Milky milky!

[Katetype2]

Hello!

Question for all the coffee lovers… I’m looking to find a lower carb milk to go in my coffees. I love almond milk in smoothies etc, but it’s rubbish in coffee as it curdles/goes bitty. Has anyone tried the barista version? Is it the same deal?
I’m loving oat milk in coffee but the carbs aren’t great - may as well have cows milk.

 

[Inka]

Why not just have normal milk? The amount in a coffee will be minimal carbs. Or you could have cream instead.

 

[JJay]

Hello!

Question for all the coffee lovers… I’m looking to find a lower carb milk to go in my coffees. I love almond milk in smoothies etc, but it’s rubbish in coffee as it curdles/goes bitty. Has anyone tried the barista version? Is it the same deal?
I’m loving oat milk in coffee but the carbs aren’t great - may as well have cows milk.

Unless you like your coffee extremely milky and/or you’re drinking dozens of cups a day, it really doesn’t make any difference. 30ml of semi-skimmed is only 1.2g carb.

 

[Katetype2]

Why not just have normal milk? The amount in a coffee will be minimal carbs. Or you could have cream instead.

Yeah I could. I was just looking at alternatives - see if any small improvements could be made.
Thank you though.

Unless you like your coffee extremely milky and/or you’re drinking dozens of cups a day, it really doesn’t make any difference. 30ml of semi-skimmed is only 1.2g carb.

Thank you - I appreciate the advice.
I’m really enjoying oat milk - so I guess as long as I don’t go ham with it I should be Ok.
Forgive me - I’m new and finding my way with everything!

 

[Jodee]

I've not noticed that almond milk goes bitty in coffee or milk drinks, maybe its the branch you are using. I mainly use alpro but when I make coffee with this milk I usually do half milk half water. Soya milk goes well in coffee from memory but I don't think as low carbs as almond milk. I've tried Barista also, I think its sweetened.

For tea I use either rice milk, oat milk or cows milk

Almond milk is my fav, on cereal and milky drinks 🙂

 

[rebrascora]

Real double cream for me (not Elmlea as it is highly processed). Cream is lower carbs than milk and the cream helps me to feel satisfied (keeps hunger at bay) and provides slow release energy. And provides a little daily treat. Probably no an option if you drink multiple cups a day.
If you are following a low carb way of eating then you need to get energy from alternative sources than carbs and once your body is used to burning fat for energy instead of carbs, it is a valid choice.
However, if you increase your fat intake without reducing carbs then you will end up putting on weight, so having a bit more fat is part of rebalancing the scales when you go low carb.

 

[Inka]

Yeah I could. I was just looking at alternatives - see if any small improvements could be made.
Thank you though.

Thank you - I appreciate the advice.
I’m really enjoying oat milk - so I guess as long as I don’t go ham with it I should be Ok.
Forgive me - I’m new and finding my way with everything!

I have Koko on my cereal and in my hot drinks. It’s made from coconuts but is nothing like the coconut milk you get in cans. This is a mild ‘milk’ that doesn’t taste of coconuts and, IMO, actually tastes nicer than cows’ milk. I use the original blue one but I’ve noticed they’ve introduced a barista version:

Koko Barista Foamy Milk - Koko

www.kokodairyfree.com

There are only 2.1g carbs in 100ml, which is less than half that of cows milk and less than a third of the carbs of Oatly Barista @Katetype2

 

[Katetype2]

I have Koko on my cereal and in my hot drinks. It’s made from coconuts but is nothing like the coconut milk you get in cans. This is a mild ‘milk’ that doesn’t taste of coconuts and, IMO, actually tastes nicer than cows’ milk. I use the original blue one but I’ve noticed they’ve introduced a barista version:

Koko Barista Foamy Milk - Koko

www.kokodairyfree.com

There are only 2.1g carbs in 100ml, which is less than half that of cows milk and less than a third of the carbs of Oatly Barista @Katetype2

Ooh thank you! I will definitely look out for this one!

 

[Katetype2]

I've not noticed that almond milk goes bitty in coffee or milk drinks, maybe its the branch you are using. I mainly use alpro but when I make coffee with this milk I usually do half milk half water. Soya milk goes well in coffee from memory but I don't think as low carbs as almond milk. I've tried Barista also, I think its sweetened.

For tea I use either rice milk, oat milk or cows milk

Almond milk is my fav, on cereal and milky drinks 🙂

Thank you!
Apparently the acid in coffee and the heat makes it separate. Perhaps you have found a good combo!

 

[Katetype2]

Real double cream for me (not Elmlea as it is highly processed). Cream is lower carbs than milk and the cream helps me to feel satisfied (keeps hunger at bay) and provides slow release energy. And provides a little daily treat. Probably no an option if you drink multiple cups a day.
If you are following a low carb way of eating then you need to get energy from alternative sources than carbs and once your body is used to burning fat for energy instead of carbs, it is a valid choice.
However, if you increase your fat intake without reducing carbs then you will end up putting on weight, so having a bit more fat is part of rebalancing the scales when you go low carb.

I know what you are saying is right - but it’s so hard to shift the mindset of cream being fattening! Years of yo-yo dieting with Weight Watchers, Slimming World and the like drill it in to you that these things are bad.
It’s crazy trying to in-learn all that stuff!

 

[Jodee]

Thank you!
Apparently the acid in coffee and the heat makes it separate. Perhaps you have found a good combo!

I don't ever boil the water/milk, I heat in microwave 1 min 10 secs to 1 min 30 secs depending on cup size.

 

[nonethewiser]

Full fat normal milk everytime, don't like a lot in tea coffee but prefer it to black.

 

[medidia]

I use soya barista or oat barista and neither of them make my BG go up, I think we all react differently you just need to find what works for you.

 

[rebrascora]

I just want to make the comment that many of these plant based milks are quite highly processed some with rather interesting additives. They are often marketed as being more "healthy", so this is just something to consider if you are looking to eat "cleaner". They are also mostly shipped half way across the world too.

 

[Inka]

Some are, some aren’t @rebrascora For example, an almond milk I have sometimes only contains almonds, spring water and a touch of sea salt. Like everything, it’s a matter of choosing what suits you.

 

[Drummer]

I know what you are saying is right - but it’s so hard to shift the mindset of cream being fattening! Years of yo-yo dieting with Weight Watchers, Slimming World and the like drill it in to you that these things are bad.
It’s crazy trying to in-learn all that stuff!

Yet all the evidence seems to indicate the opposite - though paying for weekly 'help to lose weight' should perhaps ring a bell as successful losers don't hand over cash....
I use double cream in coffee.
Elmlea isn't any sort of cream, just as margarine is not butter, processed or not - it just has good designers and advertising department.

 

[Proud to be erratic]

Some are, some aren’t @rebrascora For example, an almond milk I have sometimes only contains almonds, spring water and a touch of sea salt. Like everything, it’s a matter of choosing what suits you.

It is my understanding that almond milk uses huge amounts of water as part of the processing; "spring" water in UK involves extensive drilling into aquifers and is the 21st C equivalent to mining and drilling for fossil fuels and we know where that has taken us.

There is a huge environmental cost to all of these "milks" with significant "carbon footprints". I'm certainly not against freedom of choice, but I would be more relaxed if there was a more balanced (and honest) perspective about the environmental costs of so many of today's industrial practices.

 

[Inka]

And what about the impact of the dairy industry @Proud to be erratic ? Do you know the environmental impact of that, not to mention the cruelty aspect?

Dairy vs. plant-based milk: what are the environmental impacts?

A growing number of people are interested in switching to plant-based alternatives to dairy. But are they better for the environment, and which is best?

ourworldindata.org

Cow’s milk has significantly higher impacts than the plant-based alternatives across all metrics. It causes around three times as much greenhouse gas emissions; uses around ten times as much land; two to twenty times as much freshwater; and creates much higher levels of eutrophication.

 

[trophywench]

Some are, some aren’t @rebrascora For example, an almond milk I have sometimes only contains almonds, spring water and a touch of sea salt. Like everything, it’s a matter of choosing what suits you.

Yes Inka BUT where do almond trees grow? - I've never yet seen one growing in Europe and defo not in the UK - whereas we have several times seen walnut trees in France and even picked some there, then completely forgot about them where they were and having tried one initially and been disappointed didn't know what to do when we found em again. Tried them and they were utterly delicious that time so wished we'd picked more! Tree in a hedgerow near a campsite we happened to be staying on. Which campsite where, I now haven't the slightest idea!

 

[trophywench]

Just thought ... must have been grown in Spain - shedloads of places had horchaterias, in the 1960s/70s. Oh blast - tigernuts!