Poured oat milk into my espresso this morning and got cottage cheese instead of latte art

I bought a new brand of oat milk from the farmer's market downtown and figured it would froth up nice like my usual stuff. Instead it curdled into these gross chunky bits the second it hit the hot espresso. Anyone else run into a bad batch of alt milk that totally wrecked their morning?

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miles2791mo ago

Oh man, that's the worst. I've had it happen with a couple different oat milks and it always just ruins the whole coffee vibe. It's like you're expecting a nice creamy drink and you get this weird separated mess instead. Was it one of those fresh refrigerated brands that's supposed to be super natural or something? I've found some of those are way more hit or miss than the shelf stable ones, especially with hot drinks.

lopez.jana1mo ago

Right, "ruins the whole coffee vibe" is exactly it. I've given up on the fancy oat milks for hot coffee, they always separate. Stick with the plain barista blends and you're golden.