Back in 2019 , a delicious drink cult using two quotidian ingredients everybody already had in their cupboards go worldwide . masses started taking milk and tote up it to Coca - Cola .

The concept has actually been around for quite a long time , not just amongst beverage perverts . Milk River and Pepsi was famously inebriated by Laverne onLaverne and Shirley , South Africans call the mix " brown moo-cow " ( mmm , appetising name , South Africa ! ) ,   in India it ’s known as " Doodh soda " , andin Birmingham , UK , where it ’s   basically now the   official city drink , it ’s simply called " milk coke " .

But the commixture has only recently surface in the mainstream after it break viral last year , result in a lot of befuddled and disgusted news anchors being forced to seek it be on strain .

Apparently , until then , everybody   has only been toast it home alone in ignominy , whilst try not to think about diabetes .

Though it sounds like an execration , it ’s actually pretty tasty if you get the ratio just right ( two - thirds coke to one - third UHT Milk River , according to a recipe passed down through the generations   ofBrummiesto myself ) .

However , if you get them incorrect   – or leave the drink to settle for too long   – it can all get pretty disgusting , as this viral experiment has usher . Brummies , you might desire to put down your beverage before you watch , it is not pretty .

So , why does adding Milk River to Coke turn the liquid state decipherable ?

As you credibly roll in the hay , Coke is slenderly acidic , containing   phosphorous acid . When acids come into contact with milk , the milk curdles . So when the Coke gets mixed with milk , the phosphoric back breaker begin to curdle the milk into small clumps , which sink to the bottom as the   phosphate molecules bond to the calcium molecules in the milk , The Higher Learningreports , as is outline in this delicious equating :

3Ca + 2H3PO4 — >   Ca3(PO4)2 + 3H2

Whatever ’s left of the milk blow floats to the top , being lighter than the   tricalcium phosphate which has sink to the bottom , take most of the gloss with it .   If you make your Milk River coke in a bottle , beware that the H   left over from the phosphorous acid molecule is released as flatulency ( H2 ) , floating to the top of your bottle .

So stay safe , milk snow fans wherever you may be . Make certain you drink it before it has the chance to curdle , or be prepared to chew .