[Food] Non-milk milk

[Bozza]

Anyone a regular consumer of non-dairy milk? Soya, almond, oat or something else?

I'm not a coffee drinker and I tried a masala chai in the local coffee shop the other day, which was served with soya milk. It was amazing, and has me considering trying some of these weirdo non-milks.

What's worth trying? Do they all go with regular tea and taste ok?

 

[Springal]

I use Alpro Coconut Almond in Iced coffee + on cereal at home which is pretty good

 

[Commander]

Went dairy free for a month last year. Made no difference to anything, but when I went back to normal milk in a latte it tasted weird. Soya is so much nicer because it’s creamier and sweeter. I have normal milk in tea or on cereal or anything like that, but will only drink soya in a latte now. Way nicer.

Almond milk is fine in porridge or something like that, but it’s pretty rank in tea.

 

[Normal Rob]

i'd be interested as well, but worried about price. If possible could respondents include an approx cost per pint. Thanks.

 

[The Clamp]

I drink cows milk but also enjoy “oat milk”, goes well with most things I’ve tried so far.

The one I tried was £1.80 per litre but I wouldn’t normally have it in the house, just when I order stuff out and about.

 

[Shopes]

Oatly barista is the best one I've tried so far. I'm trying to use less cows milk and this one is lovely in a coffee or on cereal.

 

[peterward]

Anyone a regular consumer of non-dairy milk? Soya, almond, oat or something else?

I'm not a coffee drinker and I tried a masala chai in the local coffee shop the other day, which was served with soya milk. It was amazing, and has me considering trying some of these weirdo non-milks.

What's worth trying? Do they all go with regular tea and taste ok?

Use the non sweetened almond in my green health shakes, but in regular tea or coffee its generally all

Sooner drink a herbal or green tea than normal tea with weird tasting milk!

 

[stewart12]

I drink cows milk but also enjoy “oat milk”, goes well with most things I’ve tried so far.

The one I tried was £1.80 per litre but I wouldn’t normally have it in the house, just when I order stuff out and about.

it's a piece of piss to make and ridiculously cheap


My wife is vegan so we never really have milk milk in the house so it tends to be soya for tea or oat for coffee

 

[Machiavelli]

Anyone a regular consumer of non-dairy milk? Soya, almond, oat or something else?

I'm not a coffee drinker and I tried a masala chai in the local coffee shop the other day, which was served with soya milk. It was amazing, and has me considering trying some of these weirdo non-milks.

What's worth trying? Do they all go with regular tea and taste ok?

Any milk in coffee is, quite obviously, wrong. As it is in the 'weird' teas that I drink.
Aside from that, I've recently acquainted myself with these, and have pretty much given up drinking 'milk' milk now. Butter and cheese will remain within my repertoire, and will be very difficult to shift. Oat milk is the most environmentally sustainable of the lot, and I like it in porridge, but less so with the granola (with strawberries and dried cherries) I have when the summer months materialise. I'm currently experimenting with hazelnut milk, which works fine (although I'm put off by the fact that it's got sugar in it -- unlike the oat milk). I'm also going to try cashew, almond and coconut to see how they work.

 

[McTavish]

My son has recently gone vegan so have been buying him various different milks - almond, oat, soya, hemp. Most are available in sweetened or unsweetened versions and as fresh (chilled) or long life.

His favourite is chilled unsweetened oat.

I have skimmed milk in my tea and whilst all the milk-alikes taste a bit different I could cope with unsweetened oat and soya but found hemp too "nutty" and almond a bit sickly.

 

[The Clamp]

it's a piece of piss to make and ridiculously cheap


My wife is vegan so we never really have milk milk in the house so it tends to be soya for tea or oat for coffee

I tend not to make stuff in the kitchen, I loathe faff. But if it saves the pennies I’ll google that, thanks

 

[nigeyb]

Oatly oat milk - lovely

Their cream is good too

 

[Marshy]

Almond milk in my porridge

Its not a cheap practice though

 

[HitchinSeagull]

Oatly barista is the best one I've tried so far. I'm trying to use less cows milk and this one is lovely in a coffee or on cereal.

Id second this one, the only one I find thats truly compatible with a good coffee and takes the least adjustment. Its now in short supply and the shelves are often bare where its stocked.

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[stewart12]

I tend not to make stuff in the kitchen, I loathe faff. But if it saves the pennies I’ll google that, thanks

yeh its literally just oats and water

 

[Hotchilidog]

Almond and oat milk for me, both taste nice.

 

[TSB]

Lacto-free milk, here.
Occasional Alpro Almond Milk consumer.

Mylk is disgusting.

 

[thejackal]

Too much dairy in hot drinks gives me fluid in my middle ear (a.k.a. 'glue ear') so I've been on the alt milk for years.

Current favourite is Koko Original (unsweetened) Coconut Milk. Pretty good in tea or coffee.

 

[Lush]

We have Alpro Coconut Almond in cereals/porridge. Much more fresh tasting than milk. Wait for it to go on offer to £1 a carton at the supermarket (even Waitrose), then stockpile. Will save you a fortune.

Interested in trying oat milk for tea. In my experience if you stick with it, your tastebuds adjust - like when you give up sugar in tea, then after a while you can't bear sugary tea.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Almond milk is fine in porridge or something like that, but it’s pretty rank in tea.

I agree, it was horrible.