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?

  • Thrillhouse@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Oat milk!!! You can buy it unsweetened. To me it is the most neutral tasting plant milk, and better for the environment too.

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        8 months ago

        Yep to oat milk. I’ve even started swigging it straight from the carton 😱

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      8 months ago

      This is the way. They even have oat milk coffee creamers out there too (though those are sweetened). In my experience, Chobani has the “milkiest” oat milk, it’s thicker, whereas the other brands seem too watery.

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      8 months ago

      I don’t know if it’s just me and my seeming sensitivity to textures, but oatmilk in my coffee was like they’d machinegunned porridge through a loose sieve into my cup. Undrinkably thick and gritty.

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      8 months ago

      2nd 582nd Oat milk. I love a good dairy milk, but I can’t deny that I now prefer the flavour of a good oat milk with coffee. Goes well with a strong rooibos, too.

      You’ve got to compare a few brands if you don’t like it – some are absolutely feral, even the extra-fancy ones. It also gets noticably worse with age so discounted cartons near the best-before date is a bit hit and miss.

      My favourite is Vitasoy’s standard Oat Milk.

      Steamed texture is the best on the 2nd-4th day after opening a new carton; maybe to do with a little oxidisation changing the chemistry just enough.

      Surprisingly tasty just poured cold into your mug/glass as an iced coffee with either espresso but especially with a good filter brew.