Chill Your Milk!

It is very important that once you have filtered your farm fresh milk into clean jars, that you chill the milk immediately.  We have found that old yogurt containers and cottage cheese containers to be very helpful with this.  We take our quart size yogurt containers and fill them with water.  Not all the way, but for the most part, fairly full.  Then we will put the lid on the container.  If the lid does not have holes, we will use a knife to 'pop' holes in the top.  Now put that in the freezer. 

Twenty-four hours later, you will have a very large ice cube!  We will fill our kitchen sink with water and then put the ice cubes in the sink.  Normally we put two or three large cubes from the containers in the sink.  Then we will filter the milk.  By the time we are done filtering, that water is literally ice cold!  Put your jars filled with milk in the sink and in about fifteen minutes or so, your milk has chilled quickly to a nice cold temperature. 

Now all you have to do is dry off your jars and put them in the refrigerator.  Make sure your refrigerator is set for around 39 to 40 degrees or your milk will spoil quickly.  Many people don't realize how temperature really does effect the quality and longevity of milk:  but it does!  

I hope this is helpful information and that your milk will last a long time and taste great!