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On Dec 24 2009, 9:34*pm, "Steve Freides" > wrote:
> Miles Bader wrote:
> > Here's a question: *Do typical coffee-makers somehow cool the water
> > before it hits the coffee?

>
> I don't think they boil the water, they just heat it to a certain
> temperature.
>
> Your idea, if you're using a kettle, to let it cool a bit sounds right
> to me. *We do the same thing, but even more so, for tea, which seems to
> like an even lower temperature. *We usually add a bit of cold water to
> the pot.
>
> -S-


2 hour ground coffee is stale. Go for immediate.