- A life without anything good is bad - Coffee affogato - Ever since 2008, when van leeuwen was born out of a yellow truck on the streets of nyc, we've been making good ice cream from good ingredients that makes you feel good. After all, happiness is healthiness. And nothing makes us happier than this coffee affogato ice cream. Coffee ice cream? Check. Sweet cream ice cream? Check. A job well done? Check. Check? Check. Then we double-check the checks. Then we ease up on the coffee. - French ice cream - Why french ice cream? Eggs. Plenty of 'em. Turns out, when you use twice as many egg yolks as standard ice cream you have to call it french ice cream. Fine by us. Because whether it's using more eggs or having to legally change our name, we'll do anything to make the best ice cream* on earth. Because a life without anything good is bad. *french ice cream