# Textured milk, or am I crazy?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textured-milk-or-am-i-crazy/298520>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 9, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textured-milk-or-am-i-crazy/298520 "2005-04-09T04:01:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![LivingInThePast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@LivingInThePast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingInThePast)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textured-milk-or-am-i-crazy/298520/1 "2005-04-09T04:01:57Z")

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Here’s the situation: In a serve-yourself setting, I poured some milk from a carafe into some coffee. It made those familiar curdled-milk doilies. I smelled the milk. It smelled fine. I poured a little into a cup and tasted it. It tasted fine, except for the odd texture (i.e., curdled). I asked a passing wait-person, who expressed bewilderment and kept moving.

Is it possible for milk to be curdled but not sour? If so, what causes that condition?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textured-milk-or-am-i-crazy/298520/2 "2005-04-09T04:05:33Z")

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Lemon juice can curdle milk. Is it possible there was a little lemon in your coffee?

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**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textured-milk-or-am-i-crazy/298520/3 "2005-04-09T04:10:13Z")

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Milk can also curdle under high heat.