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Chemistry / What made my milk turn to rubber in my coffee?
« on: 30/01/2015 12:55:43 »
One of my co-workers was making coffee - when she poured the milk in, stirred, and felt something solid in the cup. When she fished it out, a large lump of brown, rubbery solid was on the teaspoon. It was malleable, easily breakable, and must have formed in a couple of seconds. The milk was fine to drink and make coffee with just a few hours ago, although the thermos flask hadn't been in the fridge because it was being defrosted (the fridge, not the flask). The coffee was far more watery than usual, which suggests the milk was "used up" in the reaction. What could have caused this?
I wasn't sure whether to post this in chemistry or biology, but I couldn't see one in biology that was particularly related to beverage science, and this does seem to be some sort of chemical reaction - if it's misplaced, apologies. [:
I wasn't sure whether to post this in chemistry or biology, but I couldn't see one in biology that was particularly related to beverage science, and this does seem to be some sort of chemical reaction - if it's misplaced, apologies. [: