Soya milk at coffee shops

[Nic]

I travel quite a bit of travelling by train (for work) and have a mental list of coffee shops that will do soya milk. Thought someone else might find it useful.

AMT - also do a soya chai steamer which is gorgeous. But the smaller stores (the kiosks in stations) often run out.
Cafe Nero - but their coffee is so strong it tends to curdle the soya milk
Starbucks - but its sweetened, and I don't like my coffee to taste of apple juice. Also they charge extra, which I think is cheeky.
Eat - very good coffee with soya milk, not many non-dairy food options though

I'd be interested in knowing if anyone else has discovered a chain that offers soya milk.

Nic

PS I also know where in every mainline station in London to get a soya capuccino, but thought that that would probably be too much detail.:D

[PinkyPrincess]

Thanks this is really useful!

Pinky

[cnc]

Costa also offer soya milk.
Don't know where they are in London though, but I'd assume they're fairly easy to locate/

[linny]

Thanks for that, I also found that Costas do soya coffee for no extra charge, well the one at Bluewater does anyway.

[Nic]

Cost do soya milk, but they often manage to make it curdle (I think its something to do with the cofee they use). I hate it when I get on a train, sit down, take the lid off the cup and am confronted with a gloopy mess. Very disappointing!

Nic

[cnc]

I don't drink coffee I only have hot chocolate- the powders all seem to be ok and I've not had a problem with soya milk and hot chocolate.

[Nic]

I once got to look at the big ingredients book at Starbucks, and their hot chocolate powder definitely contained milk, so it might be worth double-checking (it could have changed). But I've been avoiding it, for that reason.

Though if it doesn't set you off...

Nic

[cnc]

I don't drink at Starbucks. Caffe Nero used to use Cadburys Hot chocolate powder which I believe is dairy free (well the small pots in my cupboard are) and it doesn't set me off, so I don't know (I may check one day, and be ready for the disappointment that there inevitably will be!!)

[Kamagrian]

Following advice on this thread, I visited one of the Costa coffee shops in Edinburgh and asked (with some trepidation) for a fairtrade soya latte on Monday. They had absolutely no problem with this, didn't charge me extra as far as I could see, and the resulting drink was absolutely scrummy. Definitely recommended!

[linny]

I always go to the Costas coffee shop in WH Smith when I go to Bluewater. They always have soya milk and said they will make any drink with it at no extra cost.:)

[Kamagrian]

I always go to the Costas coffee shop in WH Smith when I go to Bluewater. They always have soya milk and said they will make any drink with it at no extra cost.:)

Yeah, it's great that I can still go into town and get half of my old 'Costa' treat. Sadly the other half of it was always an almond croissant - so until they bring out a dairy-free, low-fat version of that, I'll have to pine! :mellow:

[linny]

Oh it's the Danish pastries and the vanilla crowns, oh and the muffins I miss
:( . The dairy free muffins aren't the same.

[cnc]

The dairy free muffins aren't the same.

Ok you say they aren't the same, but are these avaliable in Costa or is this something unrelated?

[linny]

Sorry, it's something totally unrelated. Boots sell dairy free muffins.

[cnc]

Oh I know the muffins you mean, sorry I thought I was missing out on treats in Costa!

[Nic]

None of the Costa muffins are non-dairy but (when I got to look at the Starbucks ingredient list) all their non-chocolate ones were. If you get a really bad reaction, don't test this, as it was about two years ago that I got access to the list. But I've had a Starbucks muffin recently and not reacted. The raspberry and peach one is particularly nice...:drool:

Nic

[cnc]

Nic, what good is a muffin if it doesn't have chocolate in it?!

Yeah I think I might give that a miss! Don't much fancy being ill when out.

Edit:
http://starbucks.co.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C5B34282-3032-4630-A967-541F68E03133/1578/CakePastryNUTRITIONALGuide_May05.pdf

This provides nutritional information and allergy information for pastries etc in Starbucks. Think I'll definatly pass on the muffins after reading this.

[Jenna]

hi found this thread on a search and thought i'd revive it.

recently discovered soya milk at coffee shops, i.e this weekend! i had a hot chocolate though, with soya milk, from starbucks... but now i'm thinking there was probably milk powder in the drinking chocolate, right? xxx

[Caroloujo]

I think all hot chocolate has milk powder in it....A girl in work had a cup of hot choc, and i said oohh it smells nice, is there milk in it i asked her....She looked at the ingreidents and there was ,,quiet a lot of stuff too....:(

[Pam]

Drinking chocolate is usually cocoa and sugar, nothing else unless you get a special hot chocolate mix. It would be best to check the ingredients list.

[matt]

so make it from cocoa powder... exactly the same just a little more effort.

[linny]

Cadburys drinking chocolate is milk free, just add soya milk. Although I prefer half soya milk and half boiling water.

[goose]

mmm someone mention chocolate again.

[Jenna]

so best to ask in starbucks?

[Caroloujo]

Is hot chocolate really nice , ive never tasted it..It smells yummy thou....Is it sickly too.....If you can get dairyfree stuff i might give it a whirl, but not sure if i'd like it....

[goose]

A cup of hot chocolate to a cup of tea / coffee any day. yummy:beer:

[jill]

There are a couple of chocolate flavoured soya milks about that I warm up in the microwave if I want a hot drink, but I confess I do like to add a drop of brandy to it after its been heated up. Heaven!!!

[Pam]

The Alpro chocolate milk shake from the fridge is very nice hot or cold - lovely and thick. Their small cartons and the So Good ones aren't nearly as nice.