I'm just curious to what everyone else drinks. My sister solidly drinks oat milk but I'm not a fan. I prefer just about anything else. Normally I buy almond milk but my favorite is homemade almond milk. It's super creamy and tastes nothing like the store bought stuff.
I haven't tried hemp or rice milk but I've tried pretty much every other one.
Anyway, what's your favorite?
When I first went dairy free, this was my go to. I still use it for potato soup when I make it.
Favorite with cereal: unsweetened vanilla almond milk
Favorite in coffee: extra creamy oatmilk
Favorite for baking: either oat or coconut milk
Favorite for savory cooking: country crock plant cream or unsweetened unflavored ripple
Favorite overall: unsweetened unflavored ripple because it doesn't impart strong or oddly sweet flavors into anything and is versatile with baking, cooking, and drinking. It also has protein which is better for some baking things
I don't buy it often, but I really liked cashew milk. It's harder to find where I live so I've stuck with oat milk.
I like Almond Breeze unsweetened vanilla in cereal and for all baking & milk substitutions. I also like Califia Farms Oatmilk Barista Blend steamed in my coffee but I don’t care for it as a cold pour over coffee. Other than that I just gave up drinking milks since none really cut it for me.
Ditto. I recommend unsweetened regular rice milk for savory foods as well
These are the two exact I use for the same purposes hahaha
Taste wise oat milk. It’s not the healthiest so I usually go with soy.
For drinking and cereal I only like unsweetened unflavored soy milk - I'd been drinking it for years before I went dairy-free because I preferred the taste over cows milk (not realizing that cows milk was "icky" to me because it upset myself stomach). It's just so hard to find unsweetened!
For savory cooking I like cashew milk. I'll settle for extra creamy oat milk for cooking if I can't get to one of the few stores that carries the cashew milk. My big huge Walmart always has it, but it's a drive to get there, and surprisingly a tiny local grocery store I don't usually go to almost always has it too.
I've never liked almond milk, for all that I absolutely love almonds! I'll settle for it in a latte or some other combined drink or if i cant find another alternate for cooking, but I do not like it on its own.
I always found almond milk watery and disappointing
It's really common to find unsweetened soy milk near me. I guess I'm fortunate in that there are a lot of different types of alternative milks in the fridge section and on the shelf of just about any store.
Have you had almond milk homemade? It tastes completely different than store bought.
I drink unsweetened almond milk. I buy brands that don’t have gums added. I like Malk, Plant Strong, or making my own. Making my own is way more nutrient dense. I used the leftover meal to make almond crackers or other goodies.
Oat milk makes my stomach feel heavy, I try to avoid excessive soy products, cashew milk makes me nauseous, coconut milk is good but so many on my nondairy products are already coconut based.
Nothing beats making your own. I use the leftover meal to make almond butter.
Oatmilk for coffee, almond milk for cereal
Home made cashew milk. Soooo good. Better than anything I have gotten at any store.
If I am going store bought, then almond breeze, or sometimes silk soy milk depending on what I am using it for. The store bought cashew milks are usually too sweet (even in unsweetened, idk how that happens) and the texture is weird. The cashew milk from Elmhurst is great though, but so expensive!
I don't like oatmilk. It tastes like oatmeal to me. I don't drink any milks alone. I use coconut or almond milk for cooking or in coffee. Almond is my preferred.
I’ve tried many alternative milks (soy milk, rice milk, cashew milk, coconut milk, almond milk, pea milk, oat milk), and I think my two favorites are almond and pea. Almond milk, in my opinion, is good for everyday drinking, whereas pea milk is really good for making shakes because it’s slightly thicker. I also really enjoy coconut milk ice cream - I think it makes the ice cream super creamy.
I really prefer rice milk in general. But theres definitely specific uses for different ones
Definitely almond milk and almond milk ice cream is delicious
Almond, flax, and oat. I really want to try walnut milk next
Flax is probably the closest in taste and consistency to cow milk. It's super neutral but it hardly has any nutrition. It's also stupid expensive for some reason. $6/qt??
You just reminded me I have been meaning to make some pecan milk. It is reportedly AMAZING and I love pecans.
I like the Almond Breeze vanilla milk for drinking and in cereals. I like unsweetened coconut or the silk Creamy cashew unsweetened for cooking.
How are you using it? If you are just drinking a glass of it or for cereal, that's different answer than if you are baking or using for smoothies.
I'll buy the cheapest/lowest calorie oat or almond for smoothies. For drinking, highest calorie but non sweetened/flavored oat milk.
Nutrapods Almond and Coconut Blend in French Vanilla. It works well for me in my coffee, tea, and cooking.
Hazelnut. I've tried with almond, but there's something about hazelnuts + coffee that makes it delicious.
Rude Health oat milk, it’s natural and not too thick.
I normally liked the oat and almond milks, but recently, I've really only bought the Silk Next Milk. It's in a cow print carton and honestly really unnoticeable in cereal and teas. Highly recommend. Super easy to get used to and doesn't have a nutty aftertaste.
I only really use milk with cereal, and for that I use Target's Good and Gather regular oat milk. We will also use it in things that cook with milk, like mashed potatoes from time to time, though usually I use vegetable stock for that.
I came here to throw down sesame milk, it’s so good!
In New England, Hood makes an excellent oat milk called Planet Oat.
The one my sister drinks is also called Planet Oat.
I realized i only like nut milks if i make them myself. I dont know why the store bought stuff either taste like water or taste like plastic and or cardboard to me? Especially when I go to a smoothie or coffee place and they use it in their drinks, taste even worse. If i dont have time or the materials to make milk, Unsweetened Soy is the perfect one for me. All other milks have so much oil, sugar and additives and theyre so expensive. Tjs soymilk literally just has soybeans and water in it and its 2-3 dollars. And it has protein like regular milk would which is what a lot of recipes need so its great for cooking. Also love the neutral taste. I also personally find other milks to just not make a lot of sense, if health and calories didnt matter oatmilk is great and tastes wonderful, but its expensive and has a lot of fat and sugar in it but in the end its just starchy milk because once its strained its basically just starchy water. But because Im a hypocrite I make my own to satisfy my needs and mix it with another homemade nut milk and I find that blend to be great for drinking and cooking with. It has the slight protein and natural fat from the nut, but the starch and earthy but still neutral flavor from the oats.
Simple Truth Almond milk from Kroger or cashew milk.
I prefer unsweetened oat or soy for my "everything" milk. Tastes great with cookies, cereal, and smoothies; is neutral enough for savory dishes. I use sweetened condensed oat milk when needed and sometimes enjoy almond milk in desserts.
Depends on what. If I don’t want extra sweetness, ripple milk, which is mild and has protein! If I want a little extra sweetness, oat milk. Coconut milk is great for baking and cooking.
the purple Silk Extra Creamy Oatmilk is my holy grail grocery item. i will buy it no matter what. it's my favorite. otherwise I think unsweetened almondmilk is acceptable. and I remember really enjoying cashew milk, it was just kind of pricey. i can't stand the flavor and texture of soy milk.
Nextmilk was my absolute favorite but it’s been discontinued 😭😭
Yeah I was looking for it because someone else mentioned it but I couldn't find it. Sorry. I hate when that happens.
almod milk
Oatly full fat for cooking and planet oat unsweetened for cereal etc 😍
Ripple Pea milk is the most like cows milk to me. I use it in everything - cooking, baking, with cookies, cereal. I still like Almond milk for smoothies though.
Rice milk!
I love soy. Almond, flax, ripple, and nacadamia nut are far seconds.
I don't like coconut milk usually, but occasionally I'll be in the mood.
Rice milk has some nostalgia to it.
Hemp milk can be OK, or downright terrible based off brand.
I really dislike oat milk. A few brands are bearable though.
I get the chobani unsweetened oat milk. I’m sure there are probably better ones out there but I’m just so used to that one I just have always gotten it haha
OG unsweetened soy milk is my favorite.