Half and Half

[NETWizz]

For my British friends across the pond who indulge in coffee, do you get Half and Half, use cream, milk, or the creamer products (I.e. Coffee-Mate, International-Delight etc.)

For example I bought this to bring intothe office.

 

[Porthos]

I use 2 things in my coffee in the US.
https://www.heb.com/product-detail/...otopia-lactose-free-2-reduced-fat-milk/671076
https://www.heb.com/product-detail/torani-sugar-free-vanilla-flavoring-syrup/477480

 

[GTP]

Putting anything in coffee besides boiling water; are you insane?

 

[Porthos]

Putting anything in coffee besides boiling water; are you insane?

I guess so. I drink one 22oz stainless mug on most days.

 

[britechguy]

Putting anything in coffee besides boiling water; are you insane?

Chacun à son goût.

 

[Porthos]

Chacun à son goût.

To each his own taste.

 

[seashore]

Personally I use soya milk.

Asking for half and half in my area gets you rice and chips with your meal.

 

[Moltuae]

Just cow's milk (skimmed). We still get it delivered each day to the doorstep around here (directly from a local dairy farm), in traditional glass milk bottles.

I can drink black tea and coffee but I'm not a fan. I like a hot drink to be smooth and comforting/relaxing to drink.

 

[Moltuae]

Asking for half and half in my area gets you rice and chips with your meal.

 

[Mick]

Just cow's milk (skimmed). We still get it delivered each day to the doorstep around here (directly from a local dairy farm), in traditional glass milk bottles.

I can drink black tea and coffee but I'm not a fan. I like a hot drink to be smooth and comforting/relaxing to drink.

Snap on all points. I use skimmed for tea, semi-skimmed for coffee. And we live in a ferociously hard-water area. Washing cups after someone's had black tea is a job for the Brillo pad.

 

[britechguy]

I guess it is a taste thing.

I never use less than 1% milk for anything, and generally use 2% milk for anything where I use milk (which would include in tea). For coffee, though, it's half n' half or light table cream. If skim milk is all that's available I just don't put anything in, as the appearance is "just wrong" afterward and, for me, it has virtually zero effect on taste. Bluish-white water.

 

[Diggs]

Just cow's milk (skimmed). We still get it delivered each day to the doorstep around here (directly from a local dairy farm), in traditional glass milk bottles.

Wow! Didn't know that still happened anywhere. I remember it as a kid for our house growing up. We had the insulated milk box on our front porch. Mom put her empties in it which were picked up when fresh milk came. We'd also get huge chunks of perfectly clear ice from the milkman. He had lots as that was the way they kept the milk cool back then. Ahhhh - Childhood memories.

 

[AlohaTech]

I remember the insulated milk box as well and the glass bottles. We got deliveries once or twice a week. My favorite part was on our birthdays we got chocolate milk. Yum!!

 

[Sky-Knight]

Dairy fresh products... yum... and all too rare out my way sadly.

 

[Moltuae]

Wow! Didn't know that still happened anywhere. I remember it as a kid for our house growing up. We had the insulated milk box on our front porch. Mom put her empties in it which were picked up when fresh milk came. We'd also get huge chunks of perfectly clear ice from the milkman. He had lots as that was the way they kept the milk cool back then. Ahhhh - Childhood memories.

Interesting. I don't think insulated boxes or ice delivery were ever a milkman thing in the UK (I guess it's a lot warmer where you are/were?) but our milkmen did (and still do) offer delivery of additional stuff, such as yoghurt and bottled water. Something that has changed over here is their mode of transport. When I was a kid, the milkman drove an electric milk float, much like the one Dougal drove in the the brilliantly funny Father Ted parody episode of the movie Speed. Now our milkman drives a diesel pickup truck.

 

[Kitten Kong]

Interesting. I don't think insulated boxes or ice delivery were ever a milkman thing in the UK (I guess it's a lot warmer where you are/were?) but our milkmen did (and still do) offer delivery of additional stuff, such as yoghurt and bottled water. Something that has changed over here is their mode of transport. When I was a kid, the milkman drove an electric milk float, much like the one Dougal drove in the the brilliantly funny Father Ted parody episode of the movie Speed. Now our milkman drives a diesel pickup truck.

They still do where I am @Moltuae I see him driving round the estate at 0700 each morning lol.

 

[GTP]

All this talk about milk bottles I cant help think of this classic.