Welcome to our series sharing Food Holidays: September 5th, 2022. Today were celebrating two of David’s favorite foods Coffee and Ice Cream all in one dish giving us Coffee Ice Cream to celebrate on National Coffee Ice Cream Day. Which I will sit out and so will Charlie. How about you. Do you want to celebrate National Coffee Ice Cream Day?
National Coffee Ice Cream Day
Caffeine and Ice Cream lovers unite for National Coffee Ice Cream Day September 6th! Celebrating a combination that has swept the world by storm since at least 1919, this holiday recognizes a particular flavor that often goes unnoticed. Not anymore! Coffee Ice Cream lovers, today is your day in the Sun, and those who have yet to expand their frozen dessert palette, get ready.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL COFFEE ICE CREAM DAY
Ice Cream is the ultimate comfort food. A perfect conclusion to a great meal. So is Coffee. Why not combine the two and make something incredible? Gelato and Sorbet can be traced as far back as 3000 B.C. and people have been drinking Coffee since at least the 15th Century, it took quite some time for Coffee-flavored Ice Cream to come about. Coffee may have been discovered in the Middle East in the 9th Century, however, it wasn’t considered a household beverage until after the 17th Century. That’s when the drink started gaining traction in Britain. The French’s relationship with the Ottomans paved the way for high Society to bring Coffee to the world. Venetians eventually figured out how to make Coffee sweeter and, voila, Coffee skyrocketed to fame.
The first flavored Ice Cream was invented at the request of Roman emperor Nero. Nero servants went to the Mountains and collected snow to make a frozen dessert flavored with Honey, Nuts, and Fruit toppings. The invention of Gelato is mostly credited to Bernardo Buontalenti, a 16th Century Florence native who served Gelato to the court of Catherine de’ Medici. By 1770, Giovanni Basiolo made his success in New York selling semi-frozen Coffee and Milk products popular in Genoa. Finally, in 1869, Coffee Ice Cream was first used in a Parfait and then appeared again in a Cookbook in 1919. Today, it’s become a staple in most Ice Cream Shops’ flavor lists and is a perfect pick-me-up with a side of sweet, creamy goodness.
NATIONAL COFFEE ICE CREAM DAY ACTIVITIES
- Get a scoop!Most local Ice Cream Store offer a Coffee flavor Ice Cream they may offer a discount on National Coffee Ice Cream Day.
- If you’ve got a knack for making magic in the kitchen, try making your own Ice Cream! There’s plenty of DIY recipes online you should try out.
- Maybe Coffee Ice Cream isn’t exactly your thing, but you can still appreciate a Coffee dessert. Find a Coffee Cake or that you think you’ll like and give it a taste.
5 COFFEE ICE CREAM FACTS
- 400 billion cups of Coffee are consumed worldwide, making Coffee the world’s most popular alternative beverage to Water.
- 65% of Coffee is consumed during breakfast.
- The U.S. is the second-largest consumer of Ice Cream in the World, just after New Zealand.
- Ice Cream Waffle Cones were accidentally made when a vendor ran out of Ice Cream Cups and turned to a Waffle seller to meet the demands of customers
- The sale of Ice Cream significantly increases in times of Wars and recession.
WHY WE LOVE NATIONAL COFFEE ICE CREAM DAY
- We drink Coffee every day, and it’s nice to switch things up enjoying something slightly different that we’ll still love just as much.
- It might sound the same as the above but if it’s wrong to love both, then we don’t want to be right! Ice Cream is the ultimate comfort food, and a perfect conclusion to a great meal.
- Desserts are considered a common delicacy one generally enjoys following a meal. When Coffee came about, it began to follow that same trend. Coffee and Ice Cream together give you the best of both worlds on one plate. What’s not to love?
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
