"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> 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.

Yep. I65F in the pot immediately after the last water dripped through the
grounds. Poured into a large ceramic mug, give it a stir, and the probe
registered 148F.