The internet can be thanked for bringing a lot of controversial food pairings to light, and this latest beverage may be one of the most polarizing yet. When comedy writer James Felton tweeted about his fondness for ‘Milk Coke,’ he had no idea the internet would react so fiercely.
James claimed that the odd beverage combination (made by mixing coke and milk together) is quite popular in Birmingham, England area. Most people stateside had never heard of the beverage. Understandably, they were perplexed. Some people likened it to a root beer float, while others argue that the two are very different things.
Gizmodo took a look at the beverage combination from a strictly scientific standpoint back in 2015. They explained, “The Coke loses its phosphoric acid, which teams up with calcium atoms from the milk to make tricalcium phosphate and hydrogen. The tricalcium phosphate precipitates out of the liquid and settles on the bottom. And nearly all of the coke’s color goes with it.”
That explains the milkshake-like look of the beverage, but how about the taste? Twitter is seriously conflicted.