Answer by Stephan Samuel for What do Americans mean by Coffee and Cream?
tl;dr: "cream," means heavy cream or half-and-half.For context, I live in the US.If you visit my house and ask for cream in your coffee, I will give you heavy cream. I suppose it is possible to find...
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Based on my experiences as a coffee drinker who has lived in 5 US states and drunk coffee in at least 14 others, here's the things they could be offering you in order of probability/common...
View ArticleAnswer by DavePhD for What do Americans mean by Coffee and Cream?
Cream for coffee means "table cream" or "light cream" like this:https://www.safeway.com/shop/product-details.960422635.html?productId=960422635But it is common to say "cream" for half-and-half or...
View ArticleWhat do Americans mean by Coffee and Cream?
When Americans say "Would you like cream in your coffee?" Do they mean Creamer? Basically what South Africans know as Cremora or do they put heavy or double cream in their coffee? Is cream some sort of...
View ArticleAnswer by GdD for What do Americans mean by Coffee and Cream?
There's no consistent answer to this. Usually if someone's offering milk they'll say milk, but if they say cream it could be light cream, heavy cream (although rarely), most likely it's half & half...
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