• Dragonstaff@leminal.space
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      5 days ago

      Paradox of tolerance: if we allow the lactose intolerant to exist amongst us, their intolerance will not tolerate our tolerationess. First they came for the milk, and I said nothing for I was not a cow…

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      4 days ago

      I’d imagine most French people who are lactose intolerant just take their coffee without any kind of milk.

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      Not sure if that’s a thing in France, but alternatively to plant milk for lactose intolerant

      • Lactose-free milk (there are versions with lactose removed instead of broken down, that aren’t sweet and taste basically the same as normal milk)
      • Lactase enzyme taken together with the coffee, to break lactose down

      I don’t really see plant milk as the lactose-intolerant variant, but a vegan option, but that might just be due to the fact Finland has lactose-free milk available as an option basically everywhere as milk is such an important part of the coffee culture.

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        I think if you’d rank all European countries according to how important milk is in their coffee culture, France might be at the bottom. Although I’m not sure about south-eastern countries regarding this, they might score low too.

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          Yep, I also think the French in general don’t really appreciate Finnish coffee culture, if their presidents reaction is anything to go by. Still one of my favourite pictures.