Got this at an ice cream shop in Denver. It tasted great and was fun to eat.

  • Cris@lemmy.world
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    I’ve always wondered- does the activated charcoal taste like much of anything? Like was there a flavor other than coconut in the top icecream? What did it taste like?

    Coconut and keylime sounds fuckin delicious, and the black color is rather pretty

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      They made the activated charcoal by burning coconut and then used coconut oil to increase that flavor. Otherwise I didn’t taste anything. I imagine without the oil I’d taste the charcoal and it wouldn’t have been very nice.

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      2 days ago

      Unless I’m missing something, not particularly. Im assuming you’re asking about specifically the activated charcoal and not the rest of whatevers in it. I can’t say for the rest, but no reputable study has ever found activated charcoal to be carcinogenic. There are other things that can be found in charcoal that can be, like silica and the smoke from burning it, but the charcoal is safe.

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      2 days ago

      Yes, but it’s ice cream so folks don’t care. Like smoking or drinking - as long as people are having fun they don’t mind if it kills them.

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        2 days ago

        I mean, oxygen is highly reactive and damaging. Eventually that kills us too.

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    Interesting. What was the name of the shop? And what is activated charcoal coconut? I’m assuming it isn’t just charcoal since that would probably taste terrible haha