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[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I never liked milk much (always tasted cheesy to me, except the raw stuff, that tastes like hay), then I became lactose intolerant. Most alt milks taste better to me, and oat milk is just better in coffee. Say what you will about America but at least I can get oat milk with my decaf at any real coffee shop. Some gas stations have milk alternatives too, but it's not as common.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Personally, I agree with you. Oat milk just meshes remarkably well with the general flavor profile in coffee. It's thick, has the right general umame taste, and the texture is a lot less offensive than almond milk.

If I'm making a sweeter coffee, then I'll go for coconut. But oat is definitely superior in regards to complementary tastes. Dairy is versatile (and, IMHO, the only right way to make a properly foamy capuccino), but there's just something in oat milk that just makes coffee feel like a sturdy, rustic, wholesome drink instead of a delicacy.

[–] Hyperrealism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Oat milk isn't rare outside the US. It's a bit harder to get in French coffee shops, but not that much.

This is just France being French. Especially because Toulouse is a small regional airport.

[–] Lemming6969@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This is why it should be called plant juice... Juice comes from plants, not milk. Oat juice ffs

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 28 minutes ago

I'd argue that juice is a liquid you merely extract from a plant. If you try to squeeze the liquid out of oat, you get oatmeal at best...

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why are the French so touchy about their shitty food? Oooh I put a pound of butter on everything! Italy is right next door, take some lessons France!

[–] Hyperrealism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago

French cuisine may be somewhat overrated, but by no stretch of the imagination is it shitty.

And it's not as if the Italians are any better when it comes to being snobby about mediocre food.

[–] Plurrbear@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

I call BULLSHIT! There is NO WAY that anyone who works in this field doesn’t know what oat milk is… keep trying to uproar your fan base but everyone on the PLANET knows what oat milk is…

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I've lived in France for more than 6 years at ind point, and I can tell you that sometimes they'll just refuse to acknowledge English words.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Many does not speak english good enough to care.

Source: I live here

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 12 points 19 hours ago

You vastly overestimate the level of English of my compatriots. This is a 100% plausible mistake for the average English speaking French person.
Also unless it was a Starbucks or some really fancy coffee shop, we absolutely do not have oat milk as standard. And I've been to TLS, I don't recall that kind of coffee shop there.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 5 points 20 hours ago

In english, probably not. I had to look it up to know it's lait d'avoine

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I call bullshit too. Especially because I was at this exact airport a couple of weeks ago, and they specifically asked what kind of milk I wanted when I ordered a coffee.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

There are often multiple places to buy coffee in airports.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

And you should never underestimate stupidity.

When I was in the army, during one exercise a fellow NCO didn't have his blank-firing adapter on his rifle, as it's a bright yellow bulb on the end of your barrel. (It does two things, smashing the balsa-wood bullet of the blank and increases pressure in the barrel to enable properly function of the recharge even with the much lower powder-charge of the blank.)

So I looked closer, and he didn't have the safety catch on safe on his rifle. So I took it away from him — fast. And what you do to secure a gun is to remove the magazine and pull the bolt back to check if it's loaded. And it was. Sure, it's a "blank" with very low charge and balsa wood bullet, but it's still not safe.

My point being that this fucking töhö had been accepted in leader training and graduated from it in the Finnish military, when even the first minutes of any basic ass gun training should've prevented him from doing precisely what he did; pointing a loaded gun at someone.

So I can completely believe a Frenchman not knowing what oat milk is, no matter if he worked customer service in an international airport.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

"We have milk, or... special milk" (waggles eyebrows)
"Uh, just milk please"

[–] AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Nah, fuck that

🗣GIVE ME OAT MILK !!!

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[–] rapchee@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

haha vegans are soooo stupid, amirite

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)
[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Vegan bad le updoots to the left

[–] spykee@lemmings.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Aurghex!

J’en ai marre!

OUI ONLY AAVE NORMALE MILK, MADAME.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Small shops getting pissy about alt milks is my fav bait.

I bring oat milk in a pocket flask whenever I go to the local coffee shop for dates, which gets some looks, but needs must

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago

At least you have realistic expectations. Can't blame you for that!

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It only counts if you pour the oat milk super slow while maintaining unflinching eye contact with the staff.

[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Moisture farmin' all my life and not a drop spilt..

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[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 1 day ago (6 children)

There's no freaking way a barista at an airport doesn't know vegetable milks exist. It might happen but damn that's rare nowadays. It takes them nothing to have some vegetable milk on the side, it lasts more so it's not like they might run into supply issues. Weird.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Again, you vastly overestimate our level of English as a nation. The h is a super common problem. And we still think people drinking lait d'avoine are some sort of radicalised weirdos. Also TLS is a small airport, we don't do that sort of fancy stuff here.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Right, they're confusing Toulouse with a major hub, like Roissy. Some provincial airports are worse than others, but Toulouse is probably not the most cosmopolitan, even with all the aerospace stuff in the area.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I think this might be a meme about how the french don't like anything that goes against their national values, which heavily relies on eating "proper" food, i.e. no oak milk garbage ... but i could be wrong here.

like how they refuse to speak any language but french

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[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 89 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (46 children)

i had oat butter a while back, and suddenly I understood why all the dairy conglomerates are lobbying hard about the legal names

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