Name: Affogato al Caffè {Easy Italian Coffee Affogato Recipe}
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream or gelato; 1 shot of hot espresso; sugar to taste (optional)

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Affogato al Caffe is an Italian coffee that is made with vanilla ice cream. This easy affogato recipe will be your favorite coffee drink!

Italian Coffee

When you think of Italian coffee, you think espresso. Which is a wonderful Italian coffee, however you can take espresso a step further and make the espresso coffee into an affogato recipe.

Affogato recipe

How can you change up a cup of espresso? Using the affogato recipe, you can make a nice creamy coffee to enjoy! An affogato coffee is simply coffee with ice cream.

Coffee with ice cream

Affagato means “drowned” in Italian. So you are drowning coffee with ice cream with an affogato coffee.

When you add the hot coffee or espresso over the scoop of vanilla coffee, The coffee melts the ice cream and makes it creamy. Plus the sweetness of the ice cream really does make the affogato coffee a great coffee desert to drink.

Affogato coffee

Why should you make affogato coffee at home?

Affogato coffee is easy to make
Coffee with ice cream eliminates the need for cream and sugar
Affogato recipe is simply another great Italian coffee that you enjoy

When you are stuck at home and you want to travel but can not. Sometimes making a drink recipe can help you relax and pretend you are in another place. Drinking affogato coffee, you can pretend you are in Italy, in a small cafe, relaxing.

A huge yes as to why you should make this affogato recipe, it is really delicious. Simple and delicious is the perfect reason to make this Italian coffee recipe!

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Yield: 2 servings