Milk for making tea at the office

We've all seen those little tubs of half-and-half that restaurants
serve with coffee. I'm trying to find a source to buy some of these
containing MILK, not half-and-half, to use in my tea at work. Right
now I buy a half-pint of milk on my way to work each morning and end
up wasting what's unused at the end of the day, which is usually at
least half. We don't have a fridge in our office. Does anyone know of
a source where I can buy these little containers of milk in bulk?

On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:39:25 -0800, Fran wrote:

> We've all seen those little tubs of half-and-half that restaurants serve
> with coffee. I'm trying to find a source to buy some of these
> containing MILK, not half-and-half, to use in my tea at work. Right now
> I buy a half-pint of milk on my way to work each morning and end up
> wasting what's unused at the end of the day, which is usually at least
> half. We don't have a fridge in our office. Does anyone know of a
> source where I can buy these little containers of milk in bulk?

Why not just get an appropriate bottle and put in about a quarter of a
pint of milk in the mornings? If there's any left at the end of the day
you can take it home with you. Saves wastage of milk and, more notably,
the huge amount of packaging associated with those little tubs. It will
probably be a lot cheaper as well.

Just use the bottle that comes with today's purchase of a half pint! Take
it home with you at the end of the day, wash it out, half re-fill it and
use it tomorrow morning!

Joss

On Dec 8, 9:31 pm, "Bluesea" <thisadd...@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>
> Is there any reason you're not able to pour it into a thermal container the
> night before so the only thing you have to do is grab it from the
> refrigerator on your way out?

No. I'll have to look around and see if I can find a suitably sized
thermos. I already bring one thermos of iced tea for my lunch. If I
can find a very small one for milk, that might work, otherwise it gets
to be too much paraphenalia to lug around.

>
> You could also switch to a tea that doesn't need milk.

Heretic! <VBG>

If you don't mind buying the half-pints and just don't like throwing
out leftover milk, you could drink what's left before you go home for
the day.

Alan