The idea started with coconut coffee.

On a cold rainy beach in Vietnam, we tasted our first iced coconut coffee. The combination was incredible but the coffee immediately melted the shaved ice and eclipsed the flavour of the coconut. Inspired but left unsatisfied, we sat there dreaming of an ice cream that was powerful enough to match the coffee but light enough to melt down into a delicious drink. Back home, we set about developing our own coconut soft-serve ice cream and designed it to be paired with espresso.

After a career building technology products, Emily has now set out to develop a brand new take on affogato. Inspired by Vietnamese coconut coffee and Italian affogato (ice cream 'drowned' in espresso), affo is our unique creation of coconut soft-serve ice cream combined with a hot shot of liquid that slowly melts down into a refreshing iced drink.