Caffè del Nonno
Also crema di caffè, crema fredda al caffè
A chilled, semi-frozen cream of espresso and sweetened cream served in a small cup, eaten with a spoon. A Naples summer standard.
ColdServed coldFrom Italy
- Volume
- 90ml3.0 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 1shot
- Caffeine
- 64mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:2.0
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Espresso30 ml33%
- Cream60 ml67%
- Volume
- 90ml
- Caffeine
- 64mg
- Espresso
- 1shot
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
A spoonable chilled coffee cream, usually dispensed from a slush machine in bars.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 90 ml caffè del nonno
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171891 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, espresso, restaurant-prepared) 212.0 mg/100 g x 30 ml.
USDA FoodData Central record 171891 · read 2026-10-26
A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.
Variants by country
No regional variants recorded.
History
Popular accountA Neapolitan bar speciality of recent decades; no primary source documents the origin.
Naples and Campania.
Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.
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