Boasting over 50 flavours of your favourite Gelato ice cream together with the best imported Hausbrandt coffee, newly launched ice-cream and coffee parlour, Icezeit, boasts the kind of European pedigree that makes it one of Cape Town’s must-taste delicatessen destinations.

Situated at 32 Waterkant Street and headed up by joint owner, Mario Inthal, Icezeit, which means ‘ice age’ in German, represents this Austrian based brand’s debut in South Africa. With a four-year track record in Austria, the international brand combines two Icezeit shops in Salzburg, one in Honolulu, and a further opening to follow later this year in Munich.

All Icezeit ice-cream is made using only natural ingredients imported from Italy combined with the finest selected local fruits. One of Icezeit’s key differentials is its warm production process which involves heating the ingredients up to 85◦C and then cooling them down to 4◦C. While fresh fruit and milk form the main ingredients, sugar volumes are kept deliberately low.

Whilst the shop boasts some of the most decadent reasons not to go on diet, it does offer sugar free, lactose free, diabetic safe and low fat options. Flavours that are sure to delight you include Lemon Basil, Tiramisu, Limoncello, Kiwi, Plum & Cinnamon, Campari Orange and “Kleine Nachtmusik”. For chocoholics the chocolate cookie flavour is irresistible. And for the health conscious, Icezeit makes a wide range of seasonal fruit sorbets which will appeal as much to kids as they do to more discerning palates.

Coffee lovers can also enjoy Icezeit’s premier range of Hausbrandt imported Italian coffees in the form of iced coffee, Caffe Affogato and Late Macchiato, amongst others. Both ices and coffees can be savoured Continental-style at this trendy new ice-cream parlour or as a take away.

Icezeit also caters for restaurants, delis, hotels and catering companies. Larger orders require 48 hours advance notice.

Icezeit is open Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 5pm and on Saturdays from 11am to 4pm in winter and from 7.30am to 6pm in summer. For more information call 021 421 0901 or email mario@icezeit.co.za.