Milk

I like soy milk. It's really tasty - creamy and smooth, and of course doesn't have any of the ethical ramifications that come with dairy milk (You can read about how it's bad for cows here)
I really love a soy latte. I really love coffee shops. I really like soy lattes from coffee shops. 


The high streets are full of various chain and independent coffee shops. Most will stock various kinds of milk depending on your tastes. However, one think I have found is a big difference between Starbucks and Costa with regards to soy milk.

Starbucks say this:

Is Soy Milk available in your stores?

Yes, we stock Soy Milk in all our stores.

Do you charge for Soy Milk?

Customers can enjoy a splash of soy milk at no extra charge, for example in a Tea or a Café Americano. However, due to its fairly low consumption, extra wastage occurs when preparing steamed soy milk for certain drinks, such as a Caffe Latte or Hot Chocolate. Because of this, coupled with the extra cost of purchasing soy milk, we add a 35p charge for soy milk in these beverages

So if, as an ethical consumer, I want to have a soy drink in starbucks, it will cost me an extra 35p on top of my £2.70 ish priced drink.

However, Costa Coffee, will provide Alpro Soy Milk as an alternative at no extra cost.

So with consideration of this, I will now spend my money in Costa wherever possible when I want more than "a splash" of milk. If any of you have not tried soy milk, I highly recommend it. It's quite cheap (Tesco's own brand is about 60p a carton) and widely available. Our milkman even delivers our two cartons a week so we don't even have to think about it.