Would this apply to Space Cowboy who lives "up there"?

"TJV" > wrote in
oups.com:

> Temperature is one of the most difficult physical things to
> measure and those digital thermometers are fairly unreliable. I
> bought a digital thermometer for 20 bucks and the reading it gave
> for freshly boiled water was 96 degrees (celcius). The best thing
> to do if you want it accurate is to add cool water to freshly
> boiled water. using physics calculations you can get the following
> ratios. make sure your teapot is hot otherwise it will act as a
> heat sink and cool the water too much.
>
> To cool boiling water to 80ºC add 100ml room temperature water to
> 400ml fresh boiled water.
> To cool boiling water to 85ºC add 75ml room temperature water to
> 400ml fresh boiled water.
> To cool boiling water to 90ºC add 50ml room temperature water to
> 400ml fresh boiled water.
> To cool boiling water to 95ºC remove lid from kettle and stand for
> 30 seconds.
>
> the temperature you need for your tea depends in what tea (green,
> light oolong, black etc) you are drinking.
>
> Adrian, www.teajavu.com.au, Perth Australia