I’ve tried soy and oat milks. I didn’t like the flavor of soy milk. Oat milk is okay, but very “oaty”. It worked okay on my oatmeal, where the flavor was compatible. But it just tastes really weird in coffee, and i didn’t care for it.
I’ve also tried almond milk, but mostly i was sad that it was so thin and didn’t have much flavor.
We’re you eating those pancakes anyway? I don’t think the issue is that “adding stuff unsure the good of coffee”, i think the issue is that eating fat and sugar isn’t very good for you, and coffee doesn’t undo that.
I’d guess you are slightly better off adding a cup of coffee to your breakfast pancakes than not doing so.
Also, I’d guess the health impact is minor, and your primary decision should be based on whether you enjoy coffee with breakfast or not.
Almond milk is sad. I hate that shit.
I need the protein a dairy would add, but the sugars don’t compute very well. Cows, almond, or soy. Never tried oat.
What I wouldn’t give to eat a stack of pancakes. No waffles. Wait, lemme think on this…
I’ve never loved pancakes. I mean, they can be tasty. But if I’m having a hot breakfast, give me eggs, please. Maybe some breakfast meat.
There’s egg in the pancakes. Fie on meat, I’m vegetarian.
After first having oat milk in my coffee I thought that it tasted a bit nutty, like hazelnuts, which wasn’t an unpleasant taste at all, but after a few days I din’t even taste the difference between cow and oat milk anymore.
How did you come to that conclusion?
Easy, I think that generally plant based fats are healthier than animal based. I was told so when I was in rehab after getting a cardiac stent 10 years ago, but I had known it even before that.
I like the flavor of dairy too much. Specifically, cow milk.
That was why margarine was thought to be healthier than butter - but I suspect you know it wasn’t.
Honestly whole milk is by weight 3.25% fat. A tablespoon or so in your coffee is not a meaningful amount of fat, less than half a gram.
And dairy has some strong arguments for it. Not just the A and D vitamins and the protein, not just the calcium, but the matrix that holds the calcium that supports bone, muscle, and even heart health.
Not dissing oat milk. But this isn’t olive oil heavy Mediterranean diet vs hot dogs here. Dairy, including even whole fat dairy, in moderation, is a fine nutritional choice with some benefits oat milk lacks.
…So long as you’re among the minority of humans who are lactose-tolerant as adults, of course.
To be serious, even then. Most lactose intolerant adults aren’t so intolerant that they can’t handle a tablespoon in their coffee. And there is dairy low enough in lactose that most of us lactose sensitive folk can eat moderate amounts of it - kefir, Greek yogurt, some cheeses …