Oatly oat drink steams up very nicely as a milk substitute for espresso milk drinks. But at the whopping price tag of 180 odd NTD off shopee per litre I am looking for a substitute. Curious if any of the non-dairy milk crowd here has found something cheaper? Does anyone know what brand of oat milk Louisa use? That one is perfectly fine for me.
Side whinge, I get customs take their piece out of everything imported, but this product sells for 90NTD in supermarkets in my home country, presumably with a nice fat profit margin baked in. If you walk into Carrefour it is > 200 NTD per litre.
The brand I mentioned is specifically crafted to steam up well for coffees. You need a certain ratio of fat/protein. It is kind of a very neutral taste, not like oat drink that you would blend up yourself. I know because I have bought the local 義美 version which is essentially a Vitamix blend of water and oats.
I’m pretty sure regular oatly is just water, oats, some added stabilizers and emulsifiers, and added vitamins. Is there some specialty oatly coffee sub brand of oatley? If not, add a little oil to up the fat content if that’s what you need.
Yep. There’s an easy trick that somewhat mostly works for that - add your milk to the cup first, pour in a little coffee, give it a little swish, then pour in the rest. Works with soy milk too. And try a pinch of salt in the mix.
Or go ahead and try adding a little calcium carbonate… not hard to get.
I just asked my wife, and apparently it’s a private deal where the company makes the milk exclusively for Louisa.
Here’s a Facebook link that apparently explains it; below I’ll include the Chinese text just for the heck of it (EDIT: um, based on Google Translate, I think the bit about it being a company consumers can’t buy from is buried somewhere in the responses).
My wife suggests this one for using with coffee. I’m not sure how she knows this, because as far as I can tell we’ve always got Oatly in the apartment that she pays for (sotto voce: I’m pretty sure it’s often me who pays).
I suspect it’s like a lot of Taiwan shopping these days. There’s stuff out there, but you need to be comfortable buying online from Chinese-language websites - but I’m personally not at that stage yet.
EDIT: And more (oh dear, I should know better than to ask the spouse about shopping - I’d better find something else to distract her with!): six Oatly bottles for $799. Not exactly what you’re asking about, but at least it’s a savings. (Oh no, now she’s just bought this!)
Oh, I have absolutely no idea. Entirely due to my wife! (But I’ll pass it on to her.)
EDIT: I’m now supposed to report that, if you log in to LINE and somehow buy it that way, you can save an additional $50. Also, the (theoretical) expiration date is in August, which is why it’s cheaper.
EDIT 2: She also says thanks, because without this prompt, she wouldn’t have been inspired to start shopping.
Carrefour had some cheaper brands. But the one for steaming is specially adapted and is not just oat. Many companies came up recently with oat milk and ‘barista’ oat milk.
Oatly was exclusively imported by President Chain Stores for Starbucks and 7-11.
Costco has a pretty decent oat milk if you or someone you know has membership. I’ve switched to that from oatly cause it’s 600nt for 6 liters versus 1000nt on shopee/momo.
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