Hot milk variations

[Gary WoodingParticipant @garywooding25363]

Each breakfast we have coffee made from a pint of semi-skimmed milk and about 2/3 cup of water. The mixture is then heated in a microwave for 6 minutes before ground coffee is added and stirred in.

The query concerns the milk/water when it comes out of the microwave. Sometimes it has an obvious skin on top, sometimes it has quite thick foam with a light skin, and sometimes just foam. Why the differences? All the milk is delivered by the same milkman who owns the business. There are 3 deliveries per week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays) and the differences do not appear to be related to the delivery days.

Any ideas?

[MichaelRParticipant @michaelr]

Sorry Gary, Milk has no place in good coffee leave the milk out and enjoy coffee at it’s best

Just my opinion and preference.

MichaelR

 

 

[Gary WoodingParticipant @garywooding25363]

I tend to agree, but my wife loves it for breakfast ‘cos it reminds her of her childhood, so that’s what we do. Who am I to tarnish memories?

[Robert Atkinson 2Participant @robertatkinson2]

Cows do not produce milk to an exact specification 🙂

Also there may be variations in the distribution of the microwaves inside the oven chamber. That may cause localised overheating. The starting temperature of the milk and water mix may also affect the result.

Robert.

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