01The gelato
You know it from the first spoon
Few ingredients, all real: the taste is the hazelnut, not a flavouring.
Natural gelato from the Roman hills
Gelato, chocolate and pastry in Grottaferrata, half an hour from Rome. Raw materials chosen one by one, since 2016.
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02Raw materials
Choosing comes before churning
Pistachio, hazelnut, cocoa and fresh milk: what enters the lab decides what comes out.
03The lab
Every day, in small batches
Gelato is churned several times a day and sits in the display for hours, not weeks.
04The chocolaterie
Chocolate is worked by hand
Tempered on marble: pralines, bars and the Easter eggs with the surprise you choose.
05The holidays
Every holiday has its month
Panettone, pandoro and nougat in December, colomba and eggs at Easter. They are booked, and they sell out.
One lab, ten years and two brothers behind the counter
Luca and Matteo Di Furia opened in June 2016 in Grottaferrata: gelato, chocolate and sweets made in the lab, with no ready mixes. Since 2026 also in Frascati.
- 10years in the lab
- 2shops in the Castelli Romani
- 24flavours on the counter each day
Three crafts under one roof
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All year
Gelato
Creams and seasonal fruit, churned every day. Plus a high-protein line and a low glycaemic one.
The flavours -
From the bean
Chocolate
Pralines, bars, thick hot chocolate in winter and Easter eggs with a personalised surprise.
The chocolate -
Holidays and Sundays
Pastry
Panettone and pandoro at Christmas, colomba and pastiera at Easter, gelato cakes and crepes all year.
The sweets
Before the recipes come the raw materials
We look for small producers and Slow Food presidia, and we write them on the label at the counter.
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Pistachiofrom Bronte, a Slow Food presidium
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HazelnutPiedmont PGI, roasted by us
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Cocoasingle origin, 70% dark
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Fresh milkfrom a farm in the hills
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Trehalosethe low glycaemic sugar
What you will find today
The lab calendar month by month
The gelato is always there. The rest comes and goes with the seasons, which is the honest way to work a raw material.
In January the lab makes
- Gelato, all year round
- Hot chocolate
- Torrone nougat
The month of the creams: hazelnut, pistachio, dark chocolate. In the shop, thick hot chocolate and the last nougat of the season.
In February the lab makes
- Gelato, all year round
- Hot chocolate
- Carnival frappe
Carnival frappe come out of the lab early in the morning and last until Shrove Tuesday. The gelato never stops.
In March the lab makes
- Gelato, all year round
- Colomba cakes
- Easter eggs
Chocolate work for the Easter eggs begins: personalised surprises can be booked from now. The first colomba cakes towards the end of the month.
In April the lab makes
- Gelato, all year round
- Colomba cakes
- Easter eggs
- Pastiera
Colomba, pastiera and eggs with the surprise you choose. Bookings until Holy Thursday, then whatever is left.
In May the lab makes
- Gelato, all year round
- Seasonal fruit sorbets
- Granita
The first strawberries arrive and the counter turns colourful: fruit sorbets take half the display. Granita comes back with the heat.
In June the lab makes
- Gelato, all year round
- Seasonal fruit sorbets
- Granita
- Gelato cakes
The fullest month: gelato, almond and lemon granita, gelato cakes for birthdays and first communions.
In July the lab makes
- Gelato, all year round
- Seasonal fruit sorbets
- Granita
- Gelato cakes
Long evenings in the hills. Peach, melon, watermelon and raspberry sorbets, and gelato cakes to order.
In August the lab makes
- Gelato, all year round
- Seasonal fruit sorbets
- Granita
- Gelato cakes
Figs, blackberries and strawberry grapes as they arrive. Granita until mid August and beyond, as long as the heat lasts.
In September the lab makes
- Gelato, all year round
- Seasonal fruit sorbets
- Fig gelato
Late figs in gelato, for a few weeks only. The creams move back to the centre of the counter with the first cool evenings.
In October the lab makes
- Gelato, all year round
- Chestnut gelato
- Hot chocolate
Chestnuts, dark chocolate in first place, hot chocolate starting again. Christmas bookings open.
In November the lab makes
- Gelato, all year round
- Panettone
- Pandoro
- Torrone nougat
- Hot chocolate
Panettone and pandoro come out of the lab mid month, almond nougat right after. Numbers are small: book ahead.
In December the lab makes
- Gelato, all year round
- Panettone
- Pandoro
- Torrone nougat
- Hot chocolate
The holidays: panettone, pandoro, nougat, hot chocolate and the gelato, which at Christmas is given as a one kilo tub.
now
Holiday sweets are made to order: the numbers are small and they run out early.
See the difference between natural gelato and the industrial kind
| What is inside | | Industrial ice cream |
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| Fresh milk, not powder | Yes | No |
| Real fruit, in season | Yes | No |
| Whole pistachios and hazelnuts, roasted in the lab | Yes | No |
| No flavourings, no colourings | Yes | No |
| No hydrogenated vegetable fats | Yes | No |
| Churned every day | Yes | No |
| Low glycaemic index, on request | Yes | No |
The comparison is with industrial ice cream from the freezer aisle, not with other artisan gelato shops: those are colleagues.
Don't take our word for it
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Worth the trip
Every flavour is an explosion of truth. The dark chocolate is another one I order often.
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Real artisan gelato
The fruit flavours are my favourites. The dark chocolate is the best I have ever tasted.
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A pleasure for the palate
Try the marsala cream. It is fantastic.
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Gelato like it used to be
You taste every flavour in full. It is in the top five gelatos in Rome.
Quotes come from Tripadvisor (4.2 out of 5, 95 reviews) and from the Google listing (4.6 out of 5, 164 reviews), translated from Italian and shortened, not corrected.
Find us
Two shops in the Castelli Romani
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Since 2016
Grottaferrata
Via Domenichino 15
00046 Grottaferrata (RM)Opening hours below
All opening hours
April to September Mon 11:00 to 23:30 Tue 11:00 to 23:30 Wed 11:00 to 23:30 Thu 11:00 to 23:30 Fri 11:00 to 00:00 Sat 11:00 to 00:00 Sun 10:30 to 23:30 October to March Mon 11:00 to 21:00 Tue Closed Wed 11:00 to 21:00 Thu 11:00 to 21:00 Fri 11:00 to 22:00 Sat 10:30 to 22:00 Sun 10:30 to 21:00 -
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Frascati
Piazza del Mercato 9
00044 Frascati (RM)Opening hours below
All opening hours
April to September Mon Closed Tue 12:00 to 23:30 Wed 12:00 to 23:30 Thu 12:00 to 23:30 Fri 12:00 to 00:00 Sat 11:00 to 00:00 Sun 11:00 to 23:30 October to March Mon Closed Tue 12:00 to 21:00 Wed 12:00 to 21:00 Thu 12:00 to 21:00 Fri 12:00 to 22:00 Sat 11:00 to 22:00 Sun 11:00 to 21:00
Don't just crave it Come and taste it
Grottaferrata and Frascati, every day. Half an hour from Rome by car or train. Holidays and gifts are booked ahead.