PSA: You Can Get Dairy-Free Instant Coffee at This Grocery
In almond and oat variants.
Have you noticed more and more coffee shops have started offering plant-based milk since the pandemic? It's not just the coffee franchises that have it, even the smaller-scale local coffee shops offer plant-based milk alternatives too. Typically for an additional fee, you can switch from dairy milk to stuff like soy milk, oat milk, coconut milk, and almond milk. But if you can't exactly go out and buy a dairy-free cuppa daily—cue rant about the younger gens daring to want better joe—then we spotted a cool instant alternative.
Want 'a delicious dairy alternative'? Shop these Nescafé coffee boxes in this supermarket
If you prefer your coffee with plant-based milk, we found two instant versions you can try: Nescafé Gold Oat Latte and Nescafé Gold Almond Latte, both of which are available at the newly-opened Landers Superstore at U.P. Town Center.
The new Landers Superstore branch has tooooons of coffee items, and we haven't even seen the two vegan-friendly Nescafé Gold options in other supermarkets. A box is P299.95 and contains six sachets each.
Instant coffee is pretty simple, and the Nescafé Gold Oat Latte and Almond Latte are no exceptions. These are best prepared by mixing the contents of the sachet with 200ml of hot water (not boiling water). After trying both, we do not recommend adding more than the recommended amount of water as it can get bland.
The words printed on the packaging are mostly Spanish, Portuguese, and Greek, but don't worry as it's easy to distinguish which one is the Almond Latte (green packaging) and which is the Oat Latte (brown packaging). Based on the packaging, there's also a Coconut Latte flavor but this was not available when we purchased the Almond Latte and Oat Latte.
The Nescafé Gold Oat Latte and Nescafé Gold Almond Latte cost P299.95 per box. You can find these at Landers Superstore at U.P. Town Center.