Oat milk's actually quite nice. Seems to do much less "taste damage" toward espresso drinks than other nut milks.

It'll be the fad alt-milk until we hit macadamia milk, I reckon.

Isn't lactose the ingredient that causes discomfort with lactose intolerant people's stomach's?

As someone lactose intolerant, I looked at the citations and none of them claim A2 milk is lactose free, as I understand it.

This is why I threw in the word "allegedly" above. The producers of a2 milk are trying to go with a new theory that claims that people who self-report as lactose intolerant aren't actually lactose intolerant, but that the cause of their symptoms is their inability to digest the A1 beta-casein protein which is commonly found in North American milk[1].

That's the spiel anyway. I have yet to try it. I'm one of those self-reporting-as-lactose-intolerant-people-who-experience-discomfort-after-ingesting-cow's-milk.

[1] https://thea2milkcompany.com/about-us/

a2 has been around in australia for ages (started in new zealand afaik), and from personal anecdote, i can say that it works. i could drink cows milk (and did a couple of times per day in flat whites) but by the end of the day, it made me feel a little off and i frequently had a “enough milk for today” moment. after starting on a2 i get none of that, and what’s more it makes it easier to drink regular milk for a few days after a week of only a2

nothing scientific, but i’m going to continue paying a bit more for my milk :p

Do you feel discomfort after ingesting cheeses?

I believe there's recent research suggesting that some people who can't tolerate milk are actually allergic to something other than lactose.

I'm lactose intolerant and I've tried nearly every alternative.

None of them match up to regular cow's milk.

I've basically given up milk altogether.