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Dolcezza Gelato & Coffee Dolcezza Dupont LLC
1704 Connecticut Avenue NW
washington, DC 20009
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Featured Items
Iced Latte
Most literary scholars incorrectly believe Wilfred Owen’s poem “Strange Meeting” reflects his experiences in the trenches of World War 1 but he later clarified in his memoirs that the poem was inspired by his early years in the Manchester Regiment constantly waiting in queue for an iced latte during tea time.
$5.60Large Iced Vanilla Latte
$8.00Latte
2 shots of espresso with 8 oz of steamed milk. The perfect breakfast coffee and likely the first coffee drink that got every coffee-lover hooked. Consider it the high school jalopy of the coffee world. Not a lot of scoot, but you’ll smile every time you experience one and shed a tear reminiscing of a simpler time.
$5.60
Drinks
Hot Espresso Drinks
Espresso
2 shots of espresso hailing from the mountains of Latin America and Africa.
$4.05Macchiato
Macchiato means marked in Italian. Our Dolcezza Macchiato is a traditional Italian style 3oz beverage marking 2 shots of espresso with a splash of toasted milk foam.
$4.55Americano
Rumor has it we couldn’t handle espresso some decades back and solved the problem by adding a little water. 2 shots of espresso diluted with 8oz of hot water. American exceptionalism at its finest.
$4.55Large Americano
The Dolcezza crew was stuck. We were working for 3 months trying to improve the humble Americano — to reimagine this classic drink and irrevocably reshape the speciality coffee industry forever. Our morale was in tatters — fresh out of ideas, no good answers, no good choices — consigning ourselves to despair and years of financial insolvency. But from our darkest moments, a hero emerged. Dylan, our Manager of Retail Operations, procured a 16oz cup and proceeded to pour 2 shots of espresso into that cup and top it off with hot water to the brim. He handed the drink to the group and with triumph proclaimed, “Behold! The large americano!” Unsure what to think, we slowly passed the cup around — each of us taking a sip. With each sip, our eyes widened, our countenance relaxed, the burden of our failure had been lifted. Dylan had done it. He solved the impossible. On that day we made a solemn promise to honor Dylan by making up a story about the origins of the large americano.
$4.55Cortado
Equal parts espresso, steamed milk, and milk foam served in a 4oz gibraltar rocks glass makes this a drink even a homicidal eco-terrorist with a gauntlet of cosmic bling could enjoy.
$4.55Cappuccino
6 ounces of balance between coffee taste and milk texture. Take it in gulps whilst staring vacantly at the sky — questioning whether you truly did lock the front door before you left.
$5.05Latte
2 shots of espresso with 8 oz of steamed milk. The perfect breakfast coffee and likely the first coffee drink that got every coffee-lover hooked. Consider it the high school jalopy of the coffee world. Not a lot of scoot, but you’ll smile every time you experience one and shed a tear reminiscing of a simpler time.
$5.60Large Latte
2 shots of espresso with 14 ounces of steamed milk. This drink weighs about 1 lb. Other things that weigh about 1 lb. include a block of butter, 20 AA batteries, and a guinea pig.
$6.90Mocha Latte
In the popular canine remake of Romeo and Juliet that played exclusively at the Belasco theatre in nineteen-aught-seven starring Booger the Pug as Romeo and Lilibeth the precocious cocker spaniel as Juliet, production had to stop momentarily when Booger the pug found himself on the wrong side of a mocha latte belonging to an intern of the director. The intern was dismissed summarily from his position for his negligence but not before the director changed the potassium cyanide from the original Romeo and Juliet text to a mocha latte due to its deleterious effect on Booger throughout production. Booger unfortunately was never the same and was last seen crossing the border into Mexico after a peyote-induced vision showed him a map to pug coo coo land.
$6.75Large Mocha Latte
This is a 16 ounce drink. I probably should have mentioned earlier that we make this syrup in-house with Valrhona dark chocolate.
$8.00Dulce De Leche Latte
Dulce de leche is a confection created from the caramelization of milk and sugar. It’s amazingly complex and rich. You can eat it on toast like peanut butter. And we made our own for this amazing drink. It’s the most popular flavored drink we make, and it’s the best caramel latte you’ll ever have.
$6.75Large Dulce De Leche Latte
$8.00Vanilla Bean Latte
If you can find a better vanilla latte than this, I’ll eat my shoe. Made in-house. We cook our own vanilla syrup using single origin extract from Madagascar. Then steep vanilla beans from Papau New Guinea in our syrup and age until time has extracted the wisdom of a millennia of flora, fauna, and mycelia . We know we’re done when the ancients of yore awake from their restless slumber to tell us we really need to stop listening to Lana Del Rey on repeat.
$6.75Large Vanilla Bean Latte
Found at the home of a local boy being investigated for B&E and theft at the local gated cloud community. Ultimately he was charged as an adult and found guilty and sentenced to 20 years at the state pen but was released in 10 for good behavior. He later found a productive career in local politics by riding a swelling populist wave and passed key legislation in criminal justice reform but ultimately embroiled his country in numerous foreign wars which led to his political downfall.
$8.00Hazelnut Latte
Homemade hazelnut syrup cooked with frangelico.
$6.75Large Hazelnut Latte
$8.00White Mocha Latte
$6.75Large White Mocha Latte
$8.00Pumpkin Spice Latte
$7.05OUT OF STOCKLarge Pumpkin Spice Latte
$8.05OUT OF STOCKKing Leo Peppermint Mocha
A celebration of the classic holiday drink — one sip and you’ll be ho ho hoing all up and down the capital beltway. We take our traditional mocha latte, add our own in-house peppermint syrup, top with whipped cream, a shake of King Leo peppermint candy dust. The dust not only add a visual flair but also help enhance the peppermint aroma giving you a deeper peppermint kick.
$7.05OUT OF STOCKLarge King Leo Peppermint Mocha
A celebration of the classic holiday drink — one sip and you’ll be ho ho hoing all up and down the capital beltway. We take our traditional mocha latte, add our own in-house peppermint syrup, top with whipped cream, a shake of King Leo peppermint candy dust. The dust not only add a visual flair but also help enhance the peppermint aroma giving you a deeper peppermint kick.
$8.05OUT OF STOCK
Iced Espresso Drinks
Iced Espresso
Inspired by Sylvester Stallone’s Oscar nominating performance in Rocky. A drink that feels like sparring in a meatpacking facility.
$4.05Iced Americano
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Live)
$4.55Large Iced Americano
$4.55Iced Latte
Most literary scholars incorrectly believe Wilfred Owen’s poem “Strange Meeting” reflects his experiences in the trenches of World War 1 but he later clarified in his memoirs that the poem was inspired by his early years in the Manchester Regiment constantly waiting in queue for an iced latte during tea time.
$5.60Large Iced Latte
Franz Kafka’s seminal piece “The Metamorphosis” originally planned to have the protagonist Gregor Samsa transform unexpectedly into a large iced latte but that had to be scrapped for a huge insect when Kafka was notified by his publisher that it wouldn’t be well-recieved with the influential independent coffeehouses in the Leipzig suburbs. Later in his life, Kafka would claim this thematic alteration was his greatest shame and regret.
$6.90Iced Mocha
$6.75Large Iced Mocha
$8.00Iced DDL Latte
At some point in your life you’ll be asked to do something that at face value seems fairly easy but for some reason you can never get around to getting it done. Whenever that happens, I want you to remember this description.
$6.75Large Iced DDL Latte
$8.00Iced Vanilla Latte
“At that time, I often thought that if I had had to live in the trunk of a dead tree, with nothing to do but look up at the sky flowing overhead, little by little, I would have gotten used to it.” — The Stranger, Albert Camus
$6.75Large Iced Vanilla Latte
$8.00Iced Hazelnut Latte
$6.75Large Iced Hazelnut Latte
$8.00Iced White Mocha Latte
$6.75Large Iced White Mocha Latte
$8.00Iced Pumpkin Spice Latte
$7.05Large Iced Pumpkin Spice Latte
$8.05Iced King Leo Mocha
A celebration of the classic holiday drink — one sip and you’ll be ho ho hoing all up and down the capital beltway. We take our traditional mocha latte, add our own in-house peppermint syrup, top with whipped cream, a shake of King Leo peppermint candy dust. The dust not only add a visual flair but also help enhance the peppermint aroma giving you a deeper peppermint kick.
$7.05OUT OF STOCKLarge Iced King Leo Mocha
A celebration of the classic holiday drink — one sip and you’ll be ho ho hoing all up and down the capital beltway. We take our traditional mocha latte, add our own in-house peppermint syrup, top with whipped cream, a shake of King Leo peppermint candy dust. The dust not only add a visual flair but also help enhance the peppermint aroma giving you a deeper peppermint kick.
$8.05OUT OF STOCK
Coffee of the Day
Cold Coffee
Hot Chocolate
Hot Tea
Lord Bergamot (black tea)
(Earl Grey) Fragrant ceylon dimbula and uva with select Indian assam tea scented with essence of Italian bergamot fruit
$3.80British Brunch (black tea)
A rich blend of full-bodied Indian assam paired with Ceylon tea and a touch of Chinese Keenum. Delicious any time of day.
$3.80Masala Chai (black tea)
Indian assam black teas enlivened by sweet and aromatic spices.
$3.80Fez (green tea)
Rare spring harvested green tea from China combined with aromatic spearmint and lemon myrtle.
$3.80Jasmine Silver Tip (green tea)
Tender green leaves wedded with freshly picked jasmine buds from Fujian province in China.
$3.80Peppermint (caffeine free)
Pacific-Northwest peppermint leaves, rich with distinct notes of chocolate and an intense refreshing finish.
$3.80Meadow (caffeine free)
Golden chamomile flowers from Egypt with mildly stimulating fragrant hyssop, rooibos, pink rose petals, and linden flowers.
$3.80Red Nectar (caffeine free)
A unique infusion of South-African rooibos and the peachy taste of honeybush, lightly sweet and medium-bodied.
$3.80Mao Feng Shui (green tea)
Spring-harvested mao feng tea from Zhejian province in China that has a light, sweet, fresh flavor, and aroma.
$3.80White Petal (White Tea)
$3.80
Iced Tea
Matcha
Matcha Cortado
The Matcha Cortado is a great balance between acceptability and punchiness. There’s less milk to dilute the flavor which means more umami. The cooler temperature of the steamed milk also promotes better mouthfeel. Take this in a few big gulps to overwhelm your palate with the vegetal smoothness.
$5.60Matcha Latte
The Matcha Latte is the best way to experience matcha for the uninitiated. The milk helps mute some of the bitter umami flavors of the matcha valuing approachability over funk.
$6.25Large Matcha Latte
$7.80Matcha Americano
The Matcha Americano is best for the purist at heart. No pesky milk to smoothen the flavor of the matcha. Embrace the ocean! Become one with the umami.
$5.25Large Matcha Americano
$5.25
Iced Matcha
Chai
Iced Chai
Juices
Rosewater Limeade
$6.50Rosewater Limeade, Large
$8.00Opal Basil Lemonade
$6.50OUT OF STOCKOpal Basil Lemonade, Large
$8.00OUT OF STOCKBlueberry Limeade
$6.50OUT OF STOCKBlueberry Limeade, Large
$8.00OUT OF STOCKWatermelon Limeade
$6.50OUT OF STOCKWatermelon Limeade, Large
$8.00OUT OF STOCKSpice Apple Cider
$5.00OUT OF STOCKSpiced Apple Cider, Large
$7.00OUT OF STOCKStrawberry Lemonade
$6.50OUT OF STOCKStrawberry Lemonade, Large
$8.00OUT OF STOCK
Black Sesame Latte
Iced Black Sesame Latte
Gelato
Gelato Pints
Banana Split Pint
$12.00Black & White Cookie Batter Pint
$12.00Black Sesame Pint
It’s gray. It tastes like an earthier Honey Nut Cheerio. And yes you should get it — if only to remind yourself this life resides in the unexpected space between light and darkness.
$12.00Butter Pecan Pint
It’s gray. It tastes like an earthier Honey Nut Cheerio. And yes you should get it — if only to remind yourself this life resides in the unexpected space between light and darkness.
$12.00Coconut With Dulce De Leche Pint
Sweet coconut gelato with coconut flecks and rivers of dulce de leche. No paddles needed for this trip -- let the warm tropical air lead you home!
$12.00Coffee and Cookies Pint
This flavor marks a storied Dolcezza tradition of shameless combinations of our favorite (legal) drugs -- caffeine and chocolate. Juiced-up coffee gelato, chocolate-covered speculoos-nugs, littered with delicate chocolate flakes. Mind-altering gelato without the destruction of life, limb, and property.
$12.00Cookie Butter Crunch Pint
Biscoff cookie gelato with generous portions of chocolate-covered biscoff cookies folded in.
$12.00Dark Chocolate Fudge Pint
Pair bittersweet valrhona dark chocolate with lots of solids and you get a gelato that behaves just like your favorite dark chocolate bar. Sweet, earthy, with substantial bite. The last time you felt this rich was when you found a 20 dollar bill in your pant pocket.
$12.00Dark Chocolate Pint
The number one seller in our cafes, the venerable dark chocolate. Bittersweet, earthy with a slightly smokey finish. We call it frozen fudge -- to go any darker is not recommended.
$12.00Dulce de Leche Cookies Pint
$12.00Hazelnut Crackle Pint
Hazelnuts from the sacred Piedmont region of Italy. Chocolate hazelnut praline with flecks of wafer and hazelnut chunks. Pair these two together and you summon a beast capable of obliterating the most passionate disciples of self-control. Fear the crackle. UNLEASH THE CRACKLE.
$12.00Maple Walnut Pint
$12.00Mascarpone & Berries Pint
$12.00Milk Chocolate Pint
$12.00OUT OF STOCKPeanut Butter Cup Pint
Now that's what I call gelato vol 21. Rich peanut butter gelato. salty chocolate covered pretzels. chopped peanut butter cups grooving on monster waves of dulce de leche. Enter the mash pit and jam all night to the sweet soundtrack of an uncompromising youth.
$12.00Peanut Butter Stracciatella Pint
Creamy natural peanut butter with dark chocolate chips — a peanut butter cup for the yearning masses.
$12.00Pistachio Siciliano Pint
Pistachio gelato made with pistachios from the legendary Sicilian region of Italy. These pistachios are sweeter and richer than their counterparts which makes for a deep and rich pistachio gelato.
$12.00OUT OF STOCKPumpkin Spice Pint
$12.00OUT OF STOCKRoasted Strawberry Pint
so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. — william carlos williams strawberries roasted in-house mixed with our warm vanilla base. life doesn't need to be complex to surprise you.
$12.00Salted Caramel Pints
$12.00OUT OF STOCKSorbet Orange Honey Cardamom Pint
*sorbet* Freshly-squeeze oranges with honey to add warmth and a pinch of cardamom for spice and complexity. You've never had a glass or orange juice like this.
$12.00OUT OF STOCKSorbet, Mango Pint
$12.00Stracciatella Pint
Stracciatella is the elevated gelato version of the classic chocolate chip ice cream. It differs by way of how the chocolate is added. Instead of throwing in waxy preformed pieces of chocolate as you would in the standard fare, stracciatella uses compound chocolate that is added in liquid form and hardens instantly upon contact with the gelato. The gelato is then massaged breaking the chocolate into delectable shards, nuggets, and bombs.
$12.00Sugar Cookie Dough Pint
$12.00OUT OF STOCKSweet Potato Pecan Praline Pint
$12.00OUT OF STOCKSwiss Chocolate Pint
Milk Chocolate gelato with chocolate chips and ribbons of dulce de leche. Think of it as a deconstructed candy bar except this one will have you chatting the night away with your favorite demon, Mephistopheles.
$12.00OUT OF STOCKVanilla Bean Pint
This vanilla is all about body and warmth. We use both vanilla extract and vanilla beans from Madagascar which has a profile that is earthy, round, and slightly sweet. Amazing on its own — even better on a slice of apple pie. Pair it with any baked item to attain hero status.
$12.00
Pushpop
Dolcezza Food
Alfajores
Dulce De Leche Alfajor
a classic argentine cookie. made with corn flour and a dulce de leche filling, wrapped delicately in coconut flakes.
$2.55Quince Alfajor
a classic argentine cookie. made with corn flour and a quince jam filling, coated in a glossy blood orange glaze.
$2.55OUT OF STOCKGuava Alfajor
a classic argentine cookie. made with corn flour and a quince jam filling, coated in a glossy blood orange glaze.
$2.55
Bluebird Pastries
Apple Buckwheat Cake
$4.50Cookie, Gianduia Chocolate Chip
$3.50OUT OF STOCKCroissant, Almond
$6.25Croissant, Butter
$5.65OUT OF STOCKCroissant, Ham and Cheese
$6.50OUT OF STOCKCroissant, Valrhona Chocolate
$6.15OUT OF STOCKDanish, Rosemary Potato w/ Caramelized Onion
$6.15OUT OF STOCKMuffin, Banana Chocolate Chip
$4.50Scone, Candied Scone
$4.50OUT OF STOCKScone, Za’tar & caramelized onion
$4.50Coffee cake
$5.00
Retail
Bottled Drinks
JUST Water - Box Water
$4.00Topo Chico Sparkling Water
$5.50Natalie's Lemonade
$5.25OUT OF STOCKNatalie's Orange Juice
$4.75OUT OF STOCKOlipop Banana Cream
$4.75OUT OF STOCKOlipop Cream Soda
$4.75Olipop Crisp Apple
$4.75Olipop Lemon Lime
$4.75OUT OF STOCKOlipop Orange Squeeze
$4.75Olipop Ridge Rush
$4.75OUT OF STOCKOlipop Strawberry Vanillla
$4.75Olipop Tropical Punch
$4.75Olipop Watermelon Lime
$4.75Tepache Grapefruit Lime
$4.75OUT OF STOCKBrew Dr Island Mango
$5.50OUT OF STOCKStumptown Horchata Oatmilk Cold Brew
$6.00Stumptown Original Cold Brew
$6.00
Retail Coffee
Retail Box of Tea
Snacks
Cowvin Cookies, Sticky Fingers
$5.40OUT OF STOCKChocolate Chip Cookies, Sticky Fingers
$4.00OUT OF STOCKLenka Gluten Free Peanut Bar
$4.75Lenka Nuts&Berries Granola Bar
$4.75Green Island Irish Shortbread
$11.50Paisley Fig, Mixed Berry Jam Oat Bar
$7.00Paisley Fig, Chocolate Coconut Oat Bar
$7.00Casa Bosques Pendleton Chocolate Bar
$15.00
Sunday | 8:00 am - 10:00 pm |
Monday | 7:00 am - 10:00 pm |
Tuesday | 7:00 am - 10:00 pm |
Wednesday | 7:00 am - 10:00 pm |
Thursday | 7:00 am - 10:00 pm |
Friday | 7:00 am - 11:00 pm |
Saturday | 8:00 am - 11:00 pm |
Come and enjoy!