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Why? All this debate on how hot you like to drink your coffee etc. is completely irrelevant. You don't chug your coffee on your way from the counter. You proba
by tjoff 3y ago
Why? All this debate on how hot you like to drink your coffee etc. is completely irrelevant.
You don't chug your coffee on your way from the counter. You probably have some other items that you consume before you even start sipping on the coffee.
If someone serves me coffee at the perfect consumption temperature I'm going to be annoyed that it is way too cold and it is for sure going to be disgustingly cold at the time I actually consume it.
The correct temperature is supposed to be way too warm for consumption. Then you can sip at it while it is still too warm to drink comfortably while you "wait" until it is at your preferred consumption temperature (which varies wildly due to personal preference).
- emodendroket 3y ago> You don't chug your coffee on your way from the counter. You probably have some other items that you consume before you even start sipping on the coffee. The same article says McDonald's own research showed the opposite.
- tjoff 3y agoWhat article? Seems quite unlikely given that it apparently is too hot to do the opposite anyway.
- emodendroket 3y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Rest... > McDonald's claimed that the reason for serving such hot coffee in its drive-through windows was that those who purchased the coffee typically were commuters who wanted to drive a distance with the coffee; the high initial temperature would keep the coffee hot during the trip.[12] However, it came to light that McDonald's had carried out research finding that customers intend to consume the coffee immediately while driving.[22]
- tjoff 3y agoThe [22] source doesn't say anything about that research. But a commuter is a very specific customer and hardly represents all customers. Further, I'm guessing but doubt that commuters wouldn't go to mcd just for coffee, whatever breakfast(?) maybe didn't last long enough for it to cool down. Sure, but that all depends. And apparently, commuters didn't mind enough to find something else. Part from safety issues I haven't really seen any convincing argument against "too hot" coffee.
- emodendroket 3y agoIsn’t a commuter the typical customer buying coffee at a drive-through?
- tjoff 3y agoI would even go as far as to say that among commuters buying coffee mostly consist of commuters buying coffee. Maybe they have other customers too? And come to think of it, you won't buy a coffee (at a drive-through!) when you are one minute away from your destination. You most certainly have time to let it cool down and enjoy it at your preferred temperature. Even if you intend to consume it as soon as possible.
- throw0101c 3y ago> You don't chug your coffee on your way from the counter. You probably have some other items that you consume before you even start sipping on the coffee. See Table 5, which includes "After dilution or cooling".