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Does anyone other than Starbucks sell it? I'd like to try it but am skeptical of Yet Another fad. OT: "low-fat cappuccino whose foam and syrup have been spike
by FullyFunctional 8y ago
Does anyone other than Starbucks sell it? I'd like to try it but am skeptical of Yet Another fad.
OT: "low-fat cappuccino whose foam and syrup have been spiked with an extract made from a blend of sugar and ground-up dried coffee husk" -- low-fat + loads of sugar is an oxymoron. The sugar industry is killing us all.
- ryanx435 8y agoFat is fat, sugar is a carb. They are different macro nutrients, so I don't know why you think low fat and high sugar is an oxymoron.
- tudelo 8y agoIt's true but probably misleading to the people who the advertisement line is directed to. Of course, that's definitely the intention. It seems odd that anyone would want to have a low-fat diet voluntarily.
- icebraining 8y agoLots of diets are odd. Plus it's just a coffee beverage, not soylent; it's not supposed to be your whole diet. Personally, I prefer the taste of low-fat milk.
- perl4ever 8y agoI prefer skim milk in coffee because fat doesn't mix well. I also don't like sugar in my coffee, but that's an independent matter.
- lightbyte 8y agoI think the idea is that people generally say "low fat" to mean healthy (even though that's not true). The "+ sugar" just makes it doubly more unhealthy. The drink itself is the oxymoron.
- ryanx435 8y agoAh, so it makes sense as long as we assume the words being used don't mean what they actually mean. Ok. /s
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- lainga 8y ago>low-fat + loads of sugar is an oxymoron What! Are sugar cubes oxymorons to you?
- FullyFunctional 8y agoI read like this "low-fat" == "I-care-about-my-health" ... but I don't care about sugar. Or maybe I'm missing why people get low-fat milk. I find the full fat tastes better.
- perl4ever 8y agoSome people prefer skim milk because they grew up on a farm, and the milk was always skimmed in order to produce cream/butter.
- borkt 8y agoI dislike starbucks but tried it there anyways. Actually really nice as a foam on top of a nitro cold brew. Won't be getting it again but I'd say it is worth having one time.
- wesleytodd 8y agoSee my other comment, a friend of mine sells it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17126881 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17126881
- djrogers 8y agoLow-fat is the actual name used for the type of milk used in this particular cap, it’s not an advertising trick or anything.
- emodendroket 8y agoNot an oxymoron, but perhaps "moronic" to do for health reasons.
- FullyFunctional 8y agoYou are right. Not an oxymoron in the literal sense, but a contraction (unless there's good reason to avoid the trivial amount of fat in full-fat milk).
- perl4ever 8y agoI have gotten a coffee based hot drink and been repelled by the oily blobs floating on it, because nothing emulsifies them. There are generally multiple reasons for any given preference.
- emodendroket 8y agoIf nothing emulsified milkfat in milk the milk would separate.
- perl4ever 8y agoYes, that's what I'm saying appears to happen.
- emodendroket 8y agoWell, no, you're saying it separates in coffee, which is a different thing. It's the acidity of the coffee.
- perl4ever 8y agoThat was the context of my original remark.
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