What is your preferred vegan/veggie milk?

[Hollis]

So far I've tried soya and oat.

Oat is winning as far as coffee goes... Find soya doesn't mix too well..?

 

[Sprocket.]

Definitely oat, nice on cereals too.

 

[Ron Merlin]

Oat in tea, coconut on cereal.

 

[Calamity1971]

Sweetened soya in tea/cereal. Have coffee black anyway. But did try oatly barista once which was pleasant, but it's double the price.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Not tried oat but it's best for coffee apparently.

Everything else doesn't mix well at all but I like almond.

 

[editor]

So far I've tried soya and oat.

Oat is winning as far as coffee goes... Find soya doesn't mix too well..?

Any own-brand soya for tea. Oatly Semi for coffee/cereals.

Almond comes with a hefty environmental impact (but still not as bad as dairy, obvs) and doesn't taste very nice at all for me - it's too watery. I don't think I've tried rice but I'm happy with soya/oat anyway.

 

[hash tag]

^^^ no way ^^^ sweetened soya milk is awful.

 

[moonsi til]

Another one for oat , happily have in hot drinks /cereal.

 

[braindancer]

Oat- it's the bomb. Not keen on any others...

 

[SpookyFrank]

Soy is the best all-rounder. Oatmilk makes good custard. Hazelnut milk makes the best cocoa.

 

[Epona]

I like oat in coffee, I sometimes get the long-life one and although it looks kind of watery, it tastes quite creamy which goes really well in coffee and in cereals.

I would use soya in cooking/baking if I was going to substitute for dairy, simply because the protein content means it behaves in a familiar way in sauces and baking. I don't like the taste of it in beverages though (I just don't like soya in most of its forms, soy sauce is the exception)

 

[nyxx]

Soya milk doesn’t work in coffee unless you warm the milk up before it meets the coffee. Even then it sometimes curdles if you don’t drink it quickly enough.

I don’t like anything but soya milk in tea tho.

 

[Looby]

Coconut in coffee and on cereal. I’m not vegan or lactose intolerant so I’ve carried on with cows milk in tea. I haven’t found one I like much yet to replace it.

 

[platinumsage]

Soya, the others just taste like seawater to me, but i have weird tastebuds.

 

[moose]

Depends what you want it for. The curdling property that makes soya so unappealing in a brew is perfect for baking vegan cakes, replacing eggs and milk if you curdle it with a couple of spoons of vinegar.

 

[RubyToogood]

Hazelnut for coffee, oat for tea and anything savoury like white sauce, either for cereals.

 

[editor]

Depends what you want it for. The curdling property that makes soya so unappealing in a brew is perfect for baking vegan cakes, replacing eggs and milk if you curdle it with a couple of spoons of vinegar.

I haven't had soya curdle in my tea for - literally - years! It's only the shitty brands that do that now.

 

[Calamity1971]

I haven't had soya curdle in my tea for - literally - years! It's only the shitty brands that do that now.

I think moose might be talking about coffee? Might be wrong mind, it's not unusual .

 

[ska invita]

Oat seems to be the most ecologically sound...we can grow oats in the UK...though i wonder where the Oatly oats come from?

 

[Calamity1971]

Oat seems to be the most ecologically sound...we can grow oats in the UK...though i wonder where the Oatly oats come from?

Organic Oat Drink Chilled. This product is what Oatly is all about. Organic oats from the Swedish countryside, pure water and a little salt. That's it.

 

[ska invita]

Organic Oat Drink Chilled. This product is what Oatly is all about. Organic oats from the Swedish countryside, pure water and a little salt. That's it.

Well Sweden relatively close
Soya and almonds particularly damaging I gather

(Good Hemp) Hemp milk recently hit the shelves is from hemp grown in Devon - its good.

 

[Calamity1971]

Well Sweden relatively close
Soya and almonds particularly damaging I gather

(Good Hemp) Hemp milk recently hit the shelves is from hemp grown in Devon - its good.

Never tried that . Seen it but the price put me off. Next trip to shops I'll get one and see.

 

[ska invita]

Never tried that . Seen it but the price put me off. Next trip to shops I'll get one and see.

In my local supermarket Oatly is £1.70, Hemp is £2...Oat is often run out though so have gone Hemp a few times. I dont use a lot of milk though so it lasts quite a while
Lemon juice in tea

 

[Calamity1971]

Think I've tried them all except that one. Rice milk was bloody awful. I fancy trying something new and hope I like it. I have soya milk , soya chunks, tofu. I'm basically 90% soy!
Plus that's got the omega 3&6 in. Will report back

 

[ska invita]

yeah Rice tastes...different...oat and hemp much a muchness i think

 

[Epona]

yeah Rice tastes...different...oat and hemp much a muchness i think

Rice milk tastes like rice. Now I love rice - I love the smell of rice, I love the taste of rice, I expect it to actually be rice though, having my tea smell and taste of rice is something I cannot really adjust to (given that there are alternatives!)

 

[ska invita]

Rice milk tastes like rice.

This is probably true

 

[moose]

I think moose might be talking about coffee? Might be wrong mind, it's not unusual .

I don't know, tbh - I don't have milk in drinks. It used to have a bad reputation though. But if you add cider vinegar to soya milk, it instantly goes weird and thick and is idea for replacing both milk and eggs in a cake.

 

[kalidarkone]

Oat milk! I love that it is so good that I'll never go back to cows milk routinely. I cant profess to be dairy free but cutting out cows milk and butter has cut my fat intake down a lot.

I love that my coffee tastes just as good with it as with cows milk and that I can get fresh oat milk from the fridge rather than long life and have a choice of skimmed, semi or whole. Also oats are great for mood, and skin.

 

[gentlegreen]

generic supermarket unsweetened soy.
I only use it for dessert - though sometimes I'll drink it as it is.