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Buckwheat Milk

Despite the name, buckwheat is no wheat at all but a cousin of rhubarb and sorrel, domesticated in southwest China perhaps six thousand years ago. Its triangular seeds travelled the world to become Japan's soba noodles, Russia's kasha and Brittany's lacy galettes. The milk aisle has finally caught up: BAM launched America's first buckwheat milk in 2023 and later turned up on Shark Tank, Vancouver's BUCK pioneered the idea in Canada, and Germany's Natumi makes an organic buckwheat drink for European shelves. Naturally gluten-free and rich in minerals, buckwheat milk is creamy with an earthy, toasty flavour — closer to hazelnut than to oat. It's excellent in coffee, porridge and baking, and it gives pancakes a very knowing wink.

Buckwheat Milk — the plant it comes from, growing

First, the plant.

Origin

Southwest China, c. 4000 BCE; beloved from Japan to Brittany

Tastes like

Creamy and earthy, with toasty nutty notes close to hazelnut

Best for

Coffee, porridge, baking and gluten-free everyday drinking

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Brands making Buckwheat Milk

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BAM Visit →BUCK (Saint Michael Foods) Visit →

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Sources & citations

  1. Buckwheat, in Alternative Field Crops Manual — Purdue University NewCROP / University of Wisconsin Extension, 1988
  2. Cornell-Supported Buckwheat Milk Makes 'Shark Tank' Debut — Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2025
  3. Natumi - Organic Plant Drinks — Natumi (Germany), n.d.
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