Granita di Caffè
Also coffee granita, granita al caffè, granita di caffè con panna
Sicily's coffee ice: sweetened coffee frozen into fine crystals and served under whipped cream.
ColdServed coldFrom Italy
- Volume
- 180ml6.1 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 60mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:0.2
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Coffee granita150 ml83%
- Cream30 ml17%
- Volume
- 180ml
- Caffeine
- 60mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Sweetened coffee frozen and scraped into crystals, under whipped cream; in Sicily often eaten with a brioche for breakfast.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 180 ml granita di caffè
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171890 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water) 40.0 mg/100 g x 150 ml. Usually made from espresso or moka coffee let down with water; scaled as brewed coffee.
USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · read 2026-10-29
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 accountWikidata records granita as a Sicilian and Italian traditional food made from shaved ice and sugar. The coffee version with cream and brioche is a popular account.
Sicily, Italy; Wikidata records granita as Sicilian.
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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