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coffee Frappé mode🇮🇹 Italy

Granita di Caffè

Sicily's original frozen coffee — predates every Slushi.

5 min prep · 50 min freeze 6 servings easy

Strong espresso, sugar, water — historically scraped by hand. The Slushi does it in 50 min. Served with brioche con panna in Catania.

It slushes!
Your drink hits the sweet spot. Pour and pulse.
Alcohol
0.0%
target 8–14%
Sugar density
12.3 g/100ml
target 11–13 g/100ml
Volume
1010 ml
34.1 oz
Sugar
124 g
total
Alcohol0.0% / target 814%
Sweetness12.3 g/100ml / target 1113 g/100ml

Ingredients

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6
servings
  • Strong Espresso (cooled)475 ml
  • 2:1 Simple Syrup150 ml
  • Water385 ml
Batch volume1010 ml

Method

  1. 1.Cool espresso completely.
  2. 2.Combine in Slushi on Frappé mode, 50 min.
  3. 3.Serve in chilled glass; whipped cream optional (it's Sicilian tradition).

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