Freeze Jag: Boccato Gelato & Espresso
Posted by Warren Rojas / Saturday, August 27th, 2011
August is historically the steamiest, stickiest, sweatiest month of the year–brilliant move, Founding Fathers, building the nation’s capital on a swamp–in these parts. We’ve tracked down 31 frozen treats (one a day for the rest of this month) to provide you with some temporary, and often insanely delicious, relief.
The place: Boccato Gelato & Espresso – Multiple NoVA locations; www.boccato.com
The prescription: Chilean peach gelato. Gelato is, by design, naturally denser and sweeter than your run-of-the-mill ice cream. But Boccatto’s jaw-dropping Chilean peach is nothing short of ambrosial. The boozy chiller (left me punchy, anyway) captures the nectar-like sweetness and intensely floral bouquet of the foreign fruit, a combination that translates into an absolutely intoxicating thrill ride that slides down your throat.
The homegrown shop hangs its hat on experimentation and variety, boasting a recipe Rolodex with over 200 flavors–evaluating every single one sounds like a perfect challenge for next year, no?–including: rum raisin, chocolate cake batter (lawdhavemercy), cafe con leche, lucuma (fruity and refreshing), cinnamon risotto, blueberry-banana (smurf blue with a tropical undercurrent) and Ferrero Rocher truffle.
–Warren
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Keep tabs on the month long Freeze Jag trek here.
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