I presume it will depend on personal preference on which milk tastes best with your coffee. It's the same with which brand of coffee you like best, whether it's Nescafe Gold, Alta Rica, Moccona or something else.

Based on my experience and preference, Dutch Lady Full Cream milk tastes best when mixed with any coffee. The aroma of the milk is the strongest when compared to Farm Fresh milk and Lotus full cream milk. Farm Fresh milk comes in 2nd with its pure taste, the strength of the milk with Farm Fresh is less when mixed with coffee in other words the milk doesn't overpower the coffee too much. Coming in last is Lotus full cream milk as the impact it has to the coffee is the least. To exaggerate, adding milk to the coffee is like adding water to the coffee.

So in summary, if adding milk to coffee, for me it's Dutch Lady Full Cream > Farm Fresh > Lotus Fresh milk. Usually I consume Farm Fresh milk directly without adding the milk to any type of beverages whether it's coffee, Milo or tea. It's the same with Lotus full cream milk as I prefer to consume it directly. Unless I don't have Dutch Lady in the fridge, then I'll use whatever milk I have to coffee, tea or other beverages.

For pure milk taste, Farm Fresh is best so I consume it directly pure just like it is. Lotus full cream milk and Dutch Lady full cream milk are not as pure as Farm fresh milk as the taste is slightly different, not too sure what they add to the milk. Also, if you are sensitive, you will notice that Dutch Lady and Lotus milk is slightly thicker than the more diluted Farm Fresh milk. Likely some preservative is added to the milk as the expiry date is longer. Farm fresh milk I usually buy the chilled ones where the expiry is usually about 2 weeks. With Dutch Lady and Lotus full cream milk 1 litre packed, the expiry is 6 months to 1 year.

RM20+ for 1 litre of milk is surely premium price. Farm Fresh milk 2L is only RM13+ while Lotus full cream milk 1L is RM4.99

Can you differentiate the taste of various milk if you consume it directly rather than adding to the tea? In my experience the taste of milk varies and I can easily tell them apart. I've forgotten the brand of milk I've "banned" due to the weird or poor taste. The 1L milk packed in boxes, among them are Fernleaf, Goodday and Marigold, I stopped buying after trying them many years ago, likely more than 15 years ago. Nowadays I only buy 3 brands which are Farm Fresh fresh milk (chilled in the fridge with expiry 2 to 3 weeks), Dutch Lady Full Cream milk 1L and Lotus full cream milk. These milk taste best to me without any weird taste. Farm Fresh milk tastes most pure and is best consumed directly, followed by Dutch Lady which is the best milk to be added to beverages such as coffee, tea or Milo (there is some flavouring added I guess), and lastly Lotus full cream milk which is the cheapest milk without any weird taste.

Yes, promotion it's RM13 to 14+. There is usually promotion in Lotus and other supermarkets, occasionally or frequently and I'll buy 1 or 2 bottles of 2L if there's promotion depending on the expiry date. If there is no promotion the price is RM15+ I normally won't buy and stick to Dutch Lady and Lotus. I cannot recall the price being RM16.20 as the highest it's usually RM15+.

I tried the Dutch Lady "Professional" milk before several years ago and it actually tastes worse than the common Dutch Lady full cream milk sold in supermarkets.

Hmm, it's very easy to tell the difference between Farm Fresh milk 1L or 2L (chilled, expiry date 2-3 weeks), Dutch Lady full cream milk 1L (unchilled, expiry date 6-12 months) and Lotus full cream milk 1L (unchilled, expiry date 6-12 months).

The chilled milk you find in the fridge section will be different quality and taste different from the unchilled milk you find on the shelves. It's a short expiry date for this chilled milk normally not more than 3 weeks. The usual unchilled milk 1L packets you find on the shelves with long expiry date, these milk will surely taste different as I presume they put in preservatives, otherwise they won't last long. Also, if you check the ingredients, Dutch Lady full cream milk has a rather high sugar content, so they actually add sugar and some flavouring inside the milk. Farm Fresh is pure milk and based on their advertising nothing is added though I'm not sure how true is that.

From the taste itself, Lotus full cream milk is already quite different to both Dutch Lady and Farm Fresh so whether Lotus has teamed up with Farm Fresh or not, they taste different to me although I can understand you find all of these milk to taste the same. I guess everyone is different, and if you have found the milk to taste the same, then good for you since you can just buy the cheapest milk and enjoy!~ Lotus full cream milk is only RM4.99 per packet, cheapest. To me, the taste with Lotus is the worst compared to Dutch Lady and Farm Fresh as it is a bit tasteless, though it's better than the rest ie. Fernleaf and the rest which have a weird taste.

Similarly I find Farm Fresh milk to have the best taste. Whenever there is offer I'll grab 2 bottles of 2L.

You must have a big family and are milk lovers. 2 bottles (4L) max for me but sometimes I buy 3 bottles and give one bottle to my sister and brother-in-law if they are short of milk, only during promotion period. When there is no promotion, it's Dutch Lady and Lotus full cream milk

This post has been edited by ryder_78: Oct 15 2025, 10:03 AM

You surely consume a lot of espresso or coffee. For me, it's drinking the milk as it is since the taste is pure and nice. With other milk (Dutch Lady or Lotus full cream milk) they are not as pure and don't taste as good when consumed directly as is.

I usually add just a little milk not only to coffee but tea and Milo as well. However, only a little milk is used when adding it to these beverages, and to use up the milk quicker so that they won't go bad, I need to drink the milk just as it is and I do enjoy it. The recommended duration to finish the milk after opening is 3 days only though I usually it's a little longer for me, up to 7 days usually but the longer it's stored in the fridge after it's opened, the taste will be slightly off.

Same experience as I always thought that Farm Fresh 2L fresh milk is most diluted when compared to the thicker consistency of Dutch Lady and Lotus full cream milk. It's a pure taste. I'm not sure what is Lotus "UHT" milk if it's the same as Lotus Full Cream milk which I always buy. The Lotus full cream milk 1L comes in blue packaging.

This morning at CS 😁

Lotus also has promotion but still costlier than CS.