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Mr. Tom Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Layer on milk or tea

Hi

I hope it is not a cultural problem -- but when we heat milk or make tea, there forms a strange layer on its top after a few minutes. It's OK in case of milk, but makes the situation very awkward if one is trying to take a sip of one's tea and that layer leaps out of the cup and lands on one's mouth.

Is there any name of that offensive layer in English?





Thanks,

Tom
  

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It's called skin .

— Rover_KE

  • It's called skin .
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Thanks, Rover.

So it means that this skin embarrassment is not limited to our culture only?

Tom
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In the UK (and I think in most of the English-speaking world) we don't put hot milk in tea.

If a skin forms on hot milk or coffee containing hot milk, we take the precaution of removing it with a spoon.

Note that the skin doesn't 'leap out' of the drink.
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Rover_KE.Note that the skin doesn't 'leap out' of the drink.
I see -- but doesn't it happen sometimes that when a person takes a powerful sip of his tea, the skin comes out with a force and lands all over his mouth?

Thanks again,

Tom
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Mr. TomIs there any name of that offensive layer in English?
The word "offensive" is a strange and unnatural one in this context. It would be better to say that it is unwanted or unpleasant.
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Mr. Tom when a person takes a powerful sip of his tea,..
A sip is a tentative, cautious taste of a liquid - especially one that you suspect might be very hot or unpleasant.

It can't be described as powerful.

If you're thirsty you might take gulp of your tea, in which case any skin will unpleasantly stick to your lips. In
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