Substitute for Half and Half

My parents will be coming over in a few weeks and Dad drinks his coffee with Half and Half.  Any idea what the closest approximation here would be?  Single cream?  Full Fat milk?

Ha- I asked this question a few months ago and the short answer is NO! GRRRR!!!

But - pouring cream is a reasonable substitute (as I think Britwife suggested to me)- its not bad, but still not half and half... 

Thanks.  It looks like when I google it, Half and Half is actually half cream half whole milk.  I'll give cream a try and if he finds it too rich I guess we'll add a pint of whole milk to the milkman's order. 

Yeah- its weird- cream is too rich for me, milk isn't rich enough, and for some reason, adding cream and adding milk, both into the coffee at the same time, it just tastes weird, not sure why the combination doesn't work when its not together- but oh well!!   

Probably already posted, but Wikipedia saith:

[Half and half] is widely available in the United States, both in individual-serving containers and in bulk. It is also used to make ice cream. The same product is known as half cream in the United Kingdom.

Would a low fat pouring cream work I wonder? I've never used half and half so I'm probably not being helpful, but if milk isn't quite rich enough and cream is a bit too much - I wonder if the fat content has something to do with it?

I only found half cream when we were on vacation.  It is indeed very half and half like.

I've adapted to using single cream here.

Since we get our milk delivered I don't pay much attention to the stuff in the milk section of the supermarkets.  I'll have to look for this "half cream" stuff.

I've used half cream for that when my Mom visits.  Our Sainsburys has it.

MY dad only drinks half and half in his coffee, and when he comes to visit I buy single cream, it does the trick!

I've used half cream for that when my Mom visits.  Our Sainsburys has it.

Hmm we may be going to Sainsbury's soon anyway as they supposedly have Wychwood beer on offer so I'll check then.  Thanks!

I only drink heavy cream in my coffee in the US. DF translates this to double cream, preferably from a local farm shop. It's practically icecream; a glop of it will float around on the top of my coffee for a while, oozing globules of oleaginous butterfat.

Ulp.

He gets sniffy about single cream, but geez...I'd like to drink my coffee, not chew on it.

They used to sell half cream or half and half where I live, but now they package it has low fat pouring cream, trying to attract the healthy contingent.

Single cream will eventually separate in coffee unless it's drunk quickly.  I highly recommend using low fat pouring cream as a substitution.  It's 9% fat to US half and half at 12%.  Single cream is 18%.

I only drink heavy cream in my coffee in the US. DF translates this to double cream, preferably from a local farm shop. It's practically icecream; a glop of it will float around on the top of my coffee for a while, oozing globules of oleaginous butterfat.

Ulp.

He gets sniffy about single cream, but geez...I'd like to drink my coffee, not chew on it.

I think US heavy cream is more like UK single cream.  Double cream is sort of whipping cream.  I wouldn't put that in coffee.

I think US heavy cream is more like UK single cream.  Double cream is sort of whipping cream.  I wouldn't put that in coffee.

Single cream is about right. I don't think we have anything that comes close to double cream in the States. He only insists on it because it sounds "premium."