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Someone mentioned that POPs is the premium ice cream in CR. No No No.. it just has more sugar than other brands. Premium ice cream is ice cream with higher butter fat content. No such thing here. For better ice cream, go to the store and look for Hagen Daz, or visit their stores. Sorry.

What ever...

For San Jose it works for me....

Of course that is.....IMHO...

iggy...

I've never eaten the ice cream delights from POPS.....but they sure look good. If my memory serves me correctly, there is a POPS in the modern shopping PLAZA on the first floor, along Central Avenida, opposite CHELLES RESTAURANT, and also one beside the Central Park, near the National Theater. I get the impression that POPS is fairly expensive.

When I have a "hankering" for ice cream while in San Jose, I usually go to the ice cream window at the MAS X MENOS, along the sidewalk on Central Avenida and get a double cone......for only about 450 colones. I think it's Dos Pinos ice cream, and it's good. While eating the cone, I enjoy watching the cute ticas waiting to get on the bus ....and if the tica happens to have her bebe with her, I'll offer to buy a cone for her bebe.

Zebra

I know I am not and doubt many others here are the aficionado's of ice cream as you seem to be. Perhaps you could enlighten, us dullards who go by taste, what are the butter fat contents of Hagen Daz, POPS and Del Pino? To make it easy just use the vanilla flavor of each brand.

Many thanks. I eagerly await your answer so I can go buy some ice cream to fill the pangs this thread has caused.

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Personally, when I have a craving in CR for something sweet and sticky that melts and drips as you lick it - ice cream is about the last thing on my mind...

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No...when I know about something, I just pass along the info. Maybe you should set the same standard for yourself.

I didn't call you a dullard. Maybe you know something that I don't.

anyway...it's just ice cream. It should end on that note...ice cream.

You meant Dos Pinos , right ?

I like DP's icecream, but it ain't as rich as Häagen-Dazs for sure.

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Thanks for confirming what I thought

You have not a clue what you were talking about.

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http://www.foodscience.psu.edu/costa_rica/Dos_Pinos.pdf


Dos Pinos 85% of the dairy products in CR


Pops, all over the place but based on one review, very over priced...

http://backpackermom.typepad.com/backpa ... cream.html

Someting sticky & sweet...
That Drips... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm



Coño.... 8)8)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cono


ig...

I always make it a point to have a banana split at POPS on every tip to San Jose. The most convenient location is in the new plaza across from Chelles on the corner of C9 and A central

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DG

Man, I had some Dos Pinos ice cream, it was really bland. The Hagan Daz was about $8 a pint at the store I went to, I don't need ice cream that bad.

Mr. Mojokpr is right on and it would be good of this poster to point this out to Irish Drifter. It's like a glass of better wine.....someone with plebeian tastes could only guess at what the taste difference might be. It's sort of like never getting up past the Molina Rojo.

You are funny man. Have read all the posts in this thread and fail to see were anyone called Dos Pinos "premium ice cream".

Still waiting for you to give some solid evidence that POPS taste comes from excess use of sugar and the difference in the butter fat content between POPS and Hagen Daz. You know us common folk with plebeian tastes need hard evidence since our palette is not discerning enough to pick out subtle differences.

Hey heres an idea....why not become the "Helado Sommelier" at one of the better restaurants in San Jose. You know you could bring the container to the table, ceremoniously take the top off, offer it to the customer to sniff and then produce your small gold spoon, hanging from a chain around your neck, and offer the gentleman just a teaser drop of your choice of the day.

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IRISH...you are softening up! You weren't your usual insulting self in that last post. Common guy, get tough again. If you don't I won't have anyone whose chain is just clammering to be pulled.