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I've been thinking of 'solving' the creamer issue for myself lately and then I saw Hoffman's video. What do you swear by?
I like my espresso straight up, but I enjoy my aeropress with a pinch of sugar and milk.
My secret for creamer is a 2 oz Nalgene bottle that I fill with milk and put in my lunchbox.
Regular 18% milk fat cream
Natures Bliss Sweet Cream Vanilla-- nondairy.
For non-espresso, half & half. For espresso-based drinks, Califia Farms Barista Blend oat milk.
Edit: Added "based drinks" to avoid any confusion
I am confused by how you make espresso with milk...
The white chocolate mocha is my Crack
Chobani sweet cream creamer straight from the bottle. No coffee required
whole milk if I use any at all.
Whole milk works great, and makes my cereal more filling too. If I buy a creamer, I tend to get one made of oat milk because it tends to last a bit longer in the fridge than real milk once opened. Califia has a fairly fun cinnamon one.
I know they're all just flavoured olive oil, but damn do I love the Oreo flavoured one...
Now days they're almost all flavored coconut oil.
Which, as someone who is rather allergic to coconut, is annoying, because I have to assume I'll have an issue with any not-actually-milk coffee cream product.
Land O Lakes Mini Moos are shelf-stable actual milk products and I keep some in my desk. Essentially all the rest of the shelf stable products, liquid or powder, have converted to coconut based. I don't know if the economics have changed, or if it's because they don't have to say "Hydrogenated" if its hydrogenated right from the plant.
I'm an iced breve latte man. Espresso + half & half instead of milk.
Omg I worked at a cafe/bakery/restaurant and made a breve latte on a whim. I'd never even heard of it before, it was just like "Hmmm I like whole better than 2%, I wonder what half and half would be like." Blew my fucking mind dude. Made one for a friend with like a teaspoon of sugar and she didn't believe me when I told her I didn't use creamer lmao. Breve ALL DAY.
I just use the milk frother that came with my Nespresso. Super convenient because it heats it up too.
Everything I've tried tastes absolutely awful, straight cream works fine for me.
I didn't know there was a coffee community here and now I'm not so sure I wanted to know
I really enjoy a splash of honey with some barista blend oat milk. I’ve found the barista blend to make a more enjoyable mouth feel.
Anything hazelnut
Half and half > Oat Milk > preferred sweetened creamer> whole milk.
That's MY preference personally. I'll use whatever is available, but personally if I had a choice, these are my options.
High quality coffee with 1/2-1 oz of half & half is the best thing there is. Lattes are good but I don’t love the idea of drinking 8-12 oz of milk with every coffee. If I’m drinking diner swill I might add a little sugar, but any other time it’s black or a touch of half & half
Planet Oat French Vanilla oatmilk creamer. added in a small amount to my hazelnut coffee.
Ooh, I'm going to purchase this and try it out. Thanks for the recommendation!
I used to use Silk soymilk creamers but they were out of stock one day and I need milk alternatives so I tried this out. I never went back. It's really good. A little goes a long way.