Guest Post by Michelle and Lisa:

For those of you who know us, we are coffee first, everything else second people. We successfully purchased coffee at the local supermarket, but forgot to pick up cream for the coffee on this trip. After the first morning of coffee without cream, Michelle boldly told Lisa “Don’t worry, I will pick some cream up for you!”

Michelle travelled to the supermarket with the intention of purchasing wine and cream for coffee. The wine was no problem. A nice bottle of Sangiovese was selected. The cream was a different story…. As a black coffee drinker she was not really sure what to look for and was determined to do it on her own without help (well, Kris was actually along on the trip and was helping, but there was no “local” help).

After comparing the different labels and sizes, it was determined that we had for sure chosen coffee cream.
This morning after making the coffee, Michelle was siting in the front window area and heard a chuckle from Lisa in the kitchen. Michelle wandered into the kitchen and was told “Epic Fail!”. It was buttermilk that had been successfully purchased, not cream for coffee…. it’s a learning process!

When in the Netherlands, do not buy this dairy product for use in your coffee, it is buttermilk, not cream.