&gt; Edit: I&#x27;m in SF and routinely buy local, organic, blahblahblah. I&#x27;ve still had better dairy elsewhere.<p>Organic is basically irrelevant as far as I can tell.  The type of the cow and how it&#x27;s handled makes a huge difference, though.<p>Have you tried St. Benoît milk?  It&#x27;s available at a bunch of farmer&#x27;s markets in the bay area, and most Whole Foods and well as a handful of other stores carry it.  It&#x27;s 4% milkfat (it&#x27;s from actual Jersey cows!) and rivals any milk I&#x27;ve tasted abroad for flavor.