Miscellaneous Too Hot to Handle

[Jeanette]

An article on the news tonight caught my attention.

They were discussing how hot drinks are implicated in oesophageal cancer. It's a specific type of cancer and

Very hot drinks may damage the food pipe and increase cancer risk

As someone who likes their tea and coffee hot, I might be best leaving it a few minutes to cool.

Do you drink your brew hot?

Jx

 

[Joe from New Orleans]

An article on the news tonight caught my attention.

They were discussing how hot drinks are implicated in oesophageal cancer. It's a specific type of cancer and

Very hot drinks may damage the food pipe and increase cancer risk

As someone who likes their tea and coffee hot, I might be best leaving it a few minutes to cool.

Do you drink your brew hot?

Jx

Not that hot! There have been studies done in the Middle East where men often drink their tea hot they have a higher rate of esophagal cancer. Please monitor yourself. It may start with your doctor saying you have "gerd", but it can progress to Barrett's Esophagus. I dodged a bullet with that 20+ years and have been on Nexium ever since. Having said that, mine was alcohol related. I toured the Soviet Union and my Soviet tour managers taught me how to drink all night without getting drunk. Biggest mistake ever!

 

[Jeanette]

Not that hot! There have been studies done in the Middle East where men often drink their tea hot they have a higher rate of esophagal cancer. Please monitor yourself. It may start with your doctor saying you have "gerd", but it can progress to Barrett's Esophagus. I dodged a bullet with that 20+ years and have been on Nexium ever since. Having said that, mine was alcohol related. I toured the Soviet Union and my Soviet tour managers taught me how to drink all night without getting drunk. Biggest mistake ever!

Thanks, I will start leaving it to cool a little.

Jx

 

[MikeMorrell]

Yes, I saw this on BBC Breakfast. But they also added that:

"Squamous cell oesophageal cancer is rare, affecting a few thousand people a year. In the UK, around 1% of the population has a lifetime risk of being diagnosed with this type of cancer. So even if scalding hot drinks might increase someone's risk, the chances of them developing the cancer are still low."

 

[skeller047]

For coffee, a minute or two of rest improves the flavor. This is for pour over or AeroPress coffee.

 

[PigSquealer]

Hot coffee too hot to drink ? If it’s that hot you’ve likely overheated the beans. This releases the oils that make for a bitter coffee taste. That iridescent oil slick look on top of the brew. I prefer cool cuppa.

 

[Phil]

Someone needs to tell Starbucks.

Their regular coffee, aside from being terrible, is volcano lava hot. Its my assumption that that is part of why it is also awfal.

 

[r. giuseppe]

I‘be been joking for years that the time schedule of my colleagues who cool down there nice cup of coffee by adding cooled animal body fluids and wash it down quickly, forcing me to do the same uncooked, will eventually cause me oesophageal cancer. There we go…

 

[wakyct]

For coffee, a minute or two of rest improves the flavor.

For years I always added milk (and sugar, the horror!) to my coffee. Now I still usually add milk unless it's just espresso, but after one time a barista suggested I let the coffee cool first I was won over to an occasional black coffee, if the beans are good enough.

 

[skeller047]

For years I always added milk (and sugar, the horror!) to my coffee. Now I still usually add milk unless it's just espresso, but after one time a barista suggested I let the coffee cool first I was won over to an occasional black coffee, if the beans are good enough.

Black black black. And strong too. That’s how i like it, and always have since I was a teenager. Interesting note, back in the day in Boston, one had to order coffee “black, no sugar” in a restaurant, as it normally came with cream and sugar added. Order “black”, and it came with sugar.

My coffee grinder gave up the ghost last week as I was leaving for an unexpected trip, I intended to grind a pound of Sumatra for my AeroPress, as I always take that whenever I’m staying in a hotel. About 2/3 of the way through I hear an awful screeching noise and then clanking along with a now much faster motor whine. The burrs actually shattered… Luckily that turned out to be enough coffee for my trip.

So I ordered a new coffee grinder from Amazombie, to be delivered yesterday. It was waiting on my doorstep when I got home late yesterday afternoon. It’s a DF64, offered by several “vendors” (I bought from “Miicoffee”) and it’s fabulous. A bit pricey, at $400 (this is a low price for coffee fanatics), but quiet and fast and simple. And solid, it weighs about 15 lb. (6.8 kg.) Burrs are replacable 🙂 I think I’m set for life with this one.

 

[turf3]

The all time champeen.

Service life is measured in centuries.

 

[skeller047]

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The all time champeen.

Service life is measured in centuries.

The modern equivalent:

Me, I am a fan of electricity….

 

[Targa]

The modern equivalent:
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Me, I am a fan of electricity….

Now if you’d said that you were an electric fan ……

 

[lig]

I pull my espresso shots at 202* and let it cool for a bit.

When I hear "Too Hot To Handle" I immediately think of Heatwave and the genius of Rod Temperton.

 

[turf3]

The modern equivalent:
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Me, I am a fan of electricity….

The thing about that one is you have to grip it hard in the non-cranking hand, whereas the old reliable Spong either clamps to the edge of the table or is screwed to the wall.

Every morning when I was a boy one of my chores was to grind the morning coffee for my parents. (I was too young to drink coffee.) It only took two or three minutes to measure out the beans and grind 'em.

 

[skeller047]

The thing about that one is you have to grip it hard in the non-cranking hand, whereas the old reliable Spong either clamps to the edge of the table or is screwed to the wall.

Every morning when I was a boy one of my chores was to grind the morning coffee for my parents. (I was too young to drink coffee.) It only took two or three minutes to measure out the beans and grind 'em.

That particular one can grind 20 grams of coffee in 49 seconds, according to a reviewer. 20 grams is a typical amount for a large pour-over cup, and is more than the typical espresso shot.

In comparison, my new grinder grinds that amount (actually about 22.5 grams) in less than 15 seconds, at a fine pour-over grind setting. That is why I am a fan of electricity. And I also have an electric fan (I needed it today!)

Your story is nice, though it borders on child abuse. Why make the kid grind ‘em if he can’t drink ‘em???? I mean, kids in South America (Brazil and Colombia) start with coffee and milk as young as 6 or 7…. I started drinking coffee while on fishing trips with my dad and grandfather. I was 11 or 12.

 

[PigSquealer]

That particular one can grind 20 grams of coffee in 49 seconds, according to a reviewer. 20 grams is a typical amount for a large pour-over cup, and is more than the typical espresso shot.

In comparison, my new grinder grinds that amount (actually about 22.5 grams) in less than 15 seconds, at a fine pour-over grind setting.

I assume you’re working from roasted beans ? Did you actually measure grams output & time duration ? Hope you didn’t get cheated with false advertising.

That is why I am a fan of electricity. And I also have an electric fan (I needed it today!)

You’re good until the grid pops a fuse. Even with those big arse windmills close by. Stuff happens !
Fan on today ? IIRC you’re close to the shoreline? I’d guess 75° is roasting hot ?

Your story is nice, though it borders on child abuse. Why make the kid grind ‘em if he can’t drink ‘em???? I mean, kids in South America (Brazil and Colombia) start with coffee and milk as young as 6 or 7…. I started drinking coffee while on fishing trips with my dad and grandfather. I was 11 or 12.

Humm, I remember being assigned chores around the household at an early age. Like maintaining the kitchen waste bin at 5. I also remember doing extra effort work. The reward. “A cup of coffee with Dad on Saturday morning”.
I need to look in my box of family photos and notes saved from my mom. It think there’s a document of this event.

 

[turf3]

That particular one can grind 20 grams of coffee in 49 seconds, according to a reviewer. 20 grams is a typical amount for a large pour-over cup, and is more than the typical espresso shot.

In comparison, my new grinder grinds that amount (actually about 22.5 grams) in less than 15 seconds, at a fine pour-over grind setting. That is why I am a fan of electricity. And I also have an electric fan (I needed it today!)

Your story is nice, though it borders on child abuse. Why make the kid grind ‘em if he can’t drink ‘em???? I mean, kids in South America (Brazil and Colombia) start with coffee and milk as young as 6 or 7…. I started drinking coffee while on fishing trips with my dad and grandfather. I was 11 or 12.

I don't know what would have happened if I'd asked for a cup of coffee at 10 or so, would my parents have let me have it? I didn't WANT coffee at that age, the taste and smell were unappealing.

Then I grew up. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. Black coffee, Scotch whiskey, raw oysters, sushi, brussels sprouts, bleu cheese, stewed okra, radicchio salad. (Never took up cigars, and at this point in life I rather expect I never will.)

 

[Ghr9204]

(Never took up cigars, and at this point in life I rather expect I never will.)

I never participated in the nicotine habit. Had the chance in high school because a number of my friends smoked. Tried it and didn't like it, end of story, which spared me a possibility of a lifetime addiction. Now outlived my father and his brothers who were smokers, probably a result of avoiding it. I don't fault people who do it, just don't do it.

I do like coffee, though.

 

[Ghr9204]

I pull my espresso shots at 202* and let it cool for a bit.

When I hear "Too Hot To Handle" I immediately think of Heatwave and the genius of Rod Temperton.

Reminds me of:

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