When I first moved to Tel Aviv, a friend asked me to pick up a cappuccino for her. I asked her what kind of milk she wanted and she responded, completely puzzled, with “the normal kind.”
Even in a health conscious, cosmopolitan city like Tel Aviv, most people don’t specify the type of milk they want when ordering their coffee. Coming from Manhattan, where options include oat, hazelnut, coconut, flax, pea protein, and countless others, along with more common staples like whole milk, 2%, skim, soy, and almond, I needed some time to get used to that.