Soy Milk - Vitasoy replacement needed

I opened a new case of Vitasoy organic original today and began steaming with it and IT SUCKED. I have been using the same product since we opened and have gopne through dozens of cases of the stuff and the new packaging MUST include a new recipe and I'm guessing it's lower fat because of how it behaves under steam. It's like almond milk now.

Do you have a recommendation for a replacement for Vitasoy that's available in Canada and that steams up nicely for everything from soy Macchiatos to Soy Chai?

Lemme know!

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Permalink Reply by The Barista Formerly Known As JavaJ on October 23, 2008 at 12:51am
I swear by Pacific. It also seems to build the best actual foam.
Permalink Reply by Joey Trujillo on October 23, 2008 at 7:56pm
I tried some Pacific Soy today and it steamed to a wonderfully creamy texture. However, as far as taste goes, I feel that it still took away from the flavor of our espresso... the nuttiness of the soy was still pretty apparent. I'm just assuming that one can only get away from that soy flavor so much, but does anyone have any suggestions for the least soy-tasting soy milk?
Permalink Reply by Brendan on October 23, 2008 at 8:16pm
The least soy tasting soy? Silk soy definately.

Joey Trujillo said:
I tried some Pacific Soy today and it steamed to a wonderfully creamy texture. However, as far as taste goes, I feel that it still took away from the flavor of our espresso... the nuttiness of the soy was still pretty apparent. I'm just assuming that one can only get away from that soy flavor so much, but does anyone have any suggestions for the least soy-tasting soy milk?
Permalink Reply by Banana Dang on October 24, 2008 at 9:10am
We use Silk Soymilk Organic Vanilla. It steams nice. We just don't let it get too hot. Stretch the milk very quickly and roll the milk sooner than regular milk.
Permalink Reply by Sandy Hon on October 24, 2008 at 6:03pm
Pacific Soy is the bomb AND they have supported the Barista community through sponsorships and donations at regional BGA jams and SCAA competitions.

steams great, tastes great. shelf stable.
Permalink Reply by Stickman on October 24, 2008 at 7:20pm
Got the PacSoy this afternoon...Looks like I'll be taking the remaining 5.5 cases of Vitasoy home...Unless anybody wants a deal on them!
Thanks for all the input and ideas and recommendations.

The only thing supporting baristas more than Pac Soy? BX members, baby!
Permalink Reply by Tougo Coffee on October 24, 2008 at 8:26pm
Good choice Stickman Good choice

use the soy your taking home for oatmeal ;-)
Permalink Reply by Rich Westerfield on October 26, 2008 at 10:34am
interesting - we were considering a switch to VitaSoy because our Restaurant Depot started carrying it. We bought some two weeks ago - steamed and tasted much better than the Silk we've been using for four years. But we hadn't yet switched over, so this is good to know and timely.
Permalink Reply by Anthony Rue on October 26, 2008 at 1:38pm
Not a big fan of Silk. We ended up going with different soys: Organic Valley in the half-gallon for iced drinks, either EdenSoy or WestSoy Organic Original for steaming. Both the organic Eden and West only have two ingredients: soy and water. Eden steams and tastes a touch better, but both can be textured quite nicely and I've poured as good of art with either as I have with regular milk. We often have soy customers ask if we used cow milk by mistake because the drinks taste better than the ones make with Silk down the street.
Permalink Reply by Kevin Kerkhof on July 14, 2009 at 5:10pm
We just did a taste test and froth test between silk, kikkoman (new product), and pacific.

The winner: PACIFIC (unanimous)

Second was kikkoman (a good product also), then silk.
Permalink Reply by illudereludere on July 15, 2009 at 1:26am
I personally dig this one. There is enough fat content in there to make nice microfoam (with practice, of course) and it heats up nicely without, as advertised, "that beany taste". Pretty decent stuff, really.

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