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Lemon Affogato Coffee Drink

Published: August 7, 2019 | Last updated: August 7, 2019 4 Comments

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This Lemon Affogato Coffee is a delicious and refreshing summer drink. It's creamy, smooth, and easy to make. Perfect on the go summer dessert | #affogato #coffee #icecream #sponsored
This Lemon Affogato Coffee is a delicious and refreshing summer drink. It's creamy, smooth, and easy to make. Perfect on the go summer dessert | #affogato #coffee #icecream #sponsored
This Lemon Affogato Coffee is a delicious and refreshing summer drink. It's creamy, smooth, and easy to make. Perfect on the go summer dessert | #affogato #coffee #icecream #sponsored

This Lemon Affogato Coffee is a delicious and refreshing summer drink. It’s creamy, smooth, and easy to make. Perfect on the go summer dessert.

Top down view of ice cream floating in coffee

This post has been sponsored by Nespresso. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Hello, my name is Julia and I am a coffee addict!

I love coffee. I love the smell of hot coffee in the kitchen. I love the bitter-buttery taste of coffee. I love the never-wavering routine of adding a capsule of my Nespresso coffee to the machine and listening to the unmistakable sound and whirl and drip of Nespresso coffee into a mug every morning.

I’ve been a Nespresso fan for almost a decade now. My love affair with Nespresso started almost by accident. There was a big sale, my dad convinced me to buy it. I did not want to do that. I cannot imagine not having it in the kitchen now.

Over the years, I’ve given the gift of Nespresso to many friends and family members. I currently own three (yes, that’s right three) different Nespresso machines and have over 500 capsules in my pantry (yes, I counted).

All the ingredients to make Lemon Affogato Coffee

I don’t drink my coffee black. Whether it’s espresso, americano, or brewed coffee, I like milk or cream in mine, never any sugar. I drink hot coffee in any weather, even when it’s hot and humid outside. It’s my tradition. A cup of Nespresso anchors my day.

But in the summer, aside from that hot mug of steaming coffee, I like to enjoy Affogato Coffee as well.

Container with Lemon ice cream and a scoop and a glass of coffee in the background

What is Affogato Coffee?

Let me start by saying that technically my Lemon Affogato Coffee isn’t a real affogato drink. Affogato is usually ice cream served with a shot of hot espresso poured over it.

Whether you want to call this drink (or even dessert) Lemon Affogato or Coffee with Lemon Ice Cream, the result is the same: pure and delicious heaven!

Sugar mixed with lemon zest and chopped mint in a saucer

Ingredients to make Lemon Affogato Coffee

It may seem that lemon and coffee is an unusual combination. Indeed, it is not something common in North America.

However, coffee with lemon is quite popular in many other countries. In Russia, for example, whenever you served coffee or tea, there were three things offered: sugar, milk, and lemon. Drinking tea or coffee with lemon and a bit of sugar was a great and refreshing way to enjoy the beverage.

So, to make Lemon Affogato Coffee Drink you’ll need:

  • Lemon
  • Mint
  • Sugar
  • No Churn Lemon Ice Cream
  • Nespresso coffee

Upside down glass in a dish with lemon-mint sugar

How to make Lemon Affogato

Making this delicious and refreshing summer coffee dessert is actually really easy. You can enjoy this on-the go treat in under 5 minutes thanks to the convenience of Nespresso VertuoPlus Deluxe machine.

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  1. Finely chop a few mint leaves.
  2. Zest half a lemon.
  3. Mix the chopped mint and lemon zest with granulated sugar.
  4. Rub a wedge of lemon over the rim of the glass and dip in the mint-lemon sugar to coat the rim.
  5. Make a delicious cup of your favourite Nespresso coffee in the prepared glass.
  6. Add one or two scoops of Lemon Ice Cream.

Enjoy this wonderful treat with a spoon, straw, or just drink from the glass. It’s creamy, smooth, refreshing, and delicious.

Hand pressing a button on a Nespresso machine to make coffee

Variations for Lemon Affogato Coffee

This recipe isn’t an iced coffee. Cold ice cream when added to hot coffee starts melting and makes a rich and luscious coffee drink. However, you could totally use cold coffee as well, just cool your Nespresso coffee in the fridge and then add ice cream.

If you want to strictly abide by the definition of Affogato, then pour a shot or two of Nespresso espresso over a scoop of Lemon Ice Cream.

The most obvious variation is to use different flavour of Ice Cream. Try Raspberry or Coconut for refreshing summer flavours. Or for more rich and indulgent dessert, add some caramel or chocolate ice cream.

You can omit the lemon and mint sugar rim but it adds a little bit of fun flavour and texture to the drink.

For adults only: add a shot of limoncello to your coffee!

Glass with coffee pouring from Nespresso machine

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Glass with Lemon Affogato in front of the Nespresso machine Closeup of a top of Lemon Affogato Coffee

Top down view of ice cream floating in coffee
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Lemon Affogato Coffee

This Lemon Affogato Coffee is a delicious and refreshing summer drink. It's creamy, smooth, and easy to make. Perfect on the go summer dessert | imagelicious.com
Course Dessert, Drinks
Cuisine American
Keyword coffee, dessert, ice cream
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 1 servings
Calories 275kcal
Author Julia

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 2 leaves mint
  • 1/2 lemon zest
  • 1 cup Nespresso coffee
  • 2 scoops lemon ice cream
  • a few extra mint leaves and a slice of lemon for garnish

Instructions

Make lemon-mint sugar

  • Finely chop mint leaves. Zest half a lemon.
  • In a shallow dish, mix together the granulated sugar, chopped mint, and lemon zest.

Make Lemon Affogato Coffee

  • Rub a small lemon wedge over the rim of a glass to wet it.
  • Place the glass upside down into the lemon-mint sugar and twist a few times so that the sugar sticks to the rim of the glass.
  • Make a cup of hot Nespresso coffee into the prepared glass.
  • Add 1 or 2 scoops of Lemon Ice Cream to the coffee cup.
  • Garnish with a few mint leaves and a slice of lemon.

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Notes

Note that most of the lemon-mint sugar will not actually be used but you need to make more so that the rim of the glass is easily covered with it.
 
Add the leftover lemon-mint sugar to coffee or tea.

Nutrition

Calories: 275kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 110mg | Potassium: 378mg | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 555IU | Calcium: 169mg
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Comments

  1. Jess says

    August 11, 2019 at 8:27 am

    5 stars
    Wow! What a delicious drink! I am so sure that it is addictive! YUM!

    Reply
    • Julia says

      August 11, 2019 at 9:44 am

      Thank you so much! Yes, these Affogatos are super addictive!

      Reply
  2. Olga says

    August 9, 2019 at 2:31 pm

    5 stars
    Such a refreshing drink for summer. I love anything that has coffee in it and this sounds like a delicious replacement for my morning coffee 🙂

    Reply
    • Julia says

      August 9, 2019 at 2:43 pm

      Totally great replacement for a morning coffee 🙂

      Reply

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