My GF loves lattes, but she’s lactose intolerant. She refuses to take lactose pills, for some unknown reason.
I’ve tried making lattes with skin milk and almond milk, but they don’t foam quite the same way whole milk does. Any suggestions?
As others have suggested, lactose free milk is the best option. (which is just milk with a small amount of lactase. Your body naturally makes lactase, it’s not some kind of unnatural chemical).
However, if your GF has objections to lactase, soy milk is a great alternative. Soy milk foam is firmer than cow milk foam, but it tastes less sweet. You could add sugar to compensate, but I find I actually favor the taste over regular milk.
lol…skin milk
How about lactose-free milk, i.e. where they have added lactase to neutralize the lactose? I never drink milk myself, but if I ever need milk for a recipe, I buy the lactose-free one.
Try oat milk… it foams much better that the other alternative milks. There are some brands of oat milk that have a thicker option that I enjoy.
FYI, lactase is a complete solution for some, and does absolutely nothing to help others. That’s very likely the “unknown reason”.
Soy and rice milk both make a perfectly passable latte, for those blighted with intolerance for the to real thing. Like most milk alternates, it’s fantastic as soon as one has forgotten how good actual milk was.
