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Roman Refreshment | Tazza d’Oro Style

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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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anne
May 29th, 2009
Wow so tasty and so cheap… yummy !!!

Susan
May 29th, 2009
My favorite,,MMMMMMMMMM……..

Paulita
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.

erin :: the olive notes
May 29th, 2009
oh my gosh! HOW DID I MISS THIS!?!?! I need to get a return flight just to try this out

My Melange
May 29th, 2009
I know- amazing right Anne?

My Melange
May 29th, 2009
I can’t say I would choose it over gelato every time- but it was sooooo delish

My Melange
May 29th, 2009
And it would be about 8 bucks Gotta love Italy!!

My Melange
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

lucy
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!

Leesie
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?

My Melange
May 29th, 2009
Oh, you lucky girl! Rome as a small girl must have been so exciting for you!!

My Melange
May 29th, 2009
Never enough WOW’s as far as Espresso Granita con Panna is concerned!!

janie
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!

My Melange
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!!

Kalee
May 29th, 2009
I would so totally partake! Now I am missing Rome!

My Melange
May 29th, 2009
Yeah, that’s the thing about Italy. As soon as you get home, you wanna turn right around and go back

Vera Marie Badertscher
May 29th, 2009
But what do you do if you don’t like coffee? They have shaken tea?

My Melange
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!!