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Coffee snob here. Optimal brewing occurs at 195-205 degrees F, and is consumed soon after. Good coffee is served HOT, and people in general know this - yet cont

Coffee snob here. Optimal brewing occurs at 195-205 degrees F, and is consumed soon after. Good coffee is served HOT, and people in general know this - yet continue to demand it at the drive-thru, and continue to do stupid things with it. Heck, the very existence of the drive-thru is a much bigger problem: dwarfing the 700 complaints of coffee burns, eating while driving reportedly contributes to some 80% of all automotive accidents, more dangerous than the much-maligned texting while driving - yet there is no call to eliminate drive-thrus for obvious on-the-run consumption. Yes, people get severe burns by placing properly brewed coffee between their legs while driving. This is well-known, and there is little to stop it short of people not doing stupid things.

projct 13y ago
"eating while driving reportedly contributes to some 80% of all automotive accidents, more dangerous than the much-maligned texting while driving" Source?
- ctdonath 13y ago
  Google is your friend. (I looked for the authoritative documentation you'd demand, but came a point I've got other things to do than preemptively do research for the skeptical. Suffice to say it's widely referenced, if a bit hard to pin down.) ETA: I'd prefer research to snide retorts. I researched it to my satisfaction, you research it to yours; comparing the results would be much more enlightening than a put-down.
  - projct 13y ago
    Lots of things that are widely referenced aren't actually backed by truth.
ceejayoz 13y ago
> Good coffee is served HOT It's McDonalds coffee, not cat poop coffee served by servants in tuxedos. I suspect purchasers of drive-through coffee would accept sub-par coffee at a temperature that doesn't cause severe burns.
- ctdonath 13y ago
  Actually McDonald's has about the best fast-serve coffee available; this fact translates into very large profits from happy customers. That quality suffers fast if brewed under 195F and served under 180F; why opt for sub-par when being nigh unto ideal is easy? Some things that make life better are harmful if you do stupid things with them...don't put hot coffee between your legs.

projct 13y ago

"eating while driving reportedly contributes to some 80% of all automotive accidents, more dangerous than the much-maligned texting while driving" Source?

ctdonath 13y ago
Google is your friend. (I looked for the authoritative documentation you'd demand, but came a point I've got other things to do than preemptively do research for the skeptical. Suffice to say it's widely referenced, if a bit hard to pin down.) ETA: I'd prefer research to snide retorts. I researched it to my satisfaction, you research it to yours; comparing the results would be much more enlightening than a put-down.
- projct 13y ago
  Lots of things that are widely referenced aren't actually backed by truth.

ceejayoz 13y ago

> Good coffee is served HOT It's McDonalds coffee, not cat poop coffee served by servants in tuxedos. I suspect purchasers of drive-through coffee would accept sub-par coffee at a temperature that doesn't cause severe burns.

ctdonath 13y ago
Actually McDonald's has about the best fast-serve coffee available; this fact translates into very large profits from happy customers. That quality suffers fast if brewed under 195F and served under 180F; why opt for sub-par when being nigh unto ideal is easy? Some things that make life better are harmful if you do stupid things with them...don't put hot coffee between your legs.