Costa Coffee shops - Coffee shop chain adds camel milk to menu

Coffee shop chain adds camel milk to menu

Customers at Costa Coffee shops across the United Arab Emirates can now ask for their drinks to be made using camel milk instead of cow’s milk. The British brand has become the first international coffee shop chain to offer camel milk as an alternative to cow’s milk — a new feature that points to the increasing acceptance and revival of a traditional Bedouin staple, which had been gradually displaced by the popularity of Western cow’s milk.

To launch the ingredient, the company has also developed a new Strawberry Camel Milk Cooler, a blend of fresh camel milk, strawberry and vanilla. According to the coffee shop chain, camel milk is ideal for those who are lactose intolerant, as it contains up to 50 per cent less fat than cow’s milk, and is high in vitamin C and calcium. It’s also said to be the closest animal-milk substitute to a human mother’s milk.