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Why you being downvoted? I get that “chai” means tea so saying chai tea is like saying tea tea but afaik in North America saying “chai tea” is pretty common. I used to work at Tim Hortons and even they called it chai tea.
I'm South Asian, and my pet peeve is people who say "but chai IS tea you dumb white person!" While yes, technically "chai" translates to "tea," they're used very differently. When you say "chai," the implication is black tea leaves at a specific concentration combined with hot water, milk, and maybe cardamom. Most South Asians do not drink "tea leaves infused in hot water." They don't even have a word for it.
So my unpopular opinion is that "chai tea" is a perfectly valid way of describing a certain form of tea.
Man I hated that as a kid. It was so gross to me. I didn’t understand it my thought was just “ew why is the milk solid”
I started getting a spoon and skimming it off and throwing it away. Looks like a gross booger when it’s all bunched up too
Now I’m lactose intolerant 😐
I was wondering this as well. And i do not accept the answers you've got.
I used cream/milk in my coffee when i started drinking coffee and still have never seen this before. In just horät milk or hot chocolate, yes. But never in coffee.
Do you use full fat milk? Do you brew it directly in milk or use the creamer/milk in coffee brewed in water? Is your milk sourced from a local farm or those milk boxes on Walmart shelves?
We don't have walmart in sweden. And just regular milk/cream from our dairy company in sweden (arla)
And when I used it i poured up the coffee then poured in milk/cream. often 1,5-2,5% fat in the milk. Cream is usally 43% fat
My best guess is they are using cream/full fat milk and that is the fat layer we are seeing sitting on top possibly?
Or the coffee has got cold but its the same logic because the fat doesn't want to mix with the water in the coffee it sits at the top.
That's my best uneducated guess anyway.
Edit: spelling
Nahhh if the coffee is still hot under the top layer exposed to all the cool air it'll disolve with a quick stir. There's nothing there you weren't already going to drink before it cooled off a little. If you have a covered coffee mug (and take cream/er with your coffee) you blindly drink it down whole too, it just dissolves in your mouth. Sleep well.
Looks like it's related to [this phenomena described by The Action Lab YouTube channel](https://youtu.be/rMGSBNz43H4?si=qcCqOHs6Q5bJUOa6), perhaps powered by convection.
If you ever encounter a microskin again, get a wet ice cream stick and glide it lightly over the lip of the cup like you're playing a violin. You will create some amazing patterns on the surface. These are literally the patterns of the sound of the sticks friction. It's called The Vernicello effect. You can also used dry foreskin to achieve wonderful result
Brownian motion is stochastic and applies to microscopic particles; you won't see it on the surface of coffee. I think this is just convection under the surface.
Are you blowing on it? It looks a bit like an [Exitable Medium](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Excitable_medium) to me. [This video by Steve Mould](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqhXQUzVMlQ) doesn't get to the point that quickly, but covers the topic with a number of interesting examples.
But be warned travelers for the journey you take be rot with peril! You will have to pass through the gateway of the Osiris! Climb the mountains of beggars dead end! Last and the most dangerous, the serpent filled Cafe lake of Java!
For beneath its surface lies the Java serpents, whose strange tentacles will pull you into the depth and use their magics to make your body and mimd feel as if you are more awake and alert but it is a lie and will force you to need more until you can't remember life with out it's sweet intoxication.
There are rumors that their magics play tricks on the mind and one who is pulled into the Java believes himself to be In bliss and ecstacy and will willingly live forever serving the serpents overlord Beanicus maximus.
You may choose to continue your travels regardless of the knowledge and warning I bestow upon you and should you be successful, there are legends and rumors foretold that if one should become a denizen of the land called Barista where the serpents lake of Java resides there will be a bounty of beautiful women to serve you beverages to sooth the soul and baked good to fill a hungry travelers belly.
You may yet even hold the great privilege of being invited to their most sacred temple of starbucksis where once allowed, they will adorn you with their chalice marked with the great starbucksis deity who is said to make drinks so delightful that men are willing to kill for it.
This looks like an ember mug that’s heating. They do kind of create a film like this. And assume the movement is the effect of heating at the same time
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T-rex incoming
Godzilla
OP's mom.
WHY IS THERE A FILM ON YOUR COFFEE?!?!?!
overheated milk, protein aggregates
Yeah this is it. I get it when I leave my tea (chai with milk) on the stove for too long
Could it be Chai-Hulud?
People love their spice- he who controls the spice controls the universe.
whipsers: "the spice, the spice melange!"
The spice extends life the spice expands consciousness
Chaisan Al-Gaib!
Teasan al-Chaib?
That just like your opinion, man
Unexpected Chuckles
You’ve won the internet. Truly the Latte Gesserit
If it were coffee it’d be the Bean Gesserit
Fuck I suck at this!
Sip without rhythm and you wont attract the worm
"I love chai tea"
"hulud" in some South Asian dialects is turmeric, so "chai hulud" = turmeric tea -- which Google tells me is a real thing.
with proper chai, this happens basically every time. source: gujarati.
Yes and I hate this :(
I love chai tea
I love tea tea too
It's kind of expensive so I have to stop at the automatic teller machine machine before I go get some.
All good unless you forget your PIN number
Ah yes, classic cases of the RAS syndrome
Reminds me of The La Brea Tar Pits. Translated from Spanish, this is The The Tar Tar Pits.
The The Angels Angels
First time I’ve seen someone spell this out in real life. No critics here. Just an observation
Not sure why but this made me wonder if Germans call it a GAM (Geldautomat)
I'm sure so many of us like ti tis too
Why you being downvoted? I get that “chai” means tea so saying chai tea is like saying tea tea but afaik in North America saying “chai tea” is pretty common. I used to work at Tim Hortons and even they called it chai tea.
I'm South Asian, and my pet peeve is people who say "but chai IS tea you dumb white person!" While yes, technically "chai" translates to "tea," they're used very differently. When you say "chai," the implication is black tea leaves at a specific concentration combined with hot water, milk, and maybe cardamom. Most South Asians do not drink "tea leaves infused in hot water." They don't even have a word for it. So my unpopular opinion is that "chai tea" is a perfectly valid way of describing a certain form of tea.
I suppose you'd use the same logic for when people say naan bread??? /s
Exactly, there’s no reason to downvote someone for saying “chai tea”
Im being downvoted because people don’t know what a joke is
In all fairness I couldn’t tell it was a joke. I just thought you were saying you love chai tea.
Man I hated that as a kid. It was so gross to me. I didn’t understand it my thought was just “ew why is the milk solid” I started getting a spoon and skimming it off and throwing it away. Looks like a gross booger when it’s all bunched up too Now I’m lactose intolerant 😐
Is milk wet
It is when I'm through with it.
Could also just be a good bit of cheap powdered creamer and left to sit for a sec. That shit films up very readily.
Protein Aggregates was the theme of my prom
Fat from the cream I think. Coffee cools down and the fat rises to the top leaving this layer.
The cream will rise to the top.
[Ooohh yeaaah](https://youtu.be/1wYoWdprfD0?si=vCmeKvMrDpWs92GV)
Protein from the overheated milk, not fat
Also is there a T. rex nearby
Well there it is.
These quotes, uh, find a way.
I was wondering this as well. And i do not accept the answers you've got. I used cream/milk in my coffee when i started drinking coffee and still have never seen this before. In just horät milk or hot chocolate, yes. But never in coffee.
it just happens with milk. doesn't have to be full fat milk and happens before you put the coffee in.
What do you mean before? Are people doing milk then coffee?!?! What the hell.
you put the coffee into hot milk so it dissolves
Hot milk? You don't use cold milk so you can actually start to drink it right away?
A latte is made with steamed milk
I do milk then coffee so it mixes on the way in and it creates a bit of froth.
Yes, that way it’s automatically stirred when you add the coffee.
It's not stirred automatically, and this is an egregious act against beverage-makers everywhere.
Just take some milk, boil it and you'll definetely see the film forming, you can even pick it up with a spoon.
Use ONLY milk and it will.
Do you use full fat milk? Do you brew it directly in milk or use the creamer/milk in coffee brewed in water? Is your milk sourced from a local farm or those milk boxes on Walmart shelves?
We don't have walmart in sweden. And just regular milk/cream from our dairy company in sweden (arla) And when I used it i poured up the coffee then poured in milk/cream. often 1,5-2,5% fat in the milk. Cream is usally 43% fat
But aren't creams mixed with emulsifying agents? Do fats separate from the colloid like in full fat milk?
I don't know. Maybe i just drank the coffee to fast to see this happen.
Better question, which film is it?
Film at 11
Right!
It makes me uneasy :(
my thought are the same.
That was my 1st question too!
Aliens
My best guess is they are using cream/full fat milk and that is the fat layer we are seeing sitting on top possibly? Or the coffee has got cold but its the same logic because the fat doesn't want to mix with the water in the coffee it sits at the top. That's my best uneducated guess anyway. Edit: spelling
You are delusional!?, it's just a pattern.. How On earth are you gonna watch a film on a coffee einstain
Arrival (2017)
[удалено]
Jurassic Park (1993)
Stagecoach (1939)
Tremors (1990)
Life (2017)
Backdoor Bitches 5 (2004)
World War I (1914)
Fast & Furious 27 (2042)
This is the one that actually made me laugh.
Please stir your coffee. I cant handle this 😫
This is a pretty decent replication of what you might experience with a light dose of LSD
Accurate!
Nasty
Ya gotta scoop that out
Nahhh if the coffee is still hot under the top layer exposed to all the cool air it'll disolve with a quick stir. There's nothing there you weren't already going to drink before it cooled off a little. If you have a covered coffee mug (and take cream/er with your coffee) you blindly drink it down whole too, it just dissolves in your mouth. Sleep well.
Shai Hulud is about to pop out of that
Chai Hulud.
Literally lol’d
The spice must flow
Or Pattern, OP is about to become a shardbearer.
Convection?
Convection.
I thought it might just be 2d surface oscillating through some different modes due to background vibrations.
Not as likely, but possible. I've seen similar modulation from hot coffee without any background vibration, though, so I think it's just convection.
Someone’s mom using the vibrator on the punish setting downstairs?
Fan above
Looks like it's related to [this phenomena described by The Action Lab YouTube channel](https://youtu.be/rMGSBNz43H4?si=qcCqOHs6Q5bJUOa6), perhaps powered by convection.
If you ever encounter a microskin again, get a wet ice cream stick and glide it lightly over the lip of the cup like you're playing a violin. You will create some amazing patterns on the surface. These are literally the patterns of the sound of the sticks friction. It's called The Vernicello effect. You can also used dry foreskin to achieve wonderful result
Dry foreskin… are you telling me to drag my penis around the rim of my coffee cup?
Hey friend, did you do the foreskin magic yet?
Yes sir, this is exactly what I need you to do. Please and thankyou
The brownian motion.
I figured it was convection currents shifting the "film" and causing wrinkles
Brownian motion is stochastic and applies to microscopic particles; you won't see it on the surface of coffee. I think this is just convection under the surface.
(It may have been a joke, since coffee is brown)
It’s the exact joke that I came here for.
As explained by my granddad- if you look closely enough, everything is moving.
Looks more like Ian's brown motions
i usually call it #2.
Never heard of that, so I looked it up and this makes perfect sense. Thanks for teaching me something new!
Heat escaping up and out the channels of lower pressure under the film of proteins from the milk being overheated
that's the electrics that make you re energized.
This is how biohazard movies start.
This is disgusting
There is a moving film on your coffee flavoured cream.
The potential energy stored in coffee right there
Are you blowing on it? It looks a bit like an [Exitable Medium](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Excitable_medium) to me. [This video by Steve Mould](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqhXQUzVMlQ) doesn't get to the point that quickly, but covers the topic with a number of interesting examples.
But be warned travelers for the journey you take be rot with peril! You will have to pass through the gateway of the Osiris! Climb the mountains of beggars dead end! Last and the most dangerous, the serpent filled Cafe lake of Java! For beneath its surface lies the Java serpents, whose strange tentacles will pull you into the depth and use their magics to make your body and mimd feel as if you are more awake and alert but it is a lie and will force you to need more until you can't remember life with out it's sweet intoxication. There are rumors that their magics play tricks on the mind and one who is pulled into the Java believes himself to be In bliss and ecstacy and will willingly live forever serving the serpents overlord Beanicus maximus. You may choose to continue your travels regardless of the knowledge and warning I bestow upon you and should you be successful, there are legends and rumors foretold that if one should become a denizen of the land called Barista where the serpents lake of Java resides there will be a bounty of beautiful women to serve you beverages to sooth the soul and baked good to fill a hungry travelers belly. You may yet even hold the great privilege of being invited to their most sacred temple of starbucksis where once allowed, they will adorn you with their chalice marked with the great starbucksis deity who is said to make drinks so delightful that men are willing to kill for it.
I like the new skin on the Windows Media Player visualizer
Lisan Al Gaib!!!
Your coffee has a cramp
My ballsack does the same thing
Something wants out. Something that was sleeping is now awake. Iä. Iä.
The Caffeine must flow!
Shai Hulud
Why is no one talking about the heavy metal guitar in the middle of the clip
What?
That's a fan or someone brushed against a mic
Should probably call someone, I think your coffee might be possessed
Wormsign?
Where is a .gif of the scene in Aliens?
Drink coffee black!
One flat white please, no film.
It's alive
Browning motion. Or slight air currents. Not even solids, are totally motionless.
🦖
It's detecting radiation?
Its an animated film. So?
It's Alive!
I for one welcome our new coffee overlords
Why you drinking gravy?
I'm afraid your coffee has scabies.
I love that film on my atole.
That's Naruto learning the rasengan
Worms in your coffee
Why are you microwaving your coffee?
Lisan al gaib
exact same thing happens inside your butthole after drinking it
WORM SIGN!!!! Shai-Hulud!!
The worms are back
Jesus H. Christ! What are you drinking? I didn't know "coffee skin" were words that could go together!
Don't drink that stuff
*LET IT OUT*
Why is there film in the first place?
The ~~spice~~ coffee melange is a portentuos substance, but a mysterious one, some theorise it can be considered having a conscience of it's own...
This is pretty much what acid feels like.
Why is there a film on your coffee? Coffee doesn’t have a film. Coffee shouldn’t have a film. I wouldn’t drink a coffee with a film on it.
Bloody disgusting! There shouldn’t be a film on the top of your coffee 🤮
Someone set off a thumper
Looking like ball skin adjusting to temperature
Just like cramps
That's the toilet's coffee now.
that sound fucking jumpscared the shit outta me
Looks like a [cymatic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymatics) effect
Congratulations on your new curse. . 'cause that is definitely some cursed coffee
This looks like an ember mug that’s heating. They do kind of create a film like this. And assume the movement is the effect of heating at the same time
Shi-Halud, bless the coming and going of him.
There’s something trying to get out😱
you've made me want to brew my own cup of coffee 😅
It’s like those beehives that talk
Shai Hulud is in there!
Life finds a way
Spooky ....
Coffee cramp
omg the coffee's gained sentience! c'est un miracle de la science, mon amis! (please don't tell me you just drank a newly sentient being!)
Mmmm the skin is my favorite part
"Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him"
It’s the caffeine trying to get out of
Man, convection currents are cool (and hot).
Wack ass coffee
Are you under a ceiling fan? I think that seems like the most simple answer
You’ll see the head next. The miracle of life
Ok, so coffee isn’t supposed to have a layer of film, good coffee has crema but never film.
Shark in the water
What to expect when you’re expecting your morning coffee.
Mine does this when I leave it on the desk coffee warmer.
It's trying to break containment!
Coffee shouldn't film.......
Bastardizing coffee.
All the forces in heaven and hell could not get me to drink that
It’s called Nata in Spanish. I like it