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Brother, there are levels of hot coffee. I might burn my lips a little bit here and there, but I don't want molten lava poured on me.

• Ajedi32 1y ago
  If it's hot enough to burn your lips it's hot enough to burn your skin. Generally coffee is brewed at close to boiling temperature; it doesn't get much hotter than that. If it's freshly brewed, it's necessarily going to be hot enough to cause serious damage if you pour the entire cup somewhere sensitive. I guess it would be nice if they waited for it to cool before serving or something, but I don't think serving freshly brewed coffee ought to be illegal. (And even if you disagree, certainly that's a policy that should be enacted through the legislature, not arbitrarily and ex post facto by the courts.)
  • hansvm 1y ago
    Even from afficionados the best temperature at extraction time isn't near boiling. The best drinking temperature is even lower. Typical temperatures at other chains are in the 140-180F range. McDonald's chooses to use much higher temperatures for ... reasons? Their customers don't want it, and their scalded patients don't want it.
  • const_cast 1y ago
    There are literally, actually, degrees of burns. I don't know what to tell you, we've already established these measurements. I don't know what to tell you. If you disagree take it up with scientists? I guess?