text: For someone who drinks as much coffee as I do in as many cafues as possible it is rare for a cafue to truly surprise me Pourquoi Pas did and in a very good waynnIt started with ordering a latte I was met with a simple question what kind of milk The options that followed were not the skim whole that I would expected though but rather housemade almondcoconut soy or cows milk Hearing lait de vache come across with a slight prickliness to it caught me off guard Of course I know milk comes from cows but never when ordering a drink does that fact come to my attention I stumbled I fumbled Regular you know um milk Herp de derp smooth move Katie nnAfter tripping over my obviously nonvegan beverage order callous carnivore as I am I looked at the menu more closely and noticed that cows milk carries an extra surcharge and is indicated by a weepy broken heart on the chalkboard I was tickled by their apparent display of ethics and judgment and determined to try their lait maison the next time so I could be a cool and compassionate coffee snob too I also noticed that their standard coffee was an Aeropress which gets props from me I love my home Aeropress and also noticed the striking lack of other options on the menu This is uncontestedly an espresso bar A onetrick pony perhaps but that one trick is a showstoppernnThe latte set before me made with creamy dairy goodness stolen from the mouths of bleating calves at their mothers teats was phenomenal Perfectly balanced not bitter in the least and made with a perfect microfoam swirled into lovely latte art Mmmmm nnThe next time at Pourquoi Pas not even a week later I tried their house almond and coconut milk and was impressed It made great foam and had a rich but sweet nutty flavor But for all that even with the added bonus of selfrighteousness for not exploiting our bovine friends I regretted not getting cowmilk Sweet delicious calorific uncompassionate cows milk I will placate my conscious by imagining that the extra charge goes toward buying the most wonderful singleorigin freerange fairtrade grassfed ecoconscious milk from the happiest cows in Quebec Or one can hope