cream line
Fat layer edge
The cream line is the visible boundary in non-homogenized milk where cream rises and separates from the denser liquid below.
Before homogenization became standard, this line was a mark of freshness and fat content: The cream line on that bottle reaches almost to the top.
The term survives mainly among raw milk enthusiasts and in nostalgic references to old-fashioned dairy.
- creamerCoffee-lightening additive
- fatAdipose tissue
- milkMammalian nursing fluid
- riseMove to higher position
- thickHaving great depth
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