I don't remember when oat milk became a thing but one day it was everywhere. And Oatly seems to be the fav oat milk and one of the more expensive ones($5.50 for 64 oz container here in Austin) and because I'm cheap, I mean economical, iIve try to find less expensive oat milks, and so far I haven't found anything as good. Oatly seems to have a more creamy consistency and better for lattes or flat whites, or whatever they might be when I'm making them at home, which I never used to do before. The less expensive oat milk brands are adequate enough just for brewed coffee. I never was a black coffee drinker and always put milk or half and half in my cup. When I was lactose intolerant, coconut milk or almond milk never made the grade as a half and half replacement. Though the brand "nut pods" was very good, it was also expensive ($5.50 for 25 oz). I've probably said to much
What the folks at Oatly might not know is that Oatly sparked the biggest trend in chocolate (oat milk chocolate, but more so, oat milk white chocolate, which lead to a rainbow of flavors (matcha white, etc etc). It came from a small batch bean to bar maker in Oregon in 2017 who loved coffee, dreamed of lattes and caps, but was vegan. Couldn’t do soy, rice milk didn’t cut it. Oatly in a coffee at a local cafe was mind-blowing; so creamy! It saved the day. In those early days the few cartons arriving in stores would sell out immediately. In the shower one a.m she wondered about making an Oatly-ish bar: but liquid can’t be used in chocolate. So how did the Oatly folks get milk out of dried oats? the a-ha (oat flour!) came next. On the way to her chocolate kitchen she bought a box of oats, ground them into a fine powder, and made the first oat milk white chocolate bars. That maker was me, and a few years ago a chocolate historian documented the whole thing. Anyway, please tell the Oatly folks thank you, and to this day I’m a big fan.
What a fascinating journey! Oatly has definitely changed the lives of many for the better. Thank you for sharing this with us - absolutely awesome to read that! And please share your company’s website with us!
Wow 18!!
I don't remember when oat milk became a thing but one day it was everywhere. And Oatly seems to be the fav oat milk and one of the more expensive ones($5.50 for 64 oz container here in Austin) and because I'm cheap, I mean economical, iIve try to find less expensive oat milks, and so far I haven't found anything as good. Oatly seems to have a more creamy consistency and better for lattes or flat whites, or whatever they might be when I'm making them at home, which I never used to do before. The less expensive oat milk brands are adequate enough just for brewed coffee. I never was a black coffee drinker and always put milk or half and half in my cup. When I was lactose intolerant, coconut milk or almond milk never made the grade as a half and half replacement. Though the brand "nut pods" was very good, it was also expensive ($5.50 for 25 oz). I've probably said to much
you never say too much! i have never heard of Nut Pods! What brand is that?
https://www.nutpods.com/pages/about-us
it's a non diary creamer that came into existence a decade ago
What the folks at Oatly might not know is that Oatly sparked the biggest trend in chocolate (oat milk chocolate, but more so, oat milk white chocolate, which lead to a rainbow of flavors (matcha white, etc etc). It came from a small batch bean to bar maker in Oregon in 2017 who loved coffee, dreamed of lattes and caps, but was vegan. Couldn’t do soy, rice milk didn’t cut it. Oatly in a coffee at a local cafe was mind-blowing; so creamy! It saved the day. In those early days the few cartons arriving in stores would sell out immediately. In the shower one a.m she wondered about making an Oatly-ish bar: but liquid can’t be used in chocolate. So how did the Oatly folks get milk out of dried oats? the a-ha (oat flour!) came next. On the way to her chocolate kitchen she bought a box of oats, ground them into a fine powder, and made the first oat milk white chocolate bars. That maker was me, and a few years ago a chocolate historian documented the whole thing. Anyway, please tell the Oatly folks thank you, and to this day I’m a big fan.
What a fascinating journey! Oatly has definitely changed the lives of many for the better. Thank you for sharing this with us - absolutely awesome to read that! And please share your company’s website with us!
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