"Russ Kepler" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:
"Russ Kepler" wrote in message
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Why don't you stick a thermometer in the output of your coffee maker and
test the primary part of the story here - that McDonalds is selling
coffee at a dangerous temperature?


Ok, but not tonight. But I consider my coffee maker to be a little cold
and
I only use it when I'm in a hurry. Normally I boil water on the stove
and
pour it immediately through a coffee-filled cone filter. It ain't
gourmet,
but that gives me a much better flavor and fragrance than any coffee
maker
I've tried.

That might be because the coffee maker is designed to run
lower-than-boiling water through the coffee, this to reduce the chance
that some of the more bitter compounds come out of the ground. I'd be
interested in the temperature of both if you have a chance.

Well, I can tell you right now the temp. of the water from the teapot: 212
deg. F. g

Damn, this all reminds me that I broke my mercury lab thermometer last
summer, and I'm stuck with a meat thermometer to measure the temp. of
coffee-maker water. I'll get to it.

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Ed Huntress