Here is a flowchart about the steps of making cheese, which may have 6 stages, including acidification, coagulation, separate curds and whey, ripening, shaping, and salting. In the first stage, a starter culture is added to milk that will change lactose (milk sugar) into lactic acid. This changes the acidity level of the milk and begins the process of turning milk from a liquid into a solid. Learn more details from this flowchart, or try to make yours with ease.