For nursing mothers, you may be curious about managing an excess supply of breast milk. While many opt to discard it, there is an interesting story from Russia about a new mother who chose a unique approach by incorporating her surplus milk into lattes.
That's right...LATTES.
From Oddity Central:
A cafe in the Russian city of Perm has been getting a lot of attention after announcing plans to introduce a controversial breast milk-infused latte on its menu.
Perm-based cafe chain Coffee Smile has been the talk of the Russian internet over the past week after announcing intentions to use real human breast milk as an ingredient for coffee products like lattes and cappuccinos. The craziness started earlier this month, when Coffee Smile locations started plastering posters advertising the controversial new ingredient. People started sharing photos of the photos on social media, and before long, local businessman and Coffee Smile owner Maxim Kobelev released a promotional video claiming that his cafes will be using genuine breast milk stored in special, pharmacy-grade bags.
“I recently went on maternity leave and saw that a lot of breast milk is required. I have a lot of it,” a young mother and supplier of breast milk for the cafe says in the video. “The child eats just a little, so I thought: why not earn extra money? I’m a hairstylist, but you can’t cut much hair with a child. I even made coffee with breast milk for my husband, he liked it.”
Kobelev even assures would-be customers that the mothers supplying the breast milk are all tested to ensure the safe consumption of the product, adding that only about 40-45 doses of breast milk-infused drinks will be served in the beginning, with plans to ramp up production to about 1,000 products by the end of the year. The price of one drink – 650 rubles ($8).
I don't know, this sounds bizarre.
The idea of women producing significant amounts of breast milk for commercial purposes can indeed raise eyebrows and potentially give rise to various health concerns and challenges.
