Good Hemp is the UK’s most well-known hemp milk brand. While it does a pretty great oat and hemp blend, it’s not really made for coffee. It’s pretty wild. While the milk and coffee don’t match harmonise in consistency, with a little separation happening, the flavour is out of left field. Rebel Kitchen has been making a lot of noise in the coffee industry recently. After years of selling its whole and semi-skimmed milks, it finally unveiled its barista edition on New Year’s Day 2021. The USP is a collaboration with coffee expert James Hoffmann, who helped create the milk. There are barely any big bubbles. A light tap and it’s beautiful microfoam. While it is overly wet, that helps with the overall consistency when adding it to coffee.

The coconut milk froths well, but not as much as you’d expect — this is essentially a blend of soy and coconut milk, and the protein in the soybeans help with the frothing. Aeropress Championship of England 2015". Square Mile Coffee. 19 February 2015 . Retrieved 29 August 2022. The one thing I can't taste is milk. I know, it's not milk – but the box says it tastes like milk, and I have to disagree, sorry :-(, if this is what milk tastes like then I'd love to see the cow it came from! ;-). To me, it tastes like fairly sweet oat milk, and it doesn't taste any more like cow's milk than Oatly barista or Minor figures. How does it steam & pour?The Vegan Review tested 12 of the best barista milks in the UK in three ways — how they froth, how they hold up and tastes in espresso-based hot drinks, and how they complement cold brew. a b c d e Tait, Amelia (31 July 2021). "From Oslo pram guy to the teenage vacuum expert: inside the obsessive world of niche online reviewers". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 August 2022.

When I did this video though and tried these popular oat milk brands, I was very pleasantly surprised, by the way, they tasted cold, how well they stretched and how they tasted in coffee. Before this, I could never imagine myself enjoying milkies with anything other than full fat cow's milk, but I really enjoyed the taste of the coffees I made using these barista milks, and two of them in particular. Sure, it acts like it with the consistency and foaming. But disappointingly, Rebel Kitchen’s barista milk has that artificial, synthetic undertone that I tasted in Califia Farms’s oat milk. Hughes, Kathryn (6 December 2014). "The best food literature of 2014". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 August 2022. Sproud Barista blends beautifully with cold brew. It’s not watery at all and doesn’t overtake the flavour of the coffee. This is incredible. It’s not watery at all, it acts like regular dairy would and it doesn’t overpower the coffee. The natural sweetness of the oats shines through with this.Not just because it’s summer, but iced coffee is just as important a test as hot drinks. Instead of testing the milks in iced lattes or iced filters, I decided to conduct the review in cold brew.