Gelateria Alpina In Firenze

Excellent historic ice cream shop. The ice cream is "light", less creamy than others, but with a more authentic and more digestible flavour. Their coffee mousse has been my absolute favorite flavor for 35 years, there is none better. Their cream is delicate, light, lightly flavored with lemon, the only one I eat with gusto, and I don't even like cream ice cream. The stracciatella was excellent. And the other mousses are excellent too. In summer there is the blackberry flavour, a delicious classic. Their "bomb" is an ice cream dessert that has been in production for decades, and it's excellent too. The chocolates and their sacher that you find in the pastry area are also delicious (really delicious). In conclusion, it is a light and artisanal ice cream that few people find nowadays, because in general even artisanal ice creams are now much heavier in terms of ingredients. Flaws: two miserable tables inside and no seats (even public ones) outside, eating on site is not very convenient, standing on the sidewalk. The opening hours aren't easy, it's closed on Sundays, I think it's also closed on Saturdays, in the evening they close early (6pm maybe?) so getting an ice cream at the most classic and obvious times isn't possible, on the weekend you can't, not even after dinner, taking it to friends is difficult because after work it's already closed, strategically I don't understand such limited opening hours, it's a shame.

Really yummy! 2 flavors in a small cup for 2.5 euro.