Once upon a time, ordering a coffee was a simple process.
One cup of joe, maybe some sugar, and then, if youâd like, some cream or milk. Now, you have oodles of options in the milk category alone, from skim to whole to soy to almond. And if youâre lucky you may see another dairy alternative popping up on cafe menus soon, if you havenât noticed it already: oat milk.
While oat milkâs popularity is just gaining momentum here in the US, it got its start in Sweden back in the early 1990s. Rickard Ãste, a food scientist at Lund University, researched options for a milk replacement that could provide a more sustainable solution and also be suitable for those with lactose intolerance. Essentially, he discovered a way to make the fibers of oats into a liquid, and shortly afterward he founded Oatly.
