Warm Milk Question

[Simpler1773]

I know that you need to chill goat milk right away to avoid that "goaty" taste, but if you warm it up again (for a latte or hot chocolate) does it bring back that taste?

I'm trying to drink a goat milk latte and it has the taste, I'm just wondering if it's in my head!

Thanks
Ricki

[Idahoe]

I'll take a stab at this . . . there shouldn't be any goatey flavor at all in the milk NORMALLY. Do you mean rancid or "spoiled milk" flavored?

I did not have a deep freeze for a couple weeks after I started milking goats, and unless you have commercial milk coolers putting it in the freezer to cool to 40 F or less is essential in keeping the milk from turning. Before the deep freeze: milk got cool in propane fridge/crappy freezer in about 5 hours , now with freezer set to 0 F, two hours or less if no one flags the door a lot. I use quart canning jars, and stir it a couple of times during the cooling.

I also leave off the lid until I put it in the fridge. I don't know if it's true, but if there is any "off" flavor in milk, leaving the lid off for a couple of hours helps. There are opposing views of this one.

Now my milk lasts with no funny smell or taste for almost a week, though I won't actually drink it or use it raw past five or six days. Time for some cheese making at that point.

[AllWolf]

I do not have that goaty taste in my goats milk. I have heard if you let a buck run with your does it will cause that or sometimes what you are feeding them. But me I do not let a buck run with my does. So I do not have that taste.. Only time I have bad goat milk is if spoiled which hardly happens here..

As soon I get done milking my doe I take the milk straight into the house and strain it and put in refritore.

Sorry can't be no more help than that..

Good Luck.

[Simpler1773]

No, not spoiled ~ Just goaty. Different and a little strong. I can't describe it exactly.

It didn't have this taste when it was cold ~ just after it was warmed up in the microwave.

I don't own a buck so it isn't that.

I do stick it in the freezer promptly after straining but I don't leave the lid off so I'll try that.

I'm really new to all of this, so thanks for the hints
Ricki

[pookshollow]

It's certainly not going to taste or smell like storebought cow's milk when you heat it up. My goat's milk does have a slightly stronger "goat" flavour when I drink it hot, or make cocoa from it. Cold, it doesn't have any of that. I don't find it unpleasant, just took a little getting used to.

Actually, one of my goats has slightly stronger milk than the other - I keep her milk separate for cheese and we drink the "good" stuff.

[NYSaanen]

For my 2 pennies worth, you are not imagining things. Heating the milk can bring out a different smell and flavor.

Someone we know was giving goats milk to their daughters, and they knew no difference....until the day they heated it up for hot chocolate. They knew something was different.

The first time I had goats milk, it tasted "funny" to me . Basically it didn't taste like store bought cows milk. Now I have the same reaction when I am given a glass of cows milk....tastes "funny".

I would also add that on a very rare occasion, I can taste a different taste in the milk if I am having it with a particular food. There have been one or two foods that do this, but I don't recall right off what they are. I will remember the next time it happens! I think one might be sharp cheddar cheese (not homemeade), could be the other is milk chocolate. Possibly just the combination of cows milk products with the goats milk????

[Simpler1773]

Originally Posted by pookshollow

My goat's milk does have a slightly stronger "goat" flavour when I drink it hot, or make cocoa from it. Cold, it doesn't have any of that.

Originally Posted by NYSaanen

For my 2 pennies worth, you are not imagining things. Heating the milk can bring out a different smell and flavor.

Good to know it's not just me, many times these days I think I could go nuts! LOL Thanks for the replies. I think I'll just avoid heating it. Maybe someday I'll get used to the "goat" smell/taste but right now I'm having a hard time of it.

Thanks again
Ricki