Vegan coffee whitener?!
The Coffee Bean has non-dairy creamer for you to put in your coffee, and it's great, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere. It's liquid, soy-based and vegan, but with a brand name I've never heard of... does anyone know what it is or where I could get it myself?
Answers: In my vegan life, the only food 'group' (ha!) that gives me a difficulty is coffee creamers. I currently use CoffeeMate, which is a powdered whitener, and contains casein, a milk protein derivative. I've tried the 'silk' liquid soy creamers, but I find them to be gross. I'm a full time student and rely heavily on coffee... I really wish I could find something that is 100% vegan, and works as well as Coffeemate. (It's my only crime in veganism...)
The Coffee Bean has non-dairy creamer for you to put in your coffee, and it's great, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere. It's liquid, soy-based and vegan, but with a brand name I've never heard of... does anyone know what it is or where I could get it myself?
I like Silk's Hazelnut creamer, so I don't know how similar our tastes would be. I also have learned to like coffee black & sweetened, not that I drink it that often.
I'm surprised the nondairy creamer at the coffee shop you mentioned is vegan. Even regular nondairy creamers have milk products in them.
I've also felt almond and soy milk work well in coffee. I don't care for rice milk in it, even though rice milk is my first milk of choice for everything else.
Here's a vegan creamer powder: http://www.veganessentials.com/catalog/v...
p.s. something can't be less than "100% vegan" :P Either it is or it isn't.
exsft: Learn what hypocrisy means.
How about a rice based milk? Ask at your local health food store.
Well im a vegetarian but I try to eat only vegan before dinner because animal products make my stomach hurt.
Anyway for my coffee right now im using Safeway Fat Free French Vanilla coffee creamer (its a powder). Ive read the ingredients several times and im like 98% sure its vegan. It's really good, fat free, and pretty low cal! You can get it at like Pavillions or Vons.
Hope that helped. :)
First:
My personal opinion that strict vegan is not a healthy lifestyle choice.
I will say no more on that, as I realize your convictions may be more important to you than your health decisions.
Second:
A non-vegan vegetarian diet has been proven to be very healthy.
If you do not know who Jack LaLanne is, try doing a Google search on him.
He is a 93 year old former Mr. Universe, and is a non-vegan vegetarian.
He still looks VERY good. He not only looks good for a 93 year old. He looks far better than most 23 year olds.
Third:
And to actually answer your question:
I was forced by circumstances decades ago, to learn to drink my coffee black. I was working with some friends who had a personal truck repair shop, where they repaired/maintained their own vehicles when they were not on the road.
They drank their coffee black, and so did not ever have cream or sugar around. I learned to drink my coffee black also.
You will find, if you do learn to drink black coffee, without any of the garbage in it, that you will also learn an appreciation for good coffee, that you have never known before.
This may be more advanced than you are ready for, but try an old fashioned stove top percolator. It is also more work, and the coffee takes longer to brew, but.......
Cook the coffee on the stove top at the lowest heat possible, that will make the water boil, then let the water percolate through the grounds until you can smell the coffee, and the water is very black. Do not over cook it.
Try a light roast coffee. The flavor is not as consistent as dark roast but, it does not have that burnt taste that comes with dark roasted coffees.
I would agree with Ronda B. Try using Rice Dream (rice milk) or maybe almond milk. Get the vanilla flavor if you want a little sweet. I have no idea if it will meet your approval, but I know what you mean about soymilk, it just doesn't mix right with hot coffee. Good luck!
it's called creamer not whitener because it invloves cream... non "dairy" creamers are cheap substitutes for those who cannot afford cream
be true to your principles and take your coffee black.. no fake "creams" or "milk" that just seems to imply hypocrisy on your part..
I use rice milk in my coffee. You can buy vanilla flavored which is especially nice. It does not change the flavor of your coffee the way that soy milk does, just makes it more mellow and lighter. I now prefer it to any other lightener including cream.
If I were you, I would just try regular Silk soy milk, the one that comes in the red package and is used at Starbucks. I use that one all the time, and I really, really like it. I've tried coffee with milk once and a while, and for some reason it tastes really bitter.
Yeah, I know you said you didn't like the Silk creamer, and so my advice isn't absolutely great, but i really do recommend that you just try regular Silk and get into the habit. As with anything (I find), once you try something a lot, you start to really like it, and get cravings for it.
For instance, do you eat Tofu? When I first became a veg, i really didn't like it very much. After year or so, i started to enjoy it. And now, several years later, I get cravings. The human body is weird like that. So, yeah.
How About Coconut Cream or Also Coconut Powder Milk, There's also Rice Milk don't know if that's available in powder or cream form! Note some brands of Coconut Cream don't dissolve as well as other brands! The powder stuff don't taste as good but dissolves better! Go to your Healthfood Store!
I had been a vegan for past 6 years, yet never visited the Dr for illness reason. I'm a "healthy lifestyle award" winner in my department, and my confession is not fake.My wife & 2 kids are similar, except my son previously had asthmatic but eventually much improved after become vegan. I'm the man with my own confession, out of someone "Jack LaLanne" as what "unico_nocturno" claimed. "Jack LaLanne" would live much healthier and longer if he become a vegan (maybe).
During the time we had similar problem like you (to find vegan creamer) instead we used fresh soy milk added to the coffee. (It maybe silly but I don't care). Eventually the vegan-creamer came to the market (S'pore), but I'm no more dependent to it!