(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
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Oat milk is the goat 👌
Can't spell goat without the "oat."
I'm going to ~~shamelessly steal that~~ borrow that
oat milk is the best I've ever had, it's the only one someone has given me and i didn't immediately identify it as not real milk
Oat milk is the way
I don't know if there's any way for humanity to continue at all at this point, it seems that whatever is done, there's always a downside to it. Never mind the cost (not just monetary) to an average person regarding many of the alternatives.
It is BONKERS to me that I get up-charged $1 to have 6oz. of steamed oat milk in my coffee instead of cow’s milk. Carbon footprint of oat milk is tiny by comparison, cost of production is lower, WTF?
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Almond milk would arguably be one of the better options if it weren't for the fact that 80% of the world's almonds are being grown in a desert going through a mega-drought.
Yeah, though it's worth pointing out here again that dairy milk is still worse in that regard in those regions:
One graph even has California's animal feed water usage so large it actually goes off the chart at 15.2 million acre-feet of water (it is distorted to make it fit as it notes). For some comparison, the blue water usage of animal feed is larger than all of almonds water usage of ~2 million acre-feet of water
https://pacinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ca_ftprint_full_report3.pdf#page=25
Pastures themselves are often in areas that don't receive much rainfall and need watering. For example, one chart from 2003 put California's water usage just for pastures higher than crops from human consumption. Since then the rankings may have changed a tiny bit, but the water usage is still enormous just on pastures alone
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/California-Total-Water-Use-by-Crop-2003_fig3_294579954
Oh absolutely. I'm just saying that in ways other than water use almond milk is actually better than a lot of other plant based milks. It's just the combination of high water use and being mostly grown in an area suffering from a major water shortage that makes other plant based milks a clearly better choice if they're practical for you. It's still better than cow milk though.
Certainly, that's what I thought you were saying, but I just wanted to clarify for others as well
Me, I like hemp milk
I'd happily switch to a non-dairy alternative, but finding a plant-milk that has the right mouthfeel seems to be an uphill challenge.
So I don't think it was the intended purpose, but I recommend trying barista styles. I was the same, I found the nondairy alternatives too watery, like skimmed milk. However getting ones that call themselves barista style fixes that, the viscosity is closer to real milk. Personally I go for Oatly, you can probably guess what it uses. Will vary based on location of course.
https://www.oatly.com/en-gb/stuff-we-make/oat-drinks/oat-drink-barista-edition
I'll have a loook next time I'm in Tesco
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I am using job's tears milk (soaking oats in, later adding fruits) as a breakfast.
Veganism is a scam and leads to malnutrition. Plant based milks are processed garbage and unhealthy.
I agree. I eat a lot of meat. But one day in the week I have oats with fruits as breakfast. Having no access to raw milk, i looked for replacement to soak the oats in. First a ricemilk, but after having found out it had some form of soy added, i dumped it. The job's tears is 100% pure. excellent replacement IMO.
Whoops was meaning to reply to the post rather than your comment. Hope you find a raw milk source. Recently lost my cow milk source so I know how that goes. Got some goat milk, but it's pricier not great for making butter.
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