Talenti - Coffee Chocolate Chip

Coffee Chocolate Chip - Coffee Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips

Today's flavor comes from Talenti Gelato and is called Coffee Chocolate Chip.    Talenti puts "recipe numbers" on the sides of their pints and this is recipe #7, so this was one of their original line of flavors back in 2012.  I bought this locally at Lund's, but I'm sure you can find it at most local grocery stores that carry Talenti.  It looks like a simple coffee-and-chocolate flavor.  I have written before that this is a proven flavor combination perhaps because coffee and chocolate each contain a very similar stimulant (caffeine in coffee and theobromine in chocolate).  I've seen this combination in one of Talenti's layered pints here, let's see how it works in its simplest formulation.

Unscrewing the distinctive Talenti lid, the coffee gelato has a typical burnt beige color to it.  I can see some of the chips already on the top as well.  Digging in, the coffee flavor is quite good.  It has more of a kick to it than I expected and it has a good 'roasted' coffee flavor to it as well.  It has that easy-to-scoop gelato texture as well.  The chocolate chips are dispersed generously throughout the pint.  They are small, flaky and crunchy and they do provide a lot of good chocolate flavor which goes well with the coffee.

I really liked this flavor.  It is so simple -- just coffee and chocolate chip -- but it is surprisingly well done.  The coffee flavor has a good kick and the chocolate is delicious.  This reminds me of their Mediterranean Mint flavor in that it is simple and very well done version of a classic flavor combination.