Vox Humana wrote:

>
> >
> > > > > If the coffee was served at a normal 140F temperature, she wouldn't
> have
> > > > > received 3rd degree burns.
> > > >
> > > > Where did we get this normal 140F for coffee? Coffee comes out of my
> cheap
> > > > little Cusinart coffee maker at about 176F and the little burner
> plate
> > > keeps it
> > > > close to that.
> > >
> > > http://pages.prodigy.net/gaglenn/law...fee/truth.html
> > >
> >
> > Thanks, but I saw that link (or a similar one) several months ago when
> this law
> > suit was discussed. I thought that 140 F sounded absurd, so I checked my
> coffee
> > maker, and it was 176F.
> >
>
> Mine was 165F immediately after the coffee was brewed. When I poured the
> coffee into a ceramic mug, the temperature dropped to 148.

Let me get this straight. Your home brewed coffee comes out 17 degrees lower
than Dan's and 28 degrees cooler than mine. Then when you poured it into a
ceramic cup it immediately dropped another 17 degrees. When I poured it into a
ceramic cup it hardly dropped. Let's just say that I find your evidence
amazing.