Best Plant-based Milks For Coffee

So you want to make coffee like a barista? Great! We're here to tell you what plant-based milks are the best for your coffee creations.

Cows milk is for baby cows – and for us humans, we have a massive choice when it comes to choosing the best plant-based milk to suit our tastebuds, tea and coffee. 

Plant-based milks are nutritious and packed with vitamins and minerals just like the dairy milk. Some of them have the same amount of protein and calcium and they look and work like dairy milk. We're not surprised that over a third of Brits regularly buys and drinks plant-based milk.

If you are looking for a thicker version to put in your tea of coffee, we have professional and barista milk blends - all made from plants.

At The Vegan Kind, we have a huge range of delicious, plant-based milks for you to choose from: light, nutty, creamy and perfect for the cappuccino of your dreams. Fire up the coffee maker and let’s go!

Best vegan milk for coffee

Pretend to be (or don't pretend, just be) your own professional barista at home and choose from the range of specially crafted thick and creamy vegan milks for hot drinks.

Soy milk

Alpro Barista Soya is a long life, plant-based soya alternative to milk. This milk was specially blended for hot drinks. It creates a proper micro foam when you froth it. And works exactly like dairy milk for any coffee or tea. It helps you to make the perfect cappuccinos and lattes just like in the coffee bar! You will feel like a professional barista.

Oat milk

Oatly Oat Milk for Baristas is made from liquid oats, which means it isn’t too sweet or excessively heavy but it is fully foamable. Just heat it up, and while giving it a whirl wait until it make a nice foam. With this milk, you are in total control over the density and performance of your foam so you can create different drinks of your choice. No matter what you make with it, it will always be perfect.

Minor Figures Oat M*lk Foamable was created especially for professional baristas (it could be you!) This delicious and natural oat milk foams to a silky smooth texture, making it ideal for latte art (you can do it, too!) Dairy-free and suitable for everyone including flexitarian, vegetarians, vegans and normal milk drinkers (they willl lik it, too). No added sugar. No stabilisers or preservatives - just pure oat milk there.

Pea milk

Sproud Barista - Sproud is a proud-to-be-plant-based pea milk! Whether you froth it or not, the barista pea milk gives that little extra to your coffee. With Sproud's barista blend you can easily make a great dairy-free latte or cappuccino. Or you simply splash is on your normal morning coffee. It always makes you coffee taste it better!

Hemp milk

Good Hemp - Barista Seed Milk is super smooth, creamy and frothable. It looks like milk and works like milk - that's why it's perfect for your morning coffee or tea at any time of the day. It's also very tasty! Hemp milk is a natural source of good fats with Omega-3, 6 and 9 all together. A single glass has twice more Omega-3 than a tuna steak. Besides, it's one of the most sustainable milk alternatives. Just 1 hectare of hemp offsets a year’s carbon from 2 cars! It willl be great for your creamy porridge and the latte of your dreams, as well as all kinds of desserts, for cooking and baking. No nuts, no dairy, no soya - just hemp!

Almond milk

Alpro Barista Almond is super formable, gluten free and a great source of calcium (120mg per 100ml). Imagine your favourite brew topped off with a foamy layer of creamy milk. However you make your coffee at home – frothy or flat, piping hot or poured over ice – Alpro brings a subtle almond taste to your favourite coffee beans, and it’s low in sugars, too.