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Miche[_3_]

In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> > wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:51:28 +0000 (UTC),
>
> >>Interesting. I'll have to ... um... get you to make me one
> >>of these sometime, so I can see if it shakes me of my
> >>cream-in-dark-coffee aversion.
>
> >So, you were extrapolating your preferences to the general public?
>
> I happen to believe most people don't like the cream/dark coffee
> combination. In areas where dark coffee is ubiquitous (Italy,
> France, Pacific Northwest) people overwhelmingly use milk
> and not cream.

Hardly anyone in New Zealand puts cream in any coffee, no matter how
darkly or mildly roasted. Milk is ubiquitious where coffee is not drunk
black.

> So, I think it's more than my preference.

I think it's cultural.

Miche

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