Hooray for coffee shops that have almond milk!
I’ve never been a huge milk lover (yogurt, cheese and ice cream are a completely different story), but I’ve been an almond milk fan from my very first sip. I think it tastes better than regular milk and I am always thrilled when coffee shops have it available.
After the gym this morning, Ryan and I swung by Chelsea Coffee Company, a local coffee shop that we first visited a little less than a year ago. Since our last visit, they started offering almond milk, which made me so happy!
I ordered an almond milk cappuccino with a pump of white chocolate syrup and loved it!
I also bought one of their honey walnut date bars which was gooey and delicious.
Two thumbs way up for Chelsea Coffee Company!
Leg Workout
Backing up a bit to today’s workout…
Right after we woke up, I ate a Luna bar before Ryan and I drove to the gym around 8 a.m.
My time at the gym began with a 20-minute cardio warm up before I headed into the weight room to complete a leg workout that looked like this:
It was fast and efficient.
Following our time at the gym, we hit up the coffee shop before driving to the farmer’s market to browse around.
We left with some local produce and I ate a fresh peach in the car on the way home that was incredibly juicy!
Now it’s time to entertain Sadie and shower before we head over to a friend’s house for some fun.
Catch ya later!
Question of the Morning
- Are you a milk lover? What is your favorite kind of milk?
I’m an almond milk lover through and through. These days my favorite kind of almond milk is unsweetened vanilla. Mmm!
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i went to the farmer’s market this morning too and vanilla almond milk is my favorite! 🙂
I love going to farmer’s markets in the morning. It’s the best way to start the day! There’s something about browsing things which are made locally! Do you drink sweetened almond milk or unsweetened almond milk? I can only drink skim milk because I grew up on it and hate the “filmy” taste of regular milk. What’s your favorite brand of almond milk?
I prefer unsweetened almond milk. Unsweetened vanilla is my favorite! I usually buy Silk or Almond Breeze. I think both are delicious!
That coffee looks delicious! What brand of almond milk do you usually drink? I’ve tried a few unsweetened flavors and haven’t had the best experience. Awesome leg workout! I’ll be giving that a try today when I go to the gym to workout a sweat. Thanks Julie!
You’ve probably already tried the brands I usually buy – Almond Breeze and Silk – but I think they’re tasty! 🙂
I loooove unsweetened vanilla almond milk. I’ve also recently tried Flax milk (when my store was out of almond milk), and I loved it! Now I tend to alternate between almond and flax milk each week.
Oh!! I’ve never tried flax milk. I’ll look for it!
Flax milk is definitely creamier than the almond milk 🙂 I really like it! Sometimes I take some unsweetened flax milk and add a little stevia and vanilla for a little something sweet.
I’ve never tried almond milk before {gasp!} but have definitely wanted to. I’m not a huge milk fan either- I eat it with cereal but that’s about it. The coffee you got with the white chocolate syrup sounds great! That’s similar to what I get at Starbucks so next time I’ll see if they have almond milk!
Looks like a great way to spend your morning! I looove grabbing coffee and then spending time shopping the farmers’ market. 🙂 I must try asking for almond milk in my latte next time – that sounds delicious!
I love almond milk! I am thrilled when cafes have it as a alternative to regular milk.
I also love farmers markets, fall is approaching here in Canada and I am looking forward to all the produce that is going to be amazing, I can taste pumpkin already yum!!!
i’ve never been a fan of “regular” milk, but i love unsweetened vanilla almond milk, as well! i like to put a splash in my oatmeal to make it extra creamy 🙂
I pretty much will only drink almond milk too—I’m always SO happy when I see it on the menu at coffee shops!
I am not a milk lover, at all. However, I can eat it in cereal or in my oats. I try to use it that way because it gives me the protein. If I was to just drink it, though, it has to be vanilla almond milk!
I too love almond milk, my favorite is the unsweetened almond/coconut milk. I use it every morning in my green smoothie. I like it so much better than cow’s milk and I think it is a lot healthier for us.
I love almond milk! It’s all I buy now. I have never tried flax milk either but will have to give it a shot. Wish we had a coffee shop here that offered almond milk. It has a better taste than soy in my opinion. I’ll have to keep checking back with it mom and pop coffee shop here in Fort Walton Beach and see if they get it.
Also…that bar looked delicious!
I love finding coffee shops that carry almond milk or coconut milk! Sometimes if I know we’re going to Starbucks, I’ll bring in my own coconut milk for them to use in my latte. They’re always happy to do so 🙂
Despise milk. Always have, always will. BUT, I love almond milk! I usually buy unsweetened vanilla, either the Whole Foods brand or Almond Breeze, but have recently been loving the unsweetened coconut almond milk combo by Almond Breeze- makes for some great tropical-y shakes (or mounds bar shake- one of my faves!) but definitely has a distinct coconut flavor so the unsweetened vanilla is more versatile for everyday.
I like skim milk for somethings and almond milk for others. Almond milk always goes in my coffee, cereal, and smoothies. When you include your workouts could you give a brief description of what each exercise is? I have people I send your workouts to but they are new to exercising and don’t know what the terminology means.
Unsweetened Silk Almond milk is the best! I had to get a carton of sweetened the other day so I have been adding water to it when I use it. Haha! Otherwise its to sweet for me!
I’ve never been a fan of regular milk but I do love me some unsweetened vanilla almond breeze!!!
Girl, I feel the same way about milk! I can’t stand regular milk, but I absolutely love almond milk! It tastes so much better!
That looks like a great workout! I will definitely give it a try!
I like Almond milk in my cereal and smoothies, but I prefer Soy milk in coffee! I’m lactose intolerant, so I don’t drink regular milk anymore.
I’m definitely an almond milk gal! I am sensitive to dairy so almond milk is always my number one choice 🙂
I like unsweetened almond milk, but I also love oat milk. Just something about the earthy flavor.
I do like milk but dairy doesn’t sit too well with the husband so we switched over to almond milk and I also LOVE it! It’s delicious and I love the taste!
I completely agree with you, I really do wish more coffee shops would offer almond milk, as a dairy-free alternative. I’m not quite sure as to why they don’t! For the first time, the other day I tried unsweetened chocolate Almond Breeze and absolutely loved it!
Definitely and Almond Milk lover! Unsweetened Vanilla is the bomb! Hooray for coffee with almond milk!
almond milk holds my heart! and those peaches…yummmmmm I try to get as many as possible while summer lasts!!!
Almond milk lover here. I drink Blue Diamond’s Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze. I love that it’s only 30 calories a cup…by far the lowest calorie milk substitute. Strangely though, I don’t like the way almond milk tasted in coffee. Instead I usually get my latte’s with half non-fat milk, half-soy and get an extra shot of espresso so that it lessens the milk ratio even more.
I actually really enjoy drinking milk so I was surprised when I realized the majority of people can’t drink milk straight. They have to have either add-ins like cereal, coffee (haha) or something else. My sister and I were odd growing up drinking a glass of milk with our dinner regardless of what it was so that habit still lasts today when I need something to satisfy a craving.
That bar looks delicious!
I love almond milk! I drink dairy milk currently, but will occasionally have some of my mom’s almond milk. Vanilla is my favorite, but I’m also a fan of coconut almond milk!
That peach looks delicious. I need to enjoy them before summer ends!
I am actually heading down to my basement to workout now and I’m about to try this leg workout! I’m always looking for new quick workouts since I workout when my little one is napping.
Thanks for posting!
I really like Almond Breeze’s unsweetened, chocolate almond milk. It’s especially delicious after a run or hard workout! 🙂
I love Almond Breeze’s unsweetened vanilla milk, and also I’ve really been liking Silk’s coconut milk, but then again I’ve always liked any kind of milk, especially chocolate. 🙂
I typically only like milk with a decadent/rich dessert or in cereal, otherwise I definitely prefer almond milk. I wish Starbucks had almond milk!
Almond milk all the way! I never drank milk and would leave any remainder at the end of my cereal bowl to pour down the sink when I was kid. Then I went dairy free and lived off of soy milk for about 6 months until we finally got almond milk in this country. In the Happy Pear coffee shop/restaurant I work in we have soy, coconut (not like from a can though!), almond, hazelnut and oat milks unsweetened and organic varieties of each on offer! Hazelnut is almost as amazing as almond!
Love it! Almond milk is awesome for iced coffee. It’s perfectly creamy and just sweet enough but keeps the calories magically low. I wrote about it a few weeks ago – http://birchwoodpie.blogspot.com/2013/07/cold-brewed-iced-coffee.html
I don’t like milk, but love frozen yogurt, ice cream, cheese, etc. So I get my old lady calcium! 😉 I tried almond milk and while I like it in my coffee, I don’t like it alone. I can drink chocolate milk, but I don’t love it either. I tried these Got Milk straws that flavor your milk chocolate, vanilla or strawberry hoping that would help me drink some but, but sadly, it didn’t work. My daughter loves them though.
I actually do love milk but I love almond, soy, and rice milk just as much!!! It’s just so fun to have a variety of tastes, you know? One thing that peeves me though….is when coffee shops actually charge 60 cents or more JUST for soy, especially if I need to avoid dairy for important reasons.
I’m vegetarian, on the road to veganism. Milk is very difficult for your body to digest after a workout, it’s not the golden recovery drink everyone thinks it is. Milk has puss, antibiotics, and all kinds of nasty stuff! I either drink soy or almond milk. Substitutes great in recipes, smoothies and cereal!
Farmers markets are the best! I just bought some fresh kale this morning and now I’m making kale chips.
Oh, I just love almond milk! Unsweetened vanilla is the ISH! I still can’t believe Starbucks hasn’t hopped on that train. Wait, have they? It’s been forever since I’ve asked!
Ugh just the thought of milk makes me want to hurl! I can’t stomach milk but loveeeee almond milk!
Yes I’m definitely an almond milk lover but in my cups of tea I prefer just normal skim milk. I’ve never had almond milk in my chai lattes before as no store I’ve been to here as ever offered it (almond milk is pretty new to Australia)
Coffee shops offering almond milk? It’ll be a long (!) time until this happens over here – if at all, that is. With a mere two brands available – none of which is unsweetened – almond milk is still an exotic foods many people have never heard of. My favourite is a [full-fat] brand of hazelnut milk that tastes like liquid Nutella. What’s not to like ;about that ;)?
I love almond milk. I made the switch about 8 months ago and haven’t looked back since. I’ve always hated milk and try to avoid dairy overload… So almond milk is definitely a winner.
I’ve recently become a fan of Trader Joe’s vanilla rice milk. I LOVE it in my morning oatmeal!
That looks so good!
I’m definitely with you on the almond milk. That’s all we drink at home. I’ve never been to a coffee shop that offered it, but I’ve often wished I would. Yay for the one you found:) Also, I know you’ve said before, but what program do you use to create your workout images?
I wish the coffee shop at my work had almond milk! I don’t even keep dairy milk in the house anymore. I prefer unsweetened vanilla, but every now and then I pick up some chocolate 🙂
My current favourite is almond/coconut blend. So delicious, a slightly more ‘milky’ consistency that doesn’t freak my husband out when he uses it to make me a coffee 😛
I have always hated milk. I discovered almond milk a couple years ago and its the only milk i drink now. I love it. Unsweetened of course. A couple of local coffee shops in Birmingham region of Alabama have almond milk and I think its awesome!
PEACHES ARE SO GOOD! :))) Obviously
I’m also an almond milk lover. I was equally thrilled when one of my favorite coffee shops started serving it. I get almond milk chai lattes. Yummy… 🙂