Why do ppl in the west drink black coffee but those in Asia usually drink it with milk?

If you order coffee in India, Asia it is normally served with milk but in the US & europe it is served black. Cream is added to it and not milk. Why is this difference?

People in the US drink their coffee in many different ways.

Black=nothing in it

Dark =a tiny drop of milk--possibly sugar/sweetner

Regular=sugar/sweetner and milk/cream

Light=sugar/sweetner and extra milk/cream

Any of the above can be made "extra sweet"

Note that some prefer no sugar or other sweetner, just as some prefer no milk or cream.

Maybe it's because milk is more readily available in Asian countries, especially India, which is an agricultural country.

But this stems mostly out of the fact that many Asian countries were British colonies and greatly influenced by the British way of life, including the way they add milk with tea.

However, there are many people who find that adding cream in their coffee is an alternate option from adding milk.

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I live in the U.S. and a 'regular' coffee has milk/cream and sugar. Usually restaurants use cream (half & half) because it makes the coffee smoother. I like half/half also.

Some people have their own preferences.

NO, In US also almost all drink with milk, unless someone hates milk, like some do in india as well, brother

I have no idea. I just think it is cultural.

Because brown people (and asians in general) are obsessed with milk... everything has to have milk in it.

Western culture doesn't put that much emphasis in milk.

It's very common for people in the west, particularly Americans, to drink coffee with milk or cream.

Most in Asia don't drink coffee with milk. Perhaps, in India they do, but in east Asia, dairy isn't usually ingested.

no...not really. in the philippines and other southeast asian countries drink it black and very strong...

only in Europe hun

we put half and half

and sugar

it mite be served without bc the waiter/ess doesn't know how much you want

?

dont know

because they have only milk in asia