Cardiff girl Carly Karran has set up the city’s first nitrogen ice cream bar, Science Cream, hiring all Cardiff University chemistry students.
This Heston Blumenthal inspired concept sounds like a bit of a gimmick but as Carly says, “basically the nitrogen is -196 degrees, and the quicker you freeze ice cream the less of a chance there is that ice crystals form, so you get this really smooth texture, so it’s a gimmick that produces a really lovely ice cream.”
All the ice cream connoisseurs are chemistry students reassuring customers that they are getting a truly scientific experience when visiting the parlour.
The flavours change every week although vanilla and chocolate are always on the menu.
