milk separating from tea

peat

The milk has just recently started to separate from the tea in my flask (thermos-stainless) I mean severely separate - big globules of solidified goo. Anyone know why this should suddenly be the case, only just started happeneing, I've been using flasks daily for years. Sorry if this is the wrong board!

odds-n-sods

your milk could be off. only thing I can think of.

peat

definately not off

misskool

It's about to go off.

The proteins in the milk react to the heat and become the solidified goo. It happens more if you have frozen and defrosted your milk.

It's in this book.

Quasar

Milk that is going off starts to separate just BEFORE its taste goes off, if you see what I mean. It is still ok to drink (although I wouldn't risk it with small children), but it's definitely no longer suitable for hot drinks such as coffee or tea.

lovelyjubbly

I seem to remember my husbands flask doing this a few years ago, we always cleaned the flask with steralising tablets, the ones people use for false teeth,
i am sure someone said that the seal had gone on the vaccum bit and when we took the flask apart, inside was yeuk!

failing that, I would get a new flask.

ampersand

Eh oui, as others have said, the milk's on its way off.
It won't hurt to put 2 tbsps baking soda(sodium bicarbonate)into your flask and top it up with boiling water. Let it go cold and do a good bottle-brush jiggle. It's a good idea to do this every so often anyway.
Apart from this, I leave any drink black until it's poured - much better taste.
It's no big deal to have either:
milk powder,whitener, cafe/ferry/canteen/airport/fastfood milk portions, milk/cream in a small screwtop container SOMEWHERE with you.
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Milk at the stage you describe is exactly right for scones and quickbreads.

overlykeensaver

this has sometimes happened to me and it is a sure sign that you milk is almost off - ie your tea will be ok to drink but you probably need to get a new bottle of milk for tomorrow

trying-very-trying

Why don't you just take the milk in a little bottle and add it to the tea once poured out? I have always done this. I have never put milk into the drink in the flask.