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Strategies & Market Trends : Strictly: Drilling II
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To: Little Joe who wrote (26739)1/27/2003 10:58:14 AM
From: terry richardson  Read Replies (2) of 36161
 
Little Joe:

Re: Wayne I think the point that is being missed is not that the coffee is hot, but that it is deliberately made scalding hot, so hot in fact that it can cause third degree burns. I can't see how anyone can say McDonalds is not responsible for this.

In the UK we tend to drink more tea than coffee as you are probably aware. In order to make tea correctly you must first boil the kettle. i.e. raise the water temperature to 100 degrees Centigrade/Celsius... the maximum possible temperature for its liquid state. (The same temperature or possibly higher that McDonalds specifies for its coffee no doubt.) Then it is poured over the tea leaves/bag to scald the tea/tea bags. It is then left for a minute or so to brew or mash before being served. One may add lemon, sugar and/or milk which would lower the temperature slightly but many prefer it without either. Now it has been common practice for several hundred years to blow across the surface of the tea in the cup before taking that first sip, since previous experience has taught us that at that temperature a fresh cup of tea can burn your mouth... young children are taught this at a very early age in the UK incidentally... alternately one may wait a few moments or minutes to allow the tea to cool a little and coincidentally this will also increase the strength of the brew.

We also make coffee the same way.

Now millions of Brit's, Canadians, Australians and Kiwi's go through this ritual every morning and several times a day thereafter. I'm sure if you Americans were to ask nicely someone would come up with some practical suggestions on how to correctly and safely prepare and drink a cup of coffee.

T.

p.s. They could probably cover the correct use of sharp knives at the same time.
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