Blue Bottle coffee chain defaults to oat milk

Both in response to customer demand and as part of company-wide sustainability efforts, coffee chain Blue Bottle is running a trial that makes oat its default milk for cappuccinos, lattes and other non-black coffees. 

According to reporting by The New Consumer, Blue Bottle is using oat milk by default at two of its California cafes, and a West Hollywood store posted a sign reading: "May we recommend oat milk? We are now serving oat milk as the default option in your coffee drinks because many of you prefer it and it steams into a beautiful, shiny micro-foam. Plus, oat milk creates fewer greenhouse gas emissions than dairy."

Blue Bottle hasn't confirmed whether it roll out the switch to non-dairy across its other hundred-odd locations in the US, Japan and Korea.