Why a breast milk cappuccino drew attention in Perm, Russia
A café in Perm, in Russia's Ural region, has begun selling a breast milk cappuccino for 650 rubles, roughly four times the price of an ordinary cappuccino of the same size, which averages about 150 rubles. Owner Maxim Kobelov says nine lactating mothers supply around 5 liters a day, paid 1,000 rubles per bag, and about 50 cups had already been sold.
Kobelov says he requires the supplying mothers to present medical documents confirming the milk is safe to use, and one supplier described the income as significant for her. He aims to sell a thousand cups a day by the end of the year. Such a product is explicitly barred as a commercial commodity in some countries, which limits any wider spread of the idea.
In the world of milk coffee, the choice of milk has long ceased to be limited to dairy milk; from oat milk to ice-bock, innovations keep emerging. But recently, a café in Perm, Russia, has used breast milk as coffee milk, creating breast milk cappuccino, priced at 650 rubles, about four times that of ordinary coffee. The café owner, Maxim Kobelov, said that nine lactating mothers are already supplying breast milk, about 5 liters per day, and he plans to sell a thousand cups a day by the end of the year. However, this kind of breast milk product is explicitly prohibited as a commercial commodity in our country. This article will take you through the details behind this peculiar phenomenon.
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For people who love milk coffee, the quality of the milk is just as important as the coffee beans. Compared with coffee, whose main notes are bitterness and acidity, milk is obviously more inclusive. From oat milk, ice-bock, and thick coconut milk to water buffalo milk and super milk... the choice of milk for coffee is becoming increasingly "picky." And recently, a café has even used breast milk to make coffee.
On May 16, the Russian online media outlet Mash reported that a small local café had begun offering breast milk coffee, priced at four times that of ordinary coffee.
The café is located in Perm, in Russia's Ural region, and its owner, Maxim Kobelov, owns three cafés in total. He revealed that about 50 cups of the special breast milk cappuccino have already been sold.
According to Kobelov, breast milk coffee is priced at 650 rubles per cup (about 56 yuan), while a cappuccino of the same size made with ordinary milk sells for an average of about 150 rubles in Russia (less than 13 yuan). In other words, after replacing milk with breast milk, the coffee price directly quadrupled.
Kobelov said that about nine lactating mothers currently supply breast milk to his café, with a daily volume of about 5 liters, enough to meet the store's needs for brewing coffee. He pays these mothers 1,000 rubles (about 86 yuan) per bag.
Regarding food safety, Kobelov stressed that he insists that the milk-supplying mothers present all necessary medical documents to prove that their breast milk is safe to use.
One mother who supplies breast milk told reporters that this is a considerable income for her. Because she has an abundant supply of breast milk and her own child also consumes it, she can additionally provide milk to the café.
So far, this breast milk coffee remains very small in scale and is not well known to most consumers. Kobelov said he is planning to expand sales and find more mothers to increase breast milk inventory. He hopes to sell 1,000 cups of this special coffee per day before the end of this year.
It is worth mentioning that this kind of breast milk product cannot be produced or sold in our country and may also be suspected of illegal business operations. According to the "Official Reply of the Department of Legal Supervision of the Ministry of Health on Human Breast Milk Not Being Allowed to Be Operated as a Commodity," issued by the Ministry of Health on May 19, 2000, it clearly states that human breast milk is not an ordinary food resource and cannot be produced or operated as a commodity.
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