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This Italian gelato café keeps a low, old school profile just before traffic enters the nearby naval base. There's sidewalk seating on benches and at a single table with a parasol. Indoors there isn't much more seating: random stools and two tall, small tables. The main attraction is the gelato here, made by Seattle's Bottega Italiana, and its flavors are all in Italian names. For espresso, the use, and sell retail, beans from local roaster, Blue Bridge Coffee, which operates next door. They offer a four-cup Melitta bar, and for espresso they employ a two-group Rancilio Epoca. They produce espresso shots with a thin, pale-to-medium-brown crema, with a thinner body. It has mostly a simple flavor of mild spices, but there's a freshness you can still make out in the cup. Served in Crate & Barrel China cups.
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