On September 6th, National Coffee Ice Cream Day permits us to indulge in a caffeinated dessert. Coffee lovers will delight in the opportunity, especially if they also enjoy ice cream.
The cool and creamy result of our morning java in a refreshing dessert magnifies the celebration. While not everyone drinks coffee, some like the flavor in desserts. So this day may interest even those who don’t wake up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee in the morning.
- 3000 BC – Asian cultures discover the roots of sorbet in the form of crushed ice and flavoring — 500 years later, in Egypt, this same practice is emulated when Pharaohs offer visitors a cup of ice mixed with fruit juices.
- 9th Century – Coffee is discovered in the Middle East
- 1500s – Coffee is used by Sufi circles to stay awake for their religious rituals in Arabia.
- 1665 – English memoirist Lady Anne Fanshawe documents the first ice cream recipe, suggesting flavoring with orange blossom water, mace, or ambergris.
- 1770 – Giovanni Basiolo made his success in New York by selling semi-frozen coffee and milk products popular in Genoa.
- 1843 – Nancy M. Johnson patents a manually operated machine to make iced products, the basic principles of which are still used today.
- 1851 – Jacob Fussell, the owner of a dairy shop, pours leftover cream and milk into the artificial freezer at the end of the day, and shortly afterward opens the first ice cream factory, in Seven Valleys.
- 1869 – coffee ice cream was first used in a parfait
- 1919 – In a cookbook for an Egg Coffee, consisting of cream, crushed ice, and coffee syrup.
- The average half cup of coffee ice cream contains 29 mg of caffeine — which is roughly equivalent to drinking a whole can of Coca-Cola.
- Affogato is an Italian coffee-based dessert that usually contains some form of gelato or ice cream. It means “drowned in coffee.”
- 400 billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide, making it the world’s most popular alternative beverage to water.
- 65% of coffee is consumed during breakfast.
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