Ordinary full fat and skimmed milk seem to taste the same as the UK products......either that or I've got used to it by now.
I remember I had a coffee one day in a cafe I regularly frequent and it tasted strange. Found out due to a milk delivery shortage they were using long life milk.

Just had a thought....could it be the water that changes the taste?

Yes, both the milk and the water have impact on the final taste.

My experience is that butter takes remarkably better in other countries than in the US.

When i'm in Argentina, I can't put enough butter on everything - love it. Can't speak to the milk but imagine there may be something similar?

I suppose if you were to get "fresh from the dairy" milk, it might be delicious. The bagged and boxed stuff available for retail sale ranges from meh (nothing wrong with it) to vomitous.

Can you please define what you mean by fresh from the dairy?

Boxed milk can be fresh or UHT..... the bagged stuff is always fresh. Sorry, English is my second language so you need to clarify. Also, what brands do you usually buy?

To conclude, are you saying you find no difference in the taste of Regular fresh milk from a place like Whole Foods in SFO and the fresh tetrapack milk by La Serenisima you can buy in Jumbo...?

:confused:

I agree 100%. Butter is the US is a huge challenge for me... the only stuff I can swallow in the States are the imported butters from Europe. The local stuff is just horrible... perhaps I need someone to tell me what brands are the right ones...?

Not to mention that the beans will also be roasted "locally".

Fresh from the dairy, I mean the cow has just expressed and Hiddy is waiting for the expression. :D

La Serenisima is the best I've had - it is (I think) the only one that doesn't ruin the taste of my coffee. The UHT stuff is vile - just the smell is nauseating.

And I don't shop at Jumbo nor at Whole Foods :D (well, not regularly). :p
Berkeley Bowl, bay-bee, where there is an exceptional selection of local dairies represented. Most of the United States doesn't have such options.

Although way back in 2003,
I was more impressed with the various "McCafe's" around town.

I will stay for up to two weeks this Dec-jan,
so will take a peek at Starbux, but expect local places are better. @:-)

I didnt know that..... are you sure of this? I can buy packed and sealed coffee beans at Starbuchs here.... are you saying that all coffee sold in Argentina has to be roasted here or do they only roast the stuff they use on premise and maybe have some imported stuff for sale.....????

The Golden Arches do well with their coffee kiosks..... their brew is passable, at best, and the pastries are horrid.

As to Starbucks, I dont think its an issue of local places vs. Starbucks... some local chains like Cafe Martinez can be quite good, but the best local cafes are the non chain places that you have to find by experimenting and doing a lot of trial and error.

That's why I put "locally" in quotes. I presume the beans aren't imported/blended/roasted in the US and re-exported. I expect that the beans are roasted in Argentina (or maybe Mexico, since Alsea is the franchisee).

I have to buy some beans tomorrow... I will read the labels in detail and also ask the staff... will report back.

We brought back a few kilos of Kirkland branded but Starbucks roasted coffee which we bought at Costco in Vancouver.....delicious stuff compared to the brands here.
I'm afraid I will run out of beans in a few weeks time so are we sure that the coffee beans from Starbucks BA are the same quality as found in N America? A kilo of the Costco Starbucks beans cost US$13 any idea of the price in BA?

There goes the neighbo(u)rhood!
 

I just saw a Starbucks going in @ Plaza Dorrego. :o

I cannot imagine what my facial reaction must have looked like when I saw it a couple hours ago.