All about the milk.....

NewBoyUK

We all talk about the water we use, and the bean we use.

But what about the milk we use?

More fat? More protein? What makes the best milk - or as long as it froths, then it will do?

JammyDodger

I find homogenised whole milk easiest to texture and tastes sweetest when correctly foamed. I get organic milk because I like to think the organic cows all get some sort of cow-spa experience at the weekend. Do not shatter this dream.

Plus have you tried to texture oat milk? As an amateur it’s a living hell.

MediumRoastSteam

JammyDodger I find homogenised whole milk

Dumb question… can you actually buy, easily, non homogenised milk in the UK?

Dusk

MediumRoastSteam

I think the high end organic stuff is often not homogenised, I only know as I was researching making cheese which requires it. The Waitrose Duchy stuff for example.

dutchy101

MediumRoastSteam

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/311785228

JammyDodger

MediumRoastSteam yes Waitrose have a couple of non-homogenised options. One is a milk from Jersey cows that is the the stuff dreams are made of, but costs the same price as a one-bed flat in London.

Doram

MediumRoastSteam Dumb question… can you actually buy, easily, non homogenised milk in the UK?

Yes, every large supermarket has it. Tesco’s version in @dutchy101 ’s link, and Sainsbury’s have this.

The milk itself looks yummy (yellowish with cream on top), and I was sure it tasted better. However, when I tasted it blind I couldn’t tell the difference from the standard milk, so went back to that. YMMV.

InfamousTuba

In Scotland you can buy mossgiel milk which comes non homogenised. Tastes much better than supermarket milk much creamier. But it does cost about £1.20 a pint

Jony

Well I did use full fat, but now its raw milk. Not steamed raw but will. Be fine all other milks loaded with suger, milk from milkman make sure cream settled on top your good to go.

HarveyMushman

Oatly Barista

Jony

It’s horrendous make your own oat or almond people still buying shit manufactured cr@p

HarveyMushman

Jony

If my milk goes through a machine rather than through the digestive system of an animal then I’m ok with that.

Inspector

dutchy101 this one is really really good.

Doram

HarveyMushman If my milk goes through a machine rather than through the digestive system of an animal then I’m ok with that.

If you can find milk that went “through a digestive system of an animal”, I bet it will be marketed as super-premium. ;-)

MediumRoastSteam

HarveyMushman rather than through the digestive system of an animal

I don’t think milk from mammals - whether a cow, a human, a whale or a bat - goes through the producer’s digestive system. Unless the milk is drank, of course. 👍. I might be mistaken of course, and happy to be corrected, of course.

HarveyMushman

@MediumRoastSteam You are likely right, I’ve no idea of the exact journey it takes, all I know is that it’s gone through a cow in one way or another and that’s enough to put me off.

As with everything though, to each their own, we’re all free to eat/drink whatever keeps us happy and healthy and I respect that.

MediumRoastSteam

Oh yeah… I forgot Jersey milk is not homogenised. I’ve tried it before as a flat white, but I feel I had a meal afterwards… 🤣

I do like milk, but part of me also thinks humans were not originally designed to drink milk as adults. In fact, we humans are the only mammals who drink milk as adults. So I do try to keep it for coffee only. I usually have porridge for breakfast, and for that I just use water. I’m not a fan of oat milk myself (I have tried), specially those you buy at the supermarket as there are a lot of additives added.

pjw

MediumRoastSteam In fact, we humans are the only mammals who drink milk as adults.

And probably the only mammals who brew coffee.

HarveyMushman

MediumRoastSteam In fact, we humans are the only mammals who drink milk as adults.

And the only ones who drink milk from another species…

Of course there’s always human milk for your coffee ;)

Loonster

MediumRoastSteam I do like milk, but part of me also thinks humans were not originally designed to drink milk as adults. In fact, we humans are the only mammals who drink milk as adults.

It’s mostly true, except for descendents of Northern Europeans. Our ancestors acquired a mutation that allows consumption of milk past the infant stage.

For the Irish, it was their main food group for hundreds of years.

https://physicalculturestudy.com/2015/06/07/the-traditional-irish-diet/

(This isn’t the website I was looking for, but it works)

MediumRoastSteam

HarveyMushman course there’s always human milk for your coffee ;)

Now… that’s a step too far. 🤣

DavecUK

MediumRoastSteam Now… that’s a step too far. 🤣

The preserve of billionaires…I expect Jeff and Elon have a few pints chilling in the fridge…….