# Always Boiling COLD Water for Coffee, Tea, etc.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-boiling-cold-water-for-coffee-tea-etc/407443>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 10, 2007, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-boiling-cold-water-for-coffee-tea-etc/407443 "2007-06-10T08:21:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-boiling-cold-water-for-coffee-tea-etc/407443/21 "2007-06-11T23:07:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Napier]

\>Hot water has gone through your heating system and then put into a tank to sit around for a while. This can pick up sediment/contaminants from the system.

Our water’s been sitting underground for thousands of years, I hear, before we bring it up.  
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Bullshit.  
Do you tell your partakers that bacteria in coffee is good for you, just like in yoghurt :dubious:

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