Roberto Benigni put it really well in Jim Jarmusch’s film “Down by Law”, making his cellmates excitedly chant with him “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!” And we couldn’t agree more, not just now, with the rising temperatures, but all year round. And how could we not, when we talk about great quality ice cream, authentic gelato, made with the purest ingredients by people who are passionate about creating amazing flavours.

Visiting one of the following gelaterias in Athens and having a scoop – if you can stop at just one – of their incredibly tasty ice creams will have you agree with Roberto Benigni.

Morris Brown
It’s sweet torture watching your server stir the ice cream, again and again, before placing the scoop on a crispy cone at Morris Brown. Though you can’t wait for them to stop stirring it, you also can’t help admiring the great care put in achieving the best possible result. They stir the ice cream in order to remove the air so that the texture is perfect for you to enjoy. The owner and brain behind Morris Brow, Mrs Renata Alepoudea, has left nothing to chance, teaching her staff everything she learned at the Gelato University in Bologna. 9 years after she opened her first gelateria in Nea Penteli’s square, she keeps evolving the flavours while maintaining the highest quality.

You can taste her passion and enthusiasm for what she does in the ice cream. The full-flavoured sorbets are made using Greek seasonal fruit, apart from the pineapple and mango that are imported and available all year round. The Lila Pause flavour takes you back to your childhood without being too sweet, balancing the tartness of strawberry with the sweetness of white chocolate. Have a scoop of Double Caramel with truffles, with one of the scrumptious brownies, with a slice of sokolatopita (moist chocolate cake), or with a slice of “mosaic” (Greek chocolate salami) all prepared daily in-store, exactly like the ice cream. They make quantities for a day, so every day the ice cream is fresh. The owner is adamant on that, as well as on the percentage of fat and sugar contained in the ice cream, and also never uses artificial colourings and preservatives. If you try the Chocolate or the Pistachio flavours you’ll see for yourselves what this means.

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