Mylky: I Tried Making Plant-Based Milk at Home
From a childhood intolerance to my first homemade oat milk
text Petra Barkhof
Some objects catch your attention instantly, even before you know whether you really need them.
That’s what happened to me with Mylky. I came across it on Instagram almost by accident and immediately stopped scrolling. A machine that lets you make fresh plant-based milk at home using simple ingredients like oats, almonds, cashews or coconut.
Maybe it caught my attention so strongly because milk has never really been a neutral thing for me.
I’ve been intolerant to milk since I was a child. But back then, people didn’t talk about intolerances the way they do today. There were no supermarket alternatives, no ingredient labels to study carefully, no real awareness around it. I just knew I often had stomach aches and that I disliked the taste of milk. That was it.
As I got older, I started understanding my body better. I stopped drinking cow’s milk and, like many people, began trying different plant-based alternatives. Some were delicious, others less so. Some were far too sweet, while others came with endless ingredient lists.
So when I discovered Mylky, my first thought was: wait… can I really make it myself at home, using exactly what I choose?
Mylky arrived yesterday. Now I want to properly test it in my own kitchen, with my own habits, and with that slightly childlike curiosity I always get when I discover something new.
And almost immediately, I also started thinking about children.
Because if choosing what we eat and drink matters for adults, it probably matters even more for kids. Getting them used to simple flavours, recognisable ingredients and homemade breakfasts can become a small but meaningful gesture. Not to be perfect, not to turn the kitchen into some kind of wellness laboratory, but simply to make the idea feel more natural that what we drink can come from just a few real ingredients.
I love the idea of being able to choose: a softer almond milk, a smoother oat milk, a creamier cashew milk. I also like the thought of experimenting with different recipes and discovering which ones actually work in everyday life, not only in beautiful Instagram photos.
But one thing I can already say: this morning, on my balcony in Lanzarote, I poured my homemade oat milk into my coffee instead of my usual carton one. And it was exceptional.
So if you’re already curious and would like to try it too, I’ll leave my discount code/link here and enter the code PETRA10 at checkout for a discount.
Meanwhile, I’ll keep testing it — and soon I’ll share more about it in a reel as well.
If you like beautiful and useful objects for children’s everyday life, you can also read our article about 24Bottles Kids.