If dairy milk is generally easier to froth than a substitute, it is still possible to froth plant milk. Indeed, it usually contains enough fat to form a nice foam. Frothing coconut milk, oat milk, or soy milk is easier (almond milk a little less), but you have to like their taste to use them in your drinks.
If the plant milk contains no fat or too little, it is hard to get vegan milk froth such as with rice milk. So let’s learn how to make plant milk froth!
The best nondairy milk to froth
First, pick plant-based milk that you like. Every non-dairy milk is different and frothing abilities change from one to the other. So, try, taste, and test… keeping in mind that the key to frothing plant milk is fat: the fatter the plant based milk is, the easier it will be to froth.
The second element that plays is the technique used to make plant milk froth. Here are three of them.
Techniques to froth plant milk
Frothing with an electric blender
Warm on the stove one or two cups of non-dairy plant milk and pour into the bowl of the blender. Blend until you get a nice froth. Once ready, pour it over espresso for a delicious plant milk cappuccino or latte. If you don’t have an electric blender, go for a hand whisk… but it takes longer, and the result is more random.
Frothing plant milk with the jar technique
Get a jar that closes tightly and goes in the microwave. Half fill it with your milk, put the lid on, and shake until bubbles form. Put the jar in the microwave for a minute. Let it cool and shake the jar until you start having milk foam. Repeat until you have a nice plant milk froth.
With a milk frother
If you regularly make drinks or desserts with milk froth (cappuccino, Latte, mochaccino, milkshakes, smoothies, etc.), you might want to buy a milk frother. It makes your life easier and you’re sure you get a nice vegan milk froth.
Milk frothers are sometimes equipped with a heated container if you want hot froth. Using it is easy: you fill the container, press the ON button, and that’s it! The device handles everything by itself.
For more on frothing milk have a look at our guide How to make milk froth at home.
