{"time":1793716353297,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Has spring arrived? Perhaps now.

Only nature decides when it’s time for the harvest from local small-scale producers—and the pitangas arrive at @verogelateria for a one-of-a-kind ice cream.

Before Copacabana became a neighborhood, it was a sandy coastal plain covered with pitanga trees, where fishermen built little thatched huts.

Ipanema, too, was once a vast stretch of sand covered with pitanga and almond trees—until the tram arrived.
Largo do Machado? It was once called Largo das Pitangueiras—“Pitangueira Square.”

On the street corners and in the parks of Rio, trees painted in different shades of red make the landscape more beautiful and life a little lighter. Their beauty brings a sweet-and-tart flavor that evokes backyards and our Atlantic Forest—a taste of childhood.

We couldn’t pass up the chance to dip a spoon into this (very carioca) frozen delight.  "}}],"version":"2.18.0"}