Alpro Barista Foamable Coconut Plant-Based Drink, 1L

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With Blue Diamond’s Almond Breeze Barista, a strong, roasted almond flavour comes through the drink. I’m not sure if the nuts are actually roasted. Alpro’s barista coconut milk fuses well with the coffee, creating a homogeneous consistency. It doesn’t have the same sweetness you associate with coconut milk, but it does highlight the bitter notes of the cold brew more. Still, all in all, it’s a pretty refreshing drink. 3.5/5 Califia Farms Oat Barista

Alpro Barista Coconut is virtually a blend of soy and coconut. With a base containing 2.9% soybeans, it’s blended with 3.5% coconut milk. There’s added sugar, fructose, sea salt, flavourings, acidity regulators, calcium and stabilisers. It is slightly bitter, though, and as you drink it, the watery consistency is a bit more noticeable. 3.5/5 Happy Happy Soy Boy This tastes very interesting. It’s fruity and citrusy, with very prominent notes of grapefruit zest. Initially, it’s very acidic, but it gets better as you drink it.Because soy milk has a very similar consistency to cows milk it’s relatively easy to froth. Soy lattes have been popular for a long time, probably because of its frothy qualities. Provamel, like Alpro, is owned by Danone. Its barista oat milk, like Alpro’s, uses pea protein, which the brand says is added “to help it foam”. Rude Health’s barista almond milk is both quite sweet and acidic in cold brew. There’s no almond flavour and the consistency resembles that of semi-skimmed milk added to cold brew. Like most milk alternatives the best way to stop cashew milk curdling in your coffee is to try one of two things. Heat the cashew milk, so it is warm and add it or, alternatively, let your coffee cool. A few seconds in the microwave or the steaming function on your espresso machine should get your milk alternative to the desired temperature.

The barista oat milk has a slightly lower amount of oats than the average, with 8.4%. It also contains sunflower oil, agave fibre, pea protein and sea salt. No acidity regulator here. Rebel Kitchen Barista Rebel Kitchen has been making a lot of noise in the coffee industry recently. After years of selling its whole and semi-skimmed milks, it finally unveiled its barista edition on New Year’s Day 2021. The USP is a collaboration with coffee expert James Hoffmann, who helped create the milk. Dairy-Free Delight: Cater to diverse preferences with a dairy-free alternative that captures the essence of real milk, enriching drinks without compromising on taste or quality. It is possible to froth coconut milk, after a fashion. However, the bubbles it creates are bigger than cow's milk bubbles and, in our experience, it can be a bit hit and miss.In my opinion, coconut cream and coconut milk are the best alternative milks to use for cold foam. Other delicious options you have are almond milk, cashew milk, oat milk and soy milk. When creating a flat white or other latte art, you’ll want something that is easy to work with when heating and adding texture. Making coconut milk cold foam is very easy, and it makes for one amazing cup of coffee. Ingredients Required The ingredients list begins with the standard amount of oat content — 10% — with rapeseed oil, iodised salt, an acidity regulator and calcium and vitamin supplements rounding up the rest of the composition. Oaty Bruce

Sure, it acts like it with the consistency and foaming. But disappointingly, Rebel Kitchen’s barista milk has that artificial, synthetic undertone that I tasted in Califia Farms’s oat milk. At Daily Barista, our favourite type of dairy-free milk in coffee is coconut milk. It makes your coffee taste creamy and adds a hint of flavour. We especially love it in mochas and iced coffee. For us, the acidity isn’t as well controlled as it should be, and it dominates everything else. 2.5/5 Find out how Good Hemp’s Oat + Hemp blend fared in our review. Happy Happy Soy Boy Not just because it’s summer, but iced coffee is just as important a test as hot drinks. Instead of testing the milks in iced lattes or iced filters, I decided to conduct the review in cold brew. If you want to get fancy, you can look at what syrups they have and use those to flavor your non-dairy cold foam.Cold brew has its own unique taste profile and brings out something quite different from the milk when compared to espresso-based cold drinks. Iced filters have a lovely acidity but don’t make for a great conductor for milk-testing. It’s pretty creamy in texture but also neutral in flavour. For this reason, it lets the taste of the coffee shine through allowing you to enjoy any type of coffee without the milk alternative altering the taste of your brew. However, if you like what real milk brings to your coffee profile, soy under delivers a little in comparison. Soy Milk, until perhaps a decade ago, was pretty much the only alternative to cows milk on supermarket shelves or in a coffee shop. Soy milk is made from soaking and grinding soybeans, it has a fairly neutral taste which is perhaps why it has been so popular as a milk alternative for so long. It does leave a little residue at the end, and, surprisingly, is slightly less creamy than you’d expect it to be. 4/5 Read our ultimate showdown for the best vegan Easter egg in 2021. Ingredients, price and availability

And that just goes to show that while Califia Farms’s barista edition is a technically sound oat milk, the flavour is what brings it down. 2.5/5 Good Hemp Barista Almond milk tends to separate when it is heated. It can foam but may leave a watery layer underneath. Good Hemp Barista has pure malt extract, an ingredient unique to this list, and a 4% hemp seed base. The only other ingredients are an acidity regulator, emulsifier and stabiliser, and the short ingredient list explains the steeper price. Happy Happy Soy Boy The Rebel Kitchen Barista Mylk uses 10.5% oats, 1.5% coconut cream, sunflower oil, 0.5% faba bean protein, sunflower seed extract, nutritional yeast (it’s the only brand on the market to use this in its milks), sea salt and an acidity regulator. Rude Health Barista AlmondFor companies making multiple kinds of barista milks, I chose only one, recommended to me by the brand itself for this review. I used a small French press for the tests, as many households don’t have access to espresso machines or electric frothers. Here’s our ultimate showdown for the UK’s best barista milk. Frothing Cashew Milk in its most basic form is ground cashews with added water. It’s full of healthy fats, vitamins and minerals. Cashew Milk, unlike its nut-based counterpart, almond, is a little harder to find in supermarkets and coffee shops. Exotic Smoothies: Blend up your favorite fruits and vegetables with this coconut milk for a refreshing and exotic smoothie that adds a creamy touch and a hint of paradise. You can taste the coffee’s notes, even though they’re muted. The soy pairs stunningly well with the coffee, even if the consistency is just a little thinner than you’d want. The coffee is the star here, and that’s what matters. 4/5 Minor Figures Culinary Versatility: Beyond beverages, Pacific Foods Barista Series Coconut Milk elevates your culinary repertoire. Enhance soups and curries with its creamy texture, infusing dishes with an irresistible coconut essence that adds depth and richness to your savory creations.