Local Flavor: RI Coffee Milk

As far as trying local foods, there does not seem to be much available in the Ocean State for someone who doesn't eat seafood. The state's official beverage, however, is "Coffee Milk," milk mixed with a coffee flavored syrup. We gave it a try.

Most versions of coffee syrup seem to be full of high fructose yuckiness, but Dave found a ($9!) bottle of this stuff at Whole Foods. He liked the label. ;)

Let me start by saying that while we love coffee, we are not big fans of sweet drinks. I rarely drink soda, and Dave is really picky with his when he does. The few times I've tried coffee drinks at Starbucks I've found them way too sweet. (I much prefer to make my own frapps at home.) So it's no surprise, Dave and I both found our coffee milk to be too sweet (we had it mixed with unsweetened soy milk). And also no surprise, the kids loved it.

If you like sweet coffee drinks, this is it! Otherwise, we found a much better use for coffee syrup: We all agreed it is excellent as an ice cream topping!