Why doesn’t adding cold milk or cream work?
That’s how I make iced coffee in the summer. Great minds.
I’d have to add at least 100cc to cool the coffee enough. I don’t like my coffee that light.
It belongs to us all. And yet, none may own it.
My mother used to say that I liked a little coffee with my milk, yet I wouldn’t add anywhere near that much milk or especially cream to make it cool enough for me to drink (although I can’t tolerate hot temps all that well, anyways).
Is that why McDonald’s has such damned good coffee? I remember from the infamous $80 million dumbshit-dumped-coffee-in-her-lap case about 20 years ago that the java in question was 185° F. I mean, say what you will about The Clown, but you can’t deny that he makes some mighty good coffee. Is the temp the secret? Also, as a bonus round question, I’ve been using instant coffee my entire life. I know that the instant you read that, many of you already relegated me in your minds to the status of somebody who laces candy with crystal meth and gives it to little children. So mote it be. It’s just that that’s what I grew up drinking, and that’s all I really have the energy and motivation to deal with at 6:00 a.m. The question is, does the temperature of the water make any difference with instant?
And if a rich man eats it, he’ll starve.
It’s been said several times before, but time works the best. My trick is to pour the coffee and then take a shower. Can’t have coffee in the shower so I’m not missing it. When I get out, it’s the perfect temperature.
When I’m going to have several cups of coffee, the other trick I have is to not refill the mug when it’s empty. Once I’ve drunk about 2/3 of the mug, I pour another cup. The cooler coffee in the mug brings down the hotter temperature of the fresh coffee in the pot to a more tolerable level. Since the coffee is from the same pot originally, I’m not diluting or changing the flavors in any way (except for the reduction of the water level in the coffee pot).
A watched pot never boils, so that implies that staring at your mug for 10 or 15 minutes should do it.
Insert a coldfinger filled with ice water. Stir.
Back when it came out I remember a test with thermocouples that showed it not making much of a difference. But maybe it does in a better-insulated vessel.
Whistle across the top of your coffee container. Just don’t engage your tongue.
“You know how to whistle, doncha’ Steve?”
You guys are geniuses.