(yes, it even uses less water in water-scarce places)
I like oat milk. It tastes the best and it’s one of the least environmentally impactful, I think
Easiest to make at home, no need to buy EXCEPT for convenience. You can also get calcium powder to add to what you make so…yeah. oat “milk” is the best really. Love it.
With all this said, I do love to taste of Horizon UHT whole milk that my kid drinks… Lol so if I forget to make my oat milk, I grab one of these.
The inconvenience really killed my drive to make it myself, so instead I got a plant milk maker. Haha. Paid for itself after about a year.
How does it work? I’d love to not have to buy oat milk anymore, but I’ve never had good results trying to make it at home.
It’s pretty much a blender with a tank, a heating function and self-cleaning. It has different options for different type of plant milks, which (I suppose) change how much it heats the water and how long it blends everything. Which is pretty much what they do for the store bought oat milk as well.
What makes the biggest difference in taste though is not the maker itself (although it does make a difference) but using Amylase when you’re done blending. It’s an enzyme that breaks starch into sugar. Without it the oat milk will probably be pretty thick or even kind of slimy. As far as I know it is also used in store bought milk to give it a natural sweetness.
