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It's prime ice cream season in Minnesota and that means shops often have lines winding out the doors. 

Friction point: Free sampling — which can add to the backups — is a highly divisive issue, Axios Twin Cities has learned.

Weigh in: At shops that offer them, what is an appropriate number of samples for someone to take when there's a line?

Go deeper: Most common ice cream shops in the Twin Cities. 

Free samples at ice cream shops: How many is too many?

It's peak scoop season in Minnesota, and lines are stretching out the door. So... how many free samples is too many when people are waiting behind you?

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Fletcher's Ice Cream & Cafe in Minneapolis. Photo: Kyle Stokes/Axios

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Free samples at ice cream shops: How many is too many?

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