St Andrews, Fife, is home to plenty of amazing food and drink, and ice cream parlours Jannettas and Luvians are no exception. It’s a frequently recited phrase to any visitors to the tourist town, as they stare at the huge Jannettas Gelateria queues on South Street. A local will likely offer the friendly advice: “Did you know there’s ice cream just as good at Luvians round the corner?” So my question is: is Luvians just as good, or does Jannettas Gelateria come out on top? I decided to find out for myself.
And no, you won’t just be taking my word for it. I conducted a blind taste test on 12 members of the public who were out and about in St Andrews. They tried out Jannettas and Luvians ice cream to see which they preferred, without the brand preconceptions.
Too keep things fair, we bought a tub of vanilla ice cream from both St Andrews spots. The half pint vanilla tub from Jannettas cost us , while it was from Luvians. We set up on St Andrews’ Market Street with spoons, little tubs, and passed out testers of both Jannettas and Luvians ice cream, without telling our triers which they were trying.
St Andrews students Sasha Webb, 20, and Callum Henderson, 21, both had a blind taste test of the ice cream. “It’s quite creamy,” said Sasha, when she tried the Jannettas vanilla ice cream. “I’ve no complaints, really,” laughed Callum, “it’s ice cream!” When they moved onto Luvians, Sasha noted this was “a bit lighter”.
Sasha thought the second one was .
