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You might think that, but for me they don't. They're cheap, but failed the bang for buck index on quality of finish in more than one area.
Back to the topic of discussion- There are good low fat milk options and good soy. Commendable that they're using good milk and minimising packaging. It's their choice to reject potential customers and income.
This discussion reminds me a little of a Melbourne mob: "We don't do soy because it won't work with our coffee (...cue lemons/vegetal). We don't do decaf because..." Perhaps they forgot how to roast for milk and perhaps they haven't tried Andy's Decaf Wow.
On topic but sort of off topic, there's no good low fat milk or soy milk because all of it is highly processed and screws you up. If your going to have milk with your coffee have it with full fat milk and add cream to it as well it tastes sooooo much better.
... and therein lies half the reason - some / most NZ milk still (lucky SOB's) tastes like it came from a cow. So does some South Oz and a few small farm outlets in the West. Sadly, some of NSW's best dairy cattle are just south of Sydney (my birth place), and every farmer there is on a contract which prevents them selling some of the best Jersey and Guernsey milk in Oz.
Sounds like the same area I could get raw milk straight from the dairy, but even that had to stop a few years ago - I think someone reported them. Never tried it with coffee because it felt like a waste not to drink it straight. Highland Organics unhomogenised (but pasteurised) is the closest non-raw I've found to it.
I've been using raw milk for coffees at home for a few years now, easy to micro foam, and just tastes so much better than the boiled down watery stuff they sell in the supermarket.
... and therein lies half the reason - some / most NZ milk still (lucky SOB's) tastes like it came from a cow. So does some South Oz and a few small farm outlets in the West. Sadly, some of NSW's best dairy cattle are just south of Sydney (my birth place), and every farmer there is on a contract which prevents them selling some of the best Jersey and Guernsey milk in Oz. After the factories remove a huge percentage of the cream (close to 90% taken in the case of Guernsey) they sell the watery remnant to consumers in supermarkets. I cannot understand how "full cream milk" that has plainly been stripped of cream can be misrepresented & marketed that way. Every time I visit I take some of their raw / pasteurised up to the (Sydney) smoke to get a decent cuppa.
Back to the topic of discussion- There are good low fat milk options and good soy. Commendable that they're using good milk and minimising packaging. It's their choice to reject potential customers and income.
This discussion reminds me a little of a Melbourne mob: "We don't do soy because it won't work with our coffee (...cue lemons/vegetal). We don't do decaf because..." Perhaps they forgot how to roast for milk and perhaps they haven't tried Andy's Decaf Wow.
Soy milk: Ever since Diary Farmers got hold of NSW milk (early '60's at [say] Unanderra, when world class / top quality Jersey milk turned to white water for the public over there), even WA's "fresian white paint" milk is superior to any I could get in Sydney. From such a low base no wonder these "alternatives" are acceptable. A "lactic acid allergic" friend over here tried every soy on the market just trying to get one that did not clash with the flavour of coffee. After a couple of years they settled on espresso. I was unfortunate enough to try some of the "better ones" - turned any quality roast into Maxwell House' best...
Trim milk: Yep, some of them are as bad as that strange white liquid in a blue waxed carton. Anyone who can tolerate the latter could be capable of accepting the former.
Oh, in my case it is nothing to do with your beloved "...cue lemons/vegetal" thing, and I actually will do a good decaf (they exist).
TampIt
Last edited by TampIt; 11 February 2016, 10:31 PM.
In all seriousness though, people wouldn't walk into a quality French patisserie and ask for the pastries made with Becel margarine. Or "I can't believe it's not butter".
So why should they be shocked when a quality coffee joint chooses to only offer high quality full cream milk?
I've been using raw milk for coffees at home for a few years now, easy to micro foam, and just tastes so much better than the boiled down watery stuff they sell in the supermarket.
Soooo, a bit like how you refuse to sell let's say..... Quamar grinders even though they represent excellent value for money.
You might think that, but for me they don't. They're cheap, but failed the bang for buck index on quality of finish in more than one area.
Back to the topic of discussion- There are good low fat milk options and good soy. Commendable that they're using good milk and minimising packaging. It's their choice to reject potential customers and income.
This discussion reminds me a little of a Melbourne mob: "We don't do soy because it won't work with our coffee (...cue lemons/vegetal). We don't do decaf because..." Perhaps they forgot how to roast for milk and perhaps they haven't tried Andy's Decaf Wow.
Yes- it's 100% their choice to turn customers and revenue away.
5/11 theory of marketing. If you're happy, you may tell 5, but if you are unhappy, you will likely tell 11. Bet they get plenty of 11.
Soooo, a bit like how you refuse to sell let's say..... Quamar grinders even though they represent excellent value for money. I guess it's an easy decision to make while there's not much demand for them.
Even though I've only been to Lyttelton Coffee Co Cafe twice and not for some time, I know they have a great reputation and I don't think this will hurt them at all. Lyttelton is a bit like West End in Brisbane - lots of music venues, people who work in the arts. The cafe is a perfect fit.
And no Andy, the milk isn't raw, just non-homogenised. Beautiful taste, but I've been using similar at home recently and it's challenging so I don't envy their baristas.
(great video link, tells the story better than the noise on social media)
Okay, so the real story here for me is how this bloke gets away with using RAW MILK.
...good luck doing that in AU without making the news as a kiddy killer.
Seems to be owner changed to 15L stainless steel drums for his milk (to save all the plastic waste) and couldn't get trim.
(great video link, tells the story better than the noise on social media)
Okay, so the real story here for me is how this bloke gets away with using RAW MILK.
...good luck doing that in AU without making the news as a kiddy killer.
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