Roman Refreshment | Tazza d’Oro Style
Steps from the Pantheon in the maze of cobbled streets sits one of Rome’s most famous and favorite caffes.
Tazza d’Oro, which translates to Gold Cup, has been around since 1946 and is rumored to serve some of the best coffee in Rome. You can even see them roasting it in the far back corner.
The entire caffe is perfumed by the smell of the roasting coffee and is filled with the sounds of clancking china cups and saucers.
Another thing you’ll notice is the lack of tables. This is not a place that encourages you to stay, but rather in typical Roman fashion, just belly up to the bar, down your shot of espresso and go.
And there is something else the caffe serves. It is called Espresso Grantia con Panna. And though I am a huge gelato fan, sometimes one needs something a bit different, something refreshing in the 90 degree heat!
So, after touring the Pantheon, we decided to partake in the cooling concoction- and boy we were not sorry!
Layers of fresh, thick, whipped cream and sloshy, oozing, espresso ice crystals marry to make a cold, bold, creamy and sinfully delicious treat. A kind of espresso parfait, if you will. And at 2.50€, it is a bargain not to be missed.
Tazza d’Oro also makes it easy to purchase their delicious roasted coffee and have it shipped to you! Too bad you couldn’t ship an Espresso Granita con Panna!
What about you? Would you partake?
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May 29th, 2009
Wow so tasty and so cheap…
yummy !!!
May 29th, 2009
My favorite,,MMMMMMMMMM……..
May 29th, 2009
Okay, what strikes me is that in the U.S., it would be three times that size, as if something small couldn’t possibly refresh us. We’d have to keep eating and eating. Looks delicious.
May 29th, 2009
oh my gosh! HOW DID I MISS THIS!?!?! I need to get a return flight just to try this out
May 29th, 2009
I know- amazing right Anne?
May 29th, 2009
I can’t say I would choose it over gelato every time- but it was sooooo delish
May 29th, 2009
And it would be about 8 bucks
Gotta love Italy!!
May 29th, 2009
It would be soooo worth the overpriced, uncomfortable plane ride, Erin!!! You could try it at home- but as we know, it would just not be the same. Hardly anything duplicated in the US ever is!! xo
May 29th, 2009
I love anything con Panna, I love it with hot coffee too which I first experienced…you guessed it “IN ROME”.
I was eleven years old!
May 29th, 2009
Wow! that looks so delicious with all that whipped cream. I hope to get to try one of those someday – did I say Wow?
May 29th, 2009
Oh, you lucky girl! Rome as a small girl must have been so exciting for you!!
May 29th, 2009
Never enough WOW’s as far as Espresso Granita con Panna is concerned!!
May 29th, 2009
For the past 5 years we’ve been getting espresso beans shipped to us 2x a year from Tazza d’Oro. It’s not nearly as expensive as going out to get a cappuccino every day and their coffee isn’t bitter and it’s so delicious!
May 29th, 2009
Janie, I have been tempted, but have so far resisted. Maybe if I can convince myself the way you have (hee hee), I might have a go of it
That grantina was soooo good, I have an easy time believing that the coffee is the best in Rome!!
May 29th, 2009
I would so totally partake! Now I am missing Rome!
May 29th, 2009
Yeah, that’s the thing about Italy. As soon as you get home, you wanna turn right around and go back
May 29th, 2009
But what do you do if you don’t like coffee? They have shaken tea?
May 29th, 2009
Um, well Vera, if you don’t like coffee, I’d say skip it and just head for some gelato
Of course, it is impossible for me to relate, seeing that I would sell my soul to the devil for the mere smell of the good stuff!!
May 31st, 2009
Love your site. Just wanted to let you know I found you thru Ron Dubin’s photography site. Enjoy your travels!
May 31st, 2009
Hi DiamondMine. Thanks for popping by and for the nice words. Stop by any time- and say hi to Ron!!