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

      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.

    • rcbrk@lemmy.ml
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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.