News.com.au published a story about SOY coffee drinkers being shunned by Sydney cafes with no-soy policies.
personally, I don’t like the taste of Soy and would prefer taking a Lactose tablet in order to drink the coffee with real milk. I would also be understanding if the reason for not selling Soy-milk coffee would be of a business nature – not having enough customers that ask for the special milk.
But to refuse Soy milk drinkers under the pretense of “keeping to tradition” is pure snobbery, or even worse – discrimination. If you want to keep to tradition, then don’t sell coffee with milk, since, as any true Barista should know, the traditional coffee is not served with milk at all.
With the growing prevalence of lactose intolerance – this decision may even prove wrong for business reasons as well…
