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  • ozscott
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    I steam up So Good regularly and its pretty cool. You have to not heat it up quite as much as cow stuff. Tastes nice and sweet - a bit nutty as Austin would say.

    Cheers

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  • Dennis
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    Originally posted by Dennis link=1168733347/15#24 date=1173416929
    funny...we love vitasoy UHT over cereal, but yuk in coffee.  good thing about vitasoy is that its non-GM
    ps. thats the calci-plus!

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  • Dennis
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    funny...we love vitasoy UHT over cereal, but yuk in coffee. good thing about vitasoy is that its non-GM

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  • reubster
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    FWIW
    Vitasoy make a range of soys and these are also available as Fresh [from the supermarket fridge] or of the shelf [I guess like a UHT]

    The fresh varieties are actually quite nice [calci-plus springs to mind] but the shelf ones are very disgusting, much worse than the difference between normal milk and UHT.

    Ive never tried one with coffee....my wife drinks it.

    A "wicked" breastfeeding friend of mine made her partner an instant coffee with her um "baby milk"...................he didnt even notice....two sugars + instant...how could you tell!........................but we killed ourselves laughing! ................he wasnt impressed once we told him.

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  • Kiwi_Jonno
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    Vitasoy seems to be the best iv tried to, some of the little brand soy companys soy milk is a totally different shade! Sanaterium (excuse spelling seems ok to) I find some ranges from a almost white to a brown yukky colour, and some people love one brand but wont touch another. Fussy buggers!

    I find for latte/fw if ya add bubbles into the milk to late, the milk cant recover like cow milk, so the microfoam isnt as silky. Some brands also actually squeal as if the wands to deep in the milk, in the same way it does if ya frothing milk with hot choc or chai!

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  • coffeeNcake
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    Originally posted by lucinda link=1168733347/0#9 date=1168863781

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    cNc

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  • meg-e
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    I actually quite like the odd soy latte - as long as it is Vitasoy (we actually have this on our breakfast cereal by choice anyway). I like the nutty creamy taste sometimes.

    In any case I MUCH prefer soy to UHT milk. Funny how many people dont mind drinking UHT but cant do soy

    Meg

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  • llama
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    Originally posted by Javaphile link=1168733347/0#5 date=1168756063
    Tofu = Goodness

    Soy Milk =  :P


    Java "If it didnt come from a cow no matter what you do to it, its not milk!" phile
    Actually the dairy industry has got their hooves into that one. If it doesnt have Lactose you cant call it milk. Even if it was from a cow and all of the lactose is removed its no longer milk :-?

    I dont mind a bit of soy in my coffee from time to time, soy and honey makes for quite a good combo with coffee. My prefered one being the vita-soy cali-plus. Not because I want extra calcium, just it seems to taste better than the other soys. Cant say how well it textures though?

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  • Javaphile
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    Originally posted by Pioneer Roaster link=1168733347/15#17 date=1170483645
    Originally posted by Javaphile link=1168733347/0#5 date=1168756063
    "If it didnt come from a cow no matter what you do to it, its not milk!"
    What about human milk?

    Thats not milk. Thats baby food!! ;D


    maybe soy milk comes from those soy chicken breasts.
    Nah, the farmers get that by going out late at night and holding the soy beans at pitchfork point until they surrender their milk. Thats why you see it so often all curdled. The plants were so scared they gave sour milk. ;D


    Java "The secrets of the wild soy farmer" phile

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  • pie_in_ear
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    Originally posted by Javaphile link=1168733347/0#5 date=1168756063
    "If it didnt come from a cow no matter what you do to it, its not milk!"
    What about human milk?

    "Ïf it didnt come from breasts its never gonna be milk"

    maybe soy milk comes from those soy chicken breasts.

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  • marcstolk
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    Interesting...

    Anyone used the Vitasoy "So Milky" product??

    I use this for my Wife - she loves it... and textures beautifully as well... very dense and thick microfoam - murang(meringue ) like... We used to use the So Good, then we found this product and didnt look back...

    my 2cents worth :-)

    Marc

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  • Dimal
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    Originally posted by scoota gal link=1168733347/0#13 date=1169330005
    That Vitasoy smells like old cardboard to me! :P
    Funnily enough Scoots,

    Thats what it tastes like too :P.... not more-ish in any sense of the word

    Mal.

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  • lucinda
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    i steamed the soy today and had no real issues with it. I didnt use the thermometer, just my hand, sa per usual method and stopped steaming just below what I usually take milk too. So it would have been just below 60.

    I got good feedback and had no issues with it at all. I also got a great microfoam. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

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  • scoota_gal
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    I get a few soy customers at work. There are definitely brands that are better than others. I personally prefer to use the Sanitarium soy product. That Vitasoy smells like old cardboard to me! :P

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  • Bullitt
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    Hi Lucinda,

    Hope Im not too late.
    FWIW, I was interested in the same issue, not due to anyone having a dairy intolerance, just interested.
    Anyway, I bought some Vitasoy I think it was, couldnt get Bonsoy at our local Supermarket.
    Steaming went pretty much like the Lite (skim milk with added skim powder) milk that I normally use, stopped at about 50C as suggested.
    End result was, apart from the taste, very similar to dairy milk microfoam....
    I wasnt overly keen on the taste, but someone who was forced to drink soy would love a real cappa/latte made with fresh beans
    For interest I had also tried a soy cappa at a local coffee shop,....was absolutely horrible they dont use a steaming thermometer and, and, and.....

    Regards
    Bullitt

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