A widely popular, often caffeinated, drink brewed from roasted beans of the coffee plant. There are a wide variety of coffees available worldwide.
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Is the Specialty Coffee Association of America standard temperature for serving coffee 71-85°C?
From the Wikipedia page for Liebeck v. McDonald's (the infamous hot coffee case):
Since Liebeck, McDonald's has not reduced the service temperature of its coffee. McDonald's policy today is to serve coffee at 80–90 °C (176–194 °F),[32] relying on…
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Does having a spoon in the cup keep your coffee hot for longer?
I was recently told that having a metal spoon in the coffee would heat the cup of coffee up, and that it would be hotter if I stirred because of the conductivity of the metal in the spoon. This seems counter intuitive because wouldn't the spoon…
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Does one cup of coffee pollute as much as a 10km car drive?
I've heard such a statement made off-hand, and don't have any source for it, or any precision on type of coffee, preparation, what type of pollution is taken into account, etc.
I'd like to know if there is any truth to it, but google mostly gives me…
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