I'm trying to reduce my dairy intake but I find I can't do without it in my morning coffee as I like the added creaminess.

Anyone taking dairy milk alternatives for coffee? If yes, what do you use? And if they're easily available at Aeon or Coldstorage (the two grocers near my place)

Thanks in advance for all tips and advice

By "dairy" do you mean cow's milk only? if so, u can try goats milk.

There are nut milks eg almond milk, soy milk or oat milk but i don't find any of them creamy like cow's milk.

What about using only a touch of milk for your coffee?

I no longer drink cow's milk like i used to and am now used to it, but i don't mind some milk in a coffee or occasional ice-cream.

Why the problem with milk?

try a non dairy creamer like coffee mate.

Look at the ingredients. Coffee mate is horrible for health

I'm doing this at the moment. Just milk in coffee. I've never tried nut milks. Seeing their texture in images doesn't make me feel like drinking them haha



Hmm.. no problem at the moment. At least not confirmed. Just wanna test out if milk is what's causing a health related thing I have at the moment.

nutmilk in coffee = REAAAALLLYY AWFUL

don't bother

You can try DIY rice milk. Very easy to do.

Waaaaaaah ok, I don't wanna end up pouring my coffee into the sink

Sounds interesting. I'll look up the recipe, thanks!

Try butter in coffee. I am not trolling. Tasted smooth. I like it. But it does not fit into my macros.

I stopped drinking milk about 2 years ago. Or u can take whey isolate

Nice to have a few options to consider. I like the butter one as I like coffee that's been roasted with butter (kopi char po style)

Was this something you did too? I'm quite dependent on my morning coffee so wondering how this will affect my day, haha.

Hmm, is it just coffee smell? I'm more concerned about the switch from coffee to this drink as I'm dependent on having a bit of caffeine in the morning to kickstart the day. I've tried going without coffee for a day and ended up with a headache the entire day :/ Maybe it's psychological that taking coffee in the morning is part of my morning routine.

There are so many non-dairy milk options available - soy milk would make a good alternative for dairy milk. May take you a while to get used to the taste (it's all in your brain).

Other options such as almond milk, hazelnut milk, rice milk, oat milk etc. All can be found in Aeon and Cold Storage definitely!

ps: good decision to avoid dairy intake!!!

This post has been edited by starry-starry: Mar 14 2017, 11:27 PM

there was a time when i always drank coffee with stuff in it.
but like they say, once u go black u wont go back

so just slowly get used to it...

milk in the morning...sure vera la nnt kaw2 punya

TS why are you cutting back on your dairy intake? you're lactose intolerant?

If milk confirm to be the problem for your health then avoiding dairy is the best.
Not all human can digest animal milk. The main problem are the protein call casein. I am lactose intolerant so I try to avoid or eat less. Not only milk, butter, cheese and food with milk added in it.
I envied that you can drink coffee because I can't take caffeine anymore.

I heard the same thing too! That's why I avoid dairy milk and replaced with non dairy milk. I even drink lesser coffee nowadays to reduce caffeine intake.

So how did you find out you are lactose intolerant? Are you avoiding all dairy products? Or just reducing?

Recently i've been taking some greek yogurt and i know there's some of milk in it but i didn't have any lactose intolerance

Perhaps full cream milk will make me feel weird