I’m watching a react video on YouTube about a European shopping in Walmart in America for the first time and they got to the creamer section of the store and the person reacting had no clue what creamer was. They’re all like “is that like whipped cream?” And I’m over here thinking, surely a culture that loves coffee would know what creamer is. Or is American creamer (which is usually made with oil and flavoring) just anathema in Europe?
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Generally people use “coffee milk”, a condensed, evaporated milk that’s sold in handy portion cups (as well as larger bottles). Non-dairy creamer is a thing, but unless you’re lactose intolerant, people just use milk.
We’ve got a very, very vocal dairy industry and never a shortage of milk. You’ll drink milk whether you like it or not.
I don’t think they sell it in most stores. I know it from media. There’s *kaffegrädde* (“coffee cream”) though, which might be like “half-and-half”. Basically lower fat (around 10%) fresh cream. Otherwise milk is the most common “mixer”. At coffee machines, you might get small containers of “white”.
Yeah, it’s not a thing. Maybe you can find it in really big stores. I can’t remember seeing it but maybe I just didn’t pay attention to what’s on shelves. I never had it even though I only drink white coffee. We either use regular milk or condensed milk.
I know what creamer is and I guess I could find it if I really needed some, but it isn’t a thing in Spain. It doesn’t even have a name. We add plain milk, sometimes condensed milk, or maybe whipped cream if we’re in for a luxurious coffee, but creamer isn’t a thing over here.
We have Kaffeesahne which is condensed milk for coffee, though that’s seen more and more as an old people thing.
There is also Kaffeeweißer which is this weird powder you can put in coffee. It’s like 5% powdered milk and the rest is all kinds of chemical crap. I don’t know anyone who uses that and also don’t know why anyone would WANT to use it.
It absolutely is a thing here, and it’s popular. And considering none of these brands are from here, I call bullshit on everyone else acting all high and mighty that *gasp* we don’t consume coffee cream in Europe. We do. It has to be sold literally everywhere. If you know what Nestle is, you 100% have coffee creamers in small or big packages on the shelves in the big stores.
Actually no, until your explanation “which is usually made with oil and flavoring” I would have assumed creamer would contain real cream + some questionable chemicals. I don’t think we have that here, or if we do then in a shelf with other highly processed products I usually ignore
If you asked me right here, right now for some creamer in your coffee? I’d probably bring you either a carton of milk or heavy cream. I’m pretty sure store workers would direct you to the dairy section as well, if you were to ask for “creamer” at the supermarket.
We do have “coffee cream”, which is basically cream with lower fat (10%) and keeps for longer in the fridge. Most people I know don’t buy special stuff like this though, they just pour some milk into their coffee if they’re into that.
Never heard of it and from your description it sounds absolutely disgusting 😀 Oil to coffee….. jesus h. christ