Summer is hot and who wouldn’t love a nice dessert to enjoy in the afternoon? Hello affogato. Italian for “drowned”, affogato is a coffee style dessert normally served with a delicious scoop of vanilla bean gelato (ice cream is acceptable) and a shot of flavorful espresso. Talk about bittersweet. Widely available in European cafés and restaurants, you may have too search for this dessert on the menu or ask for it. It may sound strange at first, then you taste it and your start to wonder why you never tried this before.