Making Oat Milk

[fishpond]

Hi
Has anyone got a tried and trusted method for making Oat milk from Groats?
I have scoured the internet and every recipe is different.
I have the groats, distilled water, straining bags, but not much of an idea on what to do to be safe.
Any help appreciated.
Thank You

[mothhawk]

How interesting. I've never tried oat milk, but eat loads of porage. I had a look, and you are right, every recipe out there is different. I might have a go at making some. It's probably a case of keep experimenting until you find the proportions that you like. A lot of the recipes add salt, I wonder if that's necessary as I don't like the taste of salt in most things.
Quite a lot seem to be flavoured or sweetened.
What do you use oat milk for, fishpond, or do you just drink it as an alternative to cow's milk?

[fishpond]

Its a long story so I will not bore you with it.
I now purchase it to use instead of cows milk (tea, coffee, cereals etc), but I would like to make my own.
2 main reasons:-
a) very expensive to purchase.
b) I haven't got a clue what manufacturers put in as additives/thickeners.

[mothhawk]

Seems dirt cheap to make, anyway. Just water and oats. I guess using less water makes it thicker.

[Philthy]

I use Oat milk as an alternative to dairy milk, primarily on cereals. Personally I don't like the taste of cows milk in it's raw state, or the gluey texture of it. Dairy milk made products e.g. cheese, icecream, chocolate, no problem.

It seems the popularity of dairy alternatives has taken a big leap in recent years. I imagine Soya milk started the trend (could be wrong). Rice, coconut, almond, and hazelnut milks are the ones I'm familiar with, but there are probably others.
Oat milk is definitely my favourite of the branded drinks. Plus it claims to have no added sugar (good enough for me), unlike the nutty flavoured ones.
But they're all preferable to tap water .

[fishpond]

I use Oat milk as an alternative to dairy milk, primarily on cereals. Personally I don't like the taste of cows milk in it's raw state, or the gluey texture of it. Dairy milk made products e.g. cheese, icecream, chocolate, no problem.

It seems the popularity of dairy alternatives has taken a big leap in recent years. I imagine Soya milk started the trend (could be wrong). Rice, coconut, almond, and hazelnut milks are the ones I'm familiar with, but there are probably others.
Oat milk is definitely my favourite of the branded drinks. Plus it claims to have no added sugar (good enough for me), unlike the nutty flavoured ones.
But they're all preferable to tap water .

You need a water distiller.
You will never drink tap water again.

[Alison]

You need a water distiller.
You will never drink tap water again.

Depends where you live, tap water is really nice round here but I've lived in other parts of the country (usually hard water areas where you also suffer from lime scale) where it's almost undrinkable. Used to have a filter thing then but thought it made it taste flat so wasn't impressed.

[fishpond]

Filters are a waste of time, a distiller evaporates and then condenses, leaving most if not all of the chemicals (including additives)behind.
You have water as nature intended, not as a hazard to your health . Nothing about taste, use a TDS-total dissolved solids ( less than £5 online ) meter on tap water, spring water, distilled water to see the difference.

[Alison]

Something I might look into if I had horrible tap water but thankfully no need (also very pleased we don't have our water medicated with fluoride like in some parts of the country). Drink pints of staight tap water everyday, always preferred it to flavoured drinks

[fishpond]

Hi Alison
It doesn't matter what company supplies your water.
Please read martinwhitaker.co.uk/the-truth-about-drinking-tap-water for more information.
This is just one of many such websites.
The difference is also very noticeable when plants are given distilled water.

[Alison]

Hi Alison
It doesn't matter what company supplies your water.
Please read martinwhitaker.co.uk/the-truth-about-drinking-tap-water for more information.
This is just one of many such websites.
The difference is also very noticeable when plants are given distilled water.

Thanks but I already know a considerable amount about drinking water having worked as a water engineer. The method of treatment DOES vary depending on which WTW it was treated at and many other factors including the original source, method of treatment and chemicals dosed. I am very interested in looking at the contents of everything I put in (and on) my body and spend a lot of time investigating things. As a result there are many things I avoid and / or minimise. I am however quite happy that I don't need to distill my water. If you want then obviously not a problem but it's not for me. To be honest a far bigger concern is the way in which companies have persuaded people to spend a fortune on bottled water which is a total waste of money and environmentally ridiculous.

Oh and sorry to the OP for taking things off course. Will back out now and let you get back to oat milk