Milk in tea

[deblet]

Hi I am trying to go from vegetarian to vegan but finding it hard to give up milk in tea. This week I have been trying unsweetened soya milk but find it sweet and chalky tasting. Anyone else have trouble adapting and any advice please. Thank you

[frieda909]

I’m on day 4 of being vegan and my friend recommended hemp milk as the best for tea. I bought Good Hemp Original but while it doesn’t curdle, I’m really not keen on the taste (although it makes a decent hot chocolate!) I’m going to try the unsweetened one next to see if it’s any better in tea.

[Ceesadoo]

Definitely Oatly barista. It tastes creamy and is thick like normal milk. I find almond too watery.

[deblet]

Wow came back for some dinner ideas and see more messages on here. Thank you. Still trying different ones, doing rude health milks at the moment.

[LoveGigi]

After much experimentation I have Oatly Barista in coffee and Rice Dream + Calcium in tea. It must be the Rice Dream with Calcium as the one without curdles badly.

[Maggiemoomoo17]

Iv tried lots and like Rude Health almond milk in tea. Doesn't curdle either

[43percentburnt]

Aldi unsweetened soya milk instead of milk in cappuccino. Black tea and black coffee - after 10/20 cups I was ok.

[SleepForTheWeek]

Koko milk is the best I’ve tried so far - doesn’t have a strong taste so good in a cuppa and in cereal 👍🏻

[Eyebooyanbooyaboo]

I used tinned coconut milk, watered down in a jug kept in the fridge for cereal. About 3 tins full of water for the right consistency.

But I don't drink black tea, just redbush.

[ForalltheSaints]

Try having Earl Grey tea instead of normal black tea.

[PorridgeAgainAbney]

I like my tea to be really milky and for me cashew milk is the best as it doesn't have a nutty taste but is creamy enough that you don't need half a cup of it in the tea! I also find it the most adaptable for cooking as it isn't sweet or too watery, so it means I don't have to have one milk for tea/breakfast, and one for cooking savoury dishes.

I tried a load of different ones when they all went on offer a few months ago before I decided .

[Reppin]

I mixed regular milk with whichever substitute gradually using less and less cows milk until it was all almond. That way the change was more gradual and palatable.

[Incitatus]

Plenish cashew milk is pretty good.

[Ttbb]

I use either Bon soya or Oatly barista

[sweetkitty]

Tesco sweetened soya milk here actually prefer it to cows milk.

[DoingTheSwanThing]

Oatly barista - non-vegan guests don’t seem to have noticed

[hungryradish]

Oat milk is also my favourite :)

[Whatslovegottodo]

Yes yes to Oatley barista. Currently being renamed to Oatley foamable. Amazing- perfect tea and coffee.

[clairethewitch70]

Provitamel Oat Drink - I tried loads and this works the best in tea and coffee. Can usually only find it in Asda in my area.

[thedevilinablackdress]

Late to the thread but had to post about Oatly Barista. Designed for hot drinks, best I've tried.

[satsumasunrise]

I've had the exact same problem and the best I've found is Tesco's everyday value UHT unsweetened soya milk.

[TalkinBoutNuthin]

Keep drinking it without milk and you will get used to it black after awhile, and will prefer it that way.

[dangermouseisace]

I've been having soya milk for donkeys years but I find certain brands a bit bleurgh.

'Fresh' soya milk bought from the fridge is grim and too sweet. I always use long life as it tastes nicer

Sweetened is bearable- I used to prefer this but now prefer unsweetened. They've changed the Alpro unsweetened recipe recently and I don't like it now- it's too sweet...the organic one is fine though and supermarket own brands tend to be fine too.

[Flumpernickel]

Oatly barista... it is gorgeous, creamy, milky... perfect.

[TheKidsAreTakingMySanity]

I'm cutting down on milk in tea by just having it less milky each time. It takes about 4 or 5 mugs until I like it that way and can take even less next time. No real reason except I fancied having stronger teas. Now I hardly have any milk in and didn't notice once that my takeout tea didn't have milk in when they accidentally forgot it one morning. It was only the fact that it wasn't cooling much that made me look inside the cup.

[magicsoakingmyspine]

I love rice milk in tea and coffee. I've found it's the closest to tasting milk I've found. And weirdly its tastes like cream in coffee.