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Going to a gelato parlor in Italy is always a new discovery. Indeed, each ice cream maker wants to differentiate himself from the rest by creating original gusti (flavors) that others do not have. However, the classic one are always the same since decades.
Knowing how to say them in Italian maybe be your first approach to this beautiful language: vaniglia (vanilla), fragola (strawberry), limone (lemon), cioccolato fondente (dark chocolate), cioccolato al latte (milk chocolate), nocciola (hazelnutz), stracciatella (vanilla and chocolate chips), crema (egg cream).
When you order your gelato make sure you choose first between cone (cono) or cup (coppetta).
Besides the above mentioned classi flavors The best gelato makers offer season ones that are produced with the fruits that are harvested that month. It is the case of fico d india (prickly pear) and melone (melon) in the summer, ciliegia (cherry) and albicocca (apricot) in the spring, mandarino (tangerine) in the winter and kaki (persemmons) or castagna (chestnuts) in the fall.
Did you know that there is a Gelato Institute in Italy? Created in 1991, it was born to research data on gelato consumption and set common rules of quality among national producers. Their surveys show the following results about the favorite gelato flavors among Italians consumers:
Top 5 Gelato Flavors
- Cioccolato (chocolate, 27%)
- Nocciola (hazelnuts, 20% )
- Limone (lemon, 13%)
- Fragola (strawberry,12%)
- Crema (egg cream, 10%)
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