In response to the needs of customers, the coffee shop provides many alternative milk options, including swallow milk, almond milk and even hemp seed milk. According to daily emails, Alpro, alternative milk brand, pointed out that it is a good thing to have such many non-dairy products, because research shows that 48% of British people use plant milk when drinking coffee.
Although there are many milk alternatives on the market, only a few are worth adding to coffee.
Hunter Wren Miele, a New York-based coffeemaker who has 12 years of experience as a cafeteria, wrote an article on the food website Tasting Table that should be avoided in coffee. She said that people may not realize what is added may not have any good for coffee; some ingredients may conceal the natural sweetness, smoke and aroma of coffee, completely destroying the coffee, leaving only sad slags behind the originally perfect drink.
Among Miller's expert views, coconut milk is the least plant milk that should be added to coffee. The coconut milk has a unique flavor, which is different from the lightness of swallow malt or almond milk.
Miller said that although coconut milk is suitable for adding curry or fruit smoothies, adding it to coffee may conceal the original flavor of the coffee; what the drinker drinks is not the natural flavor of the coffee, but a hot flavor.
In addition, coconut milk contains a lot of fat and carbohydrates and lacks the nutrients provided by other plant milk; a cup of coconut milk accounts for almost a quarter of the daily diet and fat intake of average adults. Although the coconut milk in the paper box is thinner than that in the can, it still has a higher fat content than some other plant milk and has a low protein content, according to Clarissa Lenherr, a nutritionist at
. She said that a cup of fatty milk contains about 8 grams of protein, but the same amount of coconut milk contains no protein.
Langhe said that coconut milk is also a pain for coffeemakers, because it is difficult to produce good foam; therefore, if you drink iron coffee, you should avoid using coconut milk.
But some coffee shops clearly disagree with this statement, according to forecasts by market regulator Fortune Business Insights, the global coconut milk market will grow to $3.3 million by 2032.
Market research firm Ipsos also reported that coconut milk is the third most popular choice for British people (17%) only for almond milk (22%) and oatmeal milk (20%).
On Miller's ban list, another option is rice milk.
Those who have allergies to various foods such as fruit, milk and soy will choose rice milk as a substitute. Although Miller agrees that rice milk is a good choice for adding smoothies and marinades, she says it "has no effect" in coffee.
She said that the most suitable coffee is the thick butter, while the rice milk is thin water; it is difficult to bubble like coconut milk, which is a nuisance for the coffeemaker, so it should be avoided in the iron and cappuccino coffee.
The main ingredients of rice milk are water and ground rice, which has a gentle taste and natural sweetness. But when coffee is added, rice milk only dilutes the coffee and brings a sour taste; in addition, it has a higher arsenic content than other plant milks. Since rice milk contains a small amount of arsenic, it is not recommended for children under the age of five to drink.
Responsible editor: Gu Zihuan