When it comes to frozen sweets, TangySweet has cornered the market for trendy toppings with its expansive/expensive spread of berries, kid cereal and coconut. TangySweet, as many Washington ladies have discovered, makes a great accessory on 95 degree Saturday mornings. Unfortunately, on such days, it disintegrates rapidly into syrupy, iridescent glop.
Yesterday, I rediscovered the creamy, sweet gelato know as Pitango (sounds like tango… coincidence?) , which makes me want to jump up and click my heels together. You can buy it on Broadway in Fell’s Point, but plunk down your change only after sampling, uber-fresh Banana, orange peel-tinged Creme, or velvety Pistacchio… And on and on (unlimited sampling beckons, my friends). The $4.50 regular size goes a long way, possibly towards Salvation. It’s made locally, on a Pennsylvania farm called Spring Wood Organic Farm. Roman Stoltzfoos, the proprietor, seems to have cute offspring.
But the taste… Could it be the grass-fed, organic milk used within? The Illy beans in the coffee flavor? That Ecuadorian organic chocolate, the Bronte pistaccios flown in from Italy (ooh, food miles)?
Those on the Baltimore Block can buy it at Iggie’s.
There was just a related post from another blog I checked. The blogger had done his own three-way DC Frozen Yummies taste-off, pitting off TangySweet vs. Sweet Green (in geirgetown) vs. Sticky Fingers (Columbia Heights). TangySweet came out the clear winner…no surprise. But, the major missing contender for tasty frozen price was missing, Dolcezza, up Wisconsin Ave in Georgetown. Like the now-I-must-try Pitango, Dolcezza is delicious gelato goodness with a taste that lifts your spirit to higher, cooler places. I haven’t been recently, but in the winter months Apple Cider ranks high among my fave flavs. Now, I think the real showdown would be a tri-state frozen treat tourney. Round-robin style, with gelato, italian ice, fro you and ice cream contestants all vying for the title of Summer 2008 most refreshing semi-dairy snack.