Four Winters Ice Cream is located near Gloucester Road tube station in London, and I recently visited on my quest to find some of London's best ice cream. Four Winters is a unique ice cream venue because it makes the ice cream to order, one cup at a time. The ice cream is created using flavoured milk or cream stored in glass jars in the fridge, and this is put into a bowl and frozen quickly, then constructed with other toppings. Each season, the special flavours are changed, but there are some flavours that stick around all year. This year, the winter flavours include red velvet, peppermint patty, peanut butter pretzel, and specu-lotus. They also have a special for Valentine's Day.
The little cafe contains plenty of seating, and although I was the first one in the cafe, it wasn't long before a large crowd turned up.
For Valentine's Day, a special ice cream treat is available. It is created with a sweet cream base, strawberry compote, and balsamic caramel sauce with fresh strawberries and topped with a strawberry shortbread. It was delightfully refreshing and reminded me of summer days.
I had the peppermint patty winter special, which was created with vanilla ice cream with a mint flavour and chocolate chips. This was topped with chocolate syrup and peppermint cream chunks.
Overall, the ice cream was delicious and especially creamy, but my preference was for the strawberry Valentine's Day special because it was creamier than the peppermint patty offering, which was actually colder and more solid. If you're looking for an ice cream fix after a day looking around the museums in the Gloucester Road/South Kensington area, then Four Winters is located a few buildings away from Gloucester Road tube station. It's address is 103 Gloucester Road, and it is open daily from 12:00 noon to 11:00 at night.
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