[sebastianlay]

Your coffee in a café in Germany is taxed differently based on the amount and type of milk in your coffee. Oh and of course the tax rate is different depending on whether you consume it in the café or take it to go.

[leblancfg]

I seriously thought you had to be joking. But no! Ok I figure, the carbon footprint of milk is massive[0], it must be taxed at a higher rate?

> In some European countries, plant-based milk is subjected to a significantly higher VAT than cow’s milk.

Still haven't understood this one yet though. Some kind of protectionist tax rate for the farmers?

[0](https://www.co2everything.com/co2e-of/milk)

[monksy]

This is 100% normal and happens in America. It's a huge reason why hard seltzers took off. (They're brewed instead of distilled)

On top of this, you can have local based taxes or tax breaks. (I.e. Chicago has a bag tax, leave the city.. no bag tax)

https://www.efile.com/unusual-strange-funny-taxes-throughout...

[TylerE]

On the other hand, here in the US, I can walk into one location of a store, and tax is X. I walk 3 blocks to another location, and tax is Y.

That's because one is juuuuuust (like 100ft) outside the city limit and county vs city tax is different.