Coffee fedi, help me out!
I’m getting more and more milk/lactose intolerant as I get older, but lactose free milk is too sweet for me.
I don’t sweeten my coffee, and even lactose free milk with no sweetener else makes my coffee too sweet.
So, what do I replace my milk with when I order coffee?
Oat milk is the best alternative I’ve found. Most places offer it so I switched to oat milk lattes and haven’t gone back.
If brewing at home, there are barista versions made specifically for coffee, but the original works too.
As a barista and a vegan, this is the answer. Out of all the plant-based milks, oat is the closest to cow’s milk when it comes to how it foams up, so baristas tend to make way better and more consistent drinks with oat than almond or soy. And this is just personal preference, but IMO the taste profile of oat works the best with coffee.
I second this, but you will need to find the one you like, different brands can taste VERY differently.
BLACK. DRINK IT BLACK. PUT SOME HAIR ON YOUR CHEST. DRINK IT BLACK.
Sorry about that. I have seen you say you cannot do it, but this is false. You can acquire a taste for black coffee, and it will make your coffee drinking much easier as well as improve your palate for tasting coffee. Also black coffee has only like 5 calories per cup vs 80-120 calories if you put milk in it.
I’m not sure I’m keen on my boobs being hairy, but I got myself a black coffee today…
We’ll see how it goes :)
I think it’s probably good to leave misguided ideas about masculinity out of it - although I’m sure you weren’t being serious, of course.
That being said, speciality coffee brewed with care can often be quite enjoyable to drink black and I agree that it’s worth trying out for OP.
Definitely Oat.
There are brands that make some specifically to emulate the flavour and texture of cow milk, often named something along the lines of “not milk”.
Alternatively “Barista” variants often have a slightly raised fat content and added soy or other protein to improve foamability.
Cheapest option is to make it yourself: ~90g oats per 1000ml water
- soak and rinse oats
- blend oats, pinch of salt and water
- don’t blend too long, the mix gets a bit gluey otherwise
- strain through a cheese cloth or similar
- leave in the fridge overnight
Optional stuff:
add ~2 dates to the blender for a bit of sweetness
you can experiment with adding some cashews to the blend, or ~2 tbsp of neutral tasting oil to the blender for creamier consistency.
I heard xanthan gum can also be added to thicken the mix.
Additional coffee
Nothing? Or alternatively a single mocha shot?
But really I think the best thing would be to switch to cold brew dilute with a little water and ice and nothing more.
Nothing isn’t going to happen. I’ve tried and tried to enjoy it over the years, but it lacks “body” or something…
Have you tried doing your own cold brew concentrate and then cutting it with water and Ice before? It really changes the profile of some coffee.
There is also the phrase garbage in garbage out, so if your starting with a low quality bean or over roasted bean you could be missing out on all the natural flavors in coffee.
Im lazy so I generally just do a simple Chemex filtered drip but even that created a cup miles better than any kurig or mr coffee equivalent that I found out I could really enjoy coffee without adding anything.
If I end up at Tim’s or Dunkin then its a shot of mocha because I struggle to drink their coffee black because of how over roasted the beans are. They cook all the flavors out of it to make it “consistent.”
