International Delight Half & Half Singles, 0.38 oz, 180 Count

Some coffee drinkers want cream, not flavor. That is what this is: Grade A half and half, real dairy portioned into 0.38 oz cups, from International Delight's Coffee House Inspirations line. It behaves in a cup the way half and half poured from a carton does, softening the color and rounding the edge of a dark roast, and what comes through in the taste is dairy.

A 180-count carton is a serious quantity. A busy office coffee station works through it in a few weeks; a two-person kitchen will be opening it for months. The cups are shelf stable, so the carton keeps in a cabinet and only the ones set out on the counter need a second thought.

This is the cup diners drop in a ramekin beside the check, and the one caterers, hotel coffee setups, and hospital break rooms stock for guests who take coffee with cream. Tea drinkers, who are often particular about what goes in, tend to look for it as well.