Nescafe Dolce Gusto now sells plant-based milk pods for coffee
The two newly launched plant-based drinks are an almond flat white and a coconut flat white.
The plant-based drinks have been approved by the Vegan Society and will cost £3.99 for a box of 12 drinks (that’s 33p a cup). They’re currently available to buy from Tesco and Sainsbury’s, and will soon be available online.
For those who don’t have a Dolce Gusto coffee maker, they’re slightly different from most other pod coffee machines on the market. Instead of buying espresso pods and preparing milk separately, you buy a box containing everything needed to make the beverage of your choice. So, if you buyCafé au Lait, inside the box there are two types of pods: coffee and milk. Brew them into the same cup andvoila!Café au Lait is served.
This makes Dolce Gusto machines an extremely quick and hassle-free way to get coffee shop-style drinks at home. There are at least 35 varieties of coffee, tea and chocolate-based drinks available.
Coffee aficionados are not likely be won over but for addicts of Starbucks’ flavoured drinks, the machines are an easy way to get their fix at home. You can even buy Starbucks-branded pods. There’s a pick and mix selection of36 Starbucks pods for £15.99from Amazon, which works out at 44p a cup. That’s far from the cheapest type of Dolce Gusto pods, but it’s a huge saving compared to a visit to the coffee shop.
Up until now, the Dolce Gusto line has only made sense for people who drink traditional dairy milk. If you’re lactose intolerant or vegan, your options were limited to black coffee or tea – and that’s not really playing to the strengths of the brand.
But now Dolce Gusto has introduced two new varieties of plant-based drinks: an almond and a coconut flat white. We’ve not yet had the chance to taste them, so we can’t comment on their relative deliciousness (or otherwise) but it’s good to know that the brand is offering these options.
To make your plant-based drinks more environmentally friendly, don’t forget to recycle your used coffee capsules.Here’s how.
Dolce Gusto machines are compact and easy to use. To find out more, you can read our reviews of the new and top of the lineDolce Gusto Genio S Plus, which you canbuy for £69.99and the straightforwardPiccolo XS, which isnow available for only £34.99.
For more coffee-making options at home, have a look at our round-up ofthe best coffee machines we’ve tested, complete with hands-on reviews.
Author: Emma Rowley, Group Home Tech Editor
Emma has been a journalist and copywriter for over 20 years and has been testing and writing about home tech and appliances for seven years. She tries out every appliance she writes about at home, and aims to recommend time- and energy-saving products that will last.
