Soy milk

Agricola · 14-06-2018 10:00PM #1

Was in Costa the other day and I noticed the guy made my cappucino with Alpro soy milk. I'd always assumed they used regular milk unless you requested a vegan alternative.

Anyway, I picked up a litre plain soy milk in Dunnes while shopping to try it out at home and wasn't too impressed with the results. It made a nice velvety smooth milk with a nicer texture than dairy but I thought it nullified the flavour, actually made it much more bitter.

Anyone know is it a special variety they use for coffee or whats the story

0lddog · 15-06-2018 11:51AM

https://www.alpro.com/uk/for-professionals/products/drinks/soya-plain/for-professionals

Boardsie User Beasty might have some insight into what Costa use

J_E · 16-06-2018 04:18PM

I think oat milk is the best in terms of complementing the taste of coffee and texture. I don't mind soy and almond milk but I just feel like it takes away from the taste and is also harder to texture properly.

I'm surprised someone made a soy coffee without you specifying, though.

Agricola · 16-06-2018 06:28PM

0lddog wrote: »

https://www.alpro.com/uk/for-professionals/products/drinks/soya-plain/for-professionals

Boardsie User Beasty might have some insight into what Costa use

That's the very one they used. I picked up a carton of plain Alpro soy milk and it ruined the coffee flavour completely.

J_E wrote: »

I think oat milk is the best in terms of complementing the taste of coffee and texture. I don't mind soy and almond milk but I just feel like it takes away from the taste and is also harder to texture properly.

I'm surprised someone made a soy coffee without you specifying, though.

Yes me too. Ive never seen them use anything other than dairy milk but to be honest, had I not seen it, I wouldn't have noticed the difference. It was just like every other Costa cappucino Ive ever had.

All My Stars Aligned · 16-06-2018 09:35PM

Oat or almond work best. Oat steams very well, almond not quite as good. Taste-wise, neither really floats my boat, would rather drink espresso or filter.

Phillip876 · 29-01-2021 07:27AM

If you are vegan and looking for other milk alternatives then you can try a number of options. For good taste you can try cashew milk, almond milk, coconut milk and walnut milk. You can see the whole list of milk alternatives here https://sportsinside.co.uk/blogs/post/13-best-milk-alternatives . Before using any milk alternatives make sure it has all the necessary nutrients which you can get from natural milk.

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