Peanut Milk

Peanut drinks have been enjoyed for generations across China and West Africa, but dairy-free peanut milk as we know it is a thoroughly modern treat. New York's Elmhurst, a former dairy that reinvented itself as a plant milk pioneer in 2017, launched its milked peanuts the following year, simply blending roasted peanuts with water and skipping the gums and stabilisers. It tastes like a lighter, silkier cousin of peanut butter: gently roasted, naturally creamy, quietly sweet. It's glorious in smoothies and shakes, does wonderful things to hot chocolate, enriches porridge and baked goods, and makes a very grown-up iced latte. Few producers make it anywhere in the world — which, frankly, only adds to the pleasure of finding one.

Emerging — few commercial brands yet