Do Little Half and Half Creamers Ever Go Bad?  Image credit: 
So I'm up in Seattle this week, staying at a hotel some blocks
from the original Starbucks (which, it turns out, isn't REALLY
the original, but rather the second location, which was situated
better for marketing purposes, but who's counting). So I bought
some ground coffee, took it back to my hotel room and threw it
in the French press at my coffee station, just above the mini-
bar with the lasers that detect even the slightest movement - as
if tiny Ninjas are going to descend and try and make off with a
Snickers bar.  When the coffee was ready, I reached for the
little half and half creamers and then stopped dead in my
tracks: Seattle is cold this time of year, but how long have
these things been sitting out here at the coffee station and
what if they've soured? So I did a little research and this is
what I discovered:  The average little half and half has a shelf
life of about 6 months or more. That's because, in essence, the
dairy has been "cann