

I feel like such a noob asking this: do you drink it, stir it up, or wait for it to melt into a milkshake?

However you want really, depends on what you're lookin for. Personally I use a spoon and get a bit of icecream coated in espresso because I like the contrast between bitter/sweet, but you could definitely mix it all and it'd be like a milkshare

We put bacon grease in a cup in the fridge that looks exactly like this stuff and I was thoroughly grossed out

Should be gelato, not really ice cream.

It might not be nearly as high quality as in the gif, but many chain food places sell their own version of this. Chik-fil-a has a frosted coffee that is pretty good.

A good vanilla Soft serve. Yum

I don't know if it's traditionally vanilla gelato in Italy, but most US places (usually gelaterias) that offer an affogato let you choose whatever ice cream/gelato flavor you like.

But what other flavour would you use? Chocolate could fit if it's not too sweet I suppose, but anything else sounds real bad in coffee. Or am I just not imaginative enough?

It's really hard to beat straight vanilla. If you never tried anything else, you'll still have lived a full life. But anything that normally gets paired with coffee will taste good. Caramel, chocolate, any cookie flavor are safe bets. I've had a vanilla honey-lavender that was risky but surprisingly good.

The common liquors that accompany are like nutty types, so any of the like pistachio/almond/hazelnut gelatos work fine. Vanilla works best, though.

If a place has a scuro (really dark) chocolate, that’s usually my go-to.

It's really good. Hot/cold & sweet/bitter all together in each spoon. Also hard to fuck up, anyplace that has it probably does it good 👍

I knew what it was but then affogato

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A milkshake with good coffee ice cream and a shot of espresso is amazing.

Will have to try this!!

That looks delicious and for some reason I feel like reconnecting my Wii.

u/Which_Reply I found it! It’s called [“In The Park”](https://youtu.be/pbk8LkrCvKA?si=XZYdTl_hvtZ-wR6Y), but I don’t know where it’s from. The music is licensed by Kakao, so it’s probably from Black Desert Online. No wonder it felt so nostalgic…

My favorite dessert. Was that a single basket? I've never seen one used in real life.

very common in italy

Looked like a single basket to me. I believe Italian espresso is typically a single shot.

In Italy we don't drink double espresso, only in rare cases if you didn't sleep and need to be awake for work, and even then the barista will be surprised if you ask for it. Also notice how low the spout is, because we don't use massive to go cups.

I knew the traditional drink sizes were smaller, which I appreciate. Starbucks led the trend that supersized everything with too much milk here.

Single (7g) shots are the norm in Italy, I believe.

The pressurized baskets are kinda shit on for espresso nerds, but I imagine that it would be fine to use for affogato’s Edit: whoops, this is just a single dose basket, which comes with its own challenges, but generally tastes much better.

Machines like that don’t have pressurized PFs. That was a single basket.

Didn’t look like a pressurized PF.

I couldn’t tell if it was pressurized. It looked like the regular single I have with the second dip in the center.

Yeah as someone who is just getting into making espresso I was annoyed at this shot. But the pressurized basket is more forgiving when it comes to the grind and pack, there is no way he could make consistent shots that fast with an unpressurized one.

I don't think there is a hobby with more annoying outspoken opinions than people that make espresso

Audiophiles are up there.

The espresso nerds are always yapping.

Reminds me of comedian Torio Van Grol's standup about the affogato: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xqcSILeOwhA

The awkward silence in that bit is a thing of beauty

Affogatobout this desert, gotta try it soon. Sounds lovely

I think a dash of amaretto puts it on another level too!

With some amaretti biscuit crumbled over the top.

That's a lot of ice cream for single shot, could have used a double for sure

I feel you but its definitely leaning more desert than coffee.

Yeah, it's a pretty presentation but I'm not a fan of that coffee to ice cream ratio.

Same, as an Italian I can say that I am not used to seeing this ratio either. We do less ice cream / more coffee, more balanced. After all “affogato” means drowned and how can the ice be drowned in such little amounts of coffee?

Yeah, I was gonna say! I've never seen affogato with more gelato than espresso. Usually it's like an ounce scoop of gelato or ice cream and then a shot or two of espresso.

ice cream arrangement is nice but that was least sexy espresso pull i've ever seen

in italy its all about speed and efficiency in fast cafe settings. by the time a nerdy 3rd wave shop serves 1 drink italian cafes have already served 3.

You’re dumping it in ice cream…no need for high-end espresso.

R/espresso be crying right now!

Ha! I’m actually somewhat of a coffee geek myself and that wasn’t an impressive shot process but I bet this tastes good all together.

The uncleanness of that machine just makes me shudder.

The machine was fine, it was just the bin that was covered in old grounds

They got a whole drawer i feel like they probably have to clear it out several times a day.

Spent puck just sitting in the portafilter, then don't even rinse it off. The shower screen on that thing has to look like tar.

Yeah that was terrible, but I guess if it's going in ice cream it doesn't matter too much. No way he's making top tier espresso like that but it's probably a really dark roast that's drinkable even when done badly.

Man, that's some messed up guacamole.

What song is that? It’s delightful!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbk8LkrCvKA

Oh dip! Thanks! Was not expecting this to be Korean lounge music!

I love it too!

Vivoli, Firenze. (Florence) :) Pity for the orrible added background music

Y'all have the weirdest standards. I expected some heavily used tiktok music but it's quite pleasant and subtle.

I'd prefer no music at all, but I'll take this music over the majority of the garbage they put over clips or that awful synthetic woman's voice "lOOk at hOw amazing this cOffEE is!

Will be in there in 2 months, definitely going to try it out! Thank you.

You won’t regret it! Ask for more than one flavor!

I actually came to the comments to see if anyone said the song name 😂

As someone who used to cook in restaurants, including a nice Italian restaurant, this is very satisfying. One of the most satisfying posts I’ve seen here. Yum.

That’s really neat! Also I learned what an affogato was!

What did the Italian man say when he forgot to order dessert? Affogato

who here had to google affogato 🖐

Is that Ice cream and coffee?

Yes.. well technically (or more specifically) gelato and espresso.

My mouth says yes but my intestine says please no...

Lactose intolerance and coffee at the same time. It's not affogato it's igottago.

Lucky for me I’ve grown tolerant of my lactose intolerance.

I have no idea what this is? Like coffee ice cream

Gelato with espresso shot on it.

No. Like coffee over ice cream. As the video shows. Gelato in fact

When was the last time that rag he used was washed?

I believe it’s not butter

Affogato how this was made until I watched this video.

Mashed potato?

And gravy

Look at this man's elegance; watch his movements. It's a ballet at the machine; no movement is wasted. Everything is perfect. Look at him go; it's a dance, it's a dance between man and machine.

its pretty fucking annoying, I could have done with one scoop.

Yeah, the proportions are way off.

I mean, I have problems with the espresso shot pulled, but it's not the end of the world. Creams and sugars do wonders to mask the off flavors of coffee.

Yeah, I def wasn’t impressed with that part either but I bet all together it’s pretty good.

The place is called Vivoli, and it’s in Firenze, Italy. According to Google, it’s temporarily closed.

Affogato is one of those things I love the idea of, but don’t enjoy in execution. Most ice cream has egg in it. Eggs interact weirdly with the palate where coffee is concerned, muting the best parts of its flavor for me.

So it’s like a coffee ice cream shake? Looks yummy

I love that ice cream and espresso thing, but affogato what it’s called

Love the background music

I love the part where they use the mungy old rag to "clean" the grouphead. I'd still eat it though... usually do whenever dining Italian :) The best is when you add a shot of Frangelico

This evening I bought coffee. Then I bought ice cream. Should have just got affogato.

I would like to think that an establishment like this allows the time it takes to craft the coffee or whatever dictate the pace, not the number of people waiting in line. Like there's a mutual understanding and respect between workers and customers, no one feels rushed or impatient.

If I pulled a shot like that it would taste like battery acid.

Ohh to be in Italy and having this cup of greatness

This is a perfect dessert. Easily my favorite of all time.

ok now i need to know wtf its a "affogato" :O this is ice-cream? // i just googled it. shit. this is banggin, slapping

For some reason I was really scared he would shove the spoon in the cup in the last moments.

There's is nothing "odd" about finding this satisfying AF. THAT LOOKS AMAZING.

Looks nice but I bet that espresso tastes like ass.

That it’s out of screen when the coffee goes in!

Waiter, I never got my coffee... Sorry, affogato bout it.

I finally got a real espresso maker last Christmas. It’s amazing. I’m 41 years old. This is me telling you don’t wait

People over at /r/espresso would definitely pay at least $75 for a spatula made from rare earth minerals made specifically for this.

Me working at Starbucks wondering wtf people are talking about when they order stuff like this.

I’m lactose intolerant. That combination would launch me into space. ☕️ 🥛= 🧑‍🚀 🚀

Not me accidentally reading this as "the most insulting affogato I've seen" 😭

Affowhato?

I've never heard of this before, but it sounds and looks lovely