What happens when you Mix Coke and Milk! | Earth Science

What happens if you mix coke and milk? Howard Timberlake tastes it to find out.


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[DoctorKandosii]

"Not too bad" he says, after wretching up a mouthful :D

[drewpac]

Coke and Ice cream is heaven in a cup!!  Yeah it looks horrid, but boy does it taste great!

[Erteywie]

If you drink it before it settles, it's actually really good.. Tastes like a Coke with vanilla ice cream

[LisaCupcake]

I guess these people never watched Laverne & Shirley. Laverne always mixed milk with Pepsi.

[oliviakristina]

Here in Indonesia we have a drink where we mix milk and coca cola. Well it can be any kind of soda, really.

[joshua]

Coke and milk is great! if you just put them in before it settles it taste great.

[dannyhariansyah]

believe it or not, its quite common in Indonesia
but they use condensed milk though, and its edible

You are doing it wrong, you need to shake it before you drink, and it shall be served with a slice of lemon and some ice cubes.

[etmax]

We used to put a scoop of vanilla icecream in a glass of cola (well any flavour of lemonade really) which has to be nearly the same thing and it was called a spider. Yum!

[therealEmpyre]

This reminds me of the TV show "Laverne and Shirley."  Laverne loved milk and Pepsi.

[chasriner]

The accompanying music is too loud and I found it distracting.  Otherwise, it was an interesting video.

[Ducksauce]

Isn't the bottle shape part of the brand? You can even see the Coc-a in the plastic.

[rickseiden]

And Penny Marshall used to drink that all the time!

[Steaphany]

You get the same Crap when you make an Ice Cream Float - adding Ice Cream to Soda - YUK !!!

[LFPGaming]

I drink coke mixed with milk often, almost daily. It's really good, and I know lots of people who drink it like that. Drinking coke straight-up eats the enamel off your teeth, but mixing it with milk makes it no longer do that. Milk+coke ftw

[wbwsn]

So explain the popularity of a root beer float (essentially ice cream in cola).

[brokenbeforetime]

Pour the milk first (pour soda into milk, not milk into soda) It wont curdle and Its delicious. Milk n' Soda...  not soda and milk.

[John-...]

If it didn't taste too bad as he said then why did he spit it out?

[AntMixFilms]

Ah! No wonder Coke Float are disgusting

[adamiraqijy]

If it wasn't "too bad" why did you spit it out?