Got Oats?

摘要

The spring of 2018 was a bad time for baristas across the U.S. The year's great oat milk shortage had hit its nadir, sending caffeine addicts out the door of their favorite cafes in search of any place that could satisfy their fix.The die-hards "are very particular," says Naomi Morales, manager of the Upper East Side location of New York City chain Jack's Stir Brew. They like the creaminess of oat milk-made by blending oats with water, adding enzymes, cooking the mix, then removing the fibers-and claim it has asimilar mouthfeel to cow's milk, but without all the animal welfare and environmental concerns. Almond milk, too cloyingly sweet, wouldn't cut it. Soy milk was passe.