Why Can I Enjoy Hot Coffee, and Iced Coffee...

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but not tepid coffee?

Hypothesis: in temperate climates, water that is OK to drink is either:

1) Cold, drawn from a clear running stream that flows from a cold lake; or
2) Hot, because it was boiled.

Tepid water is stagnant and unsafe to drink.

Mild support for hypothesis: I have noticed that people who grew up in the tropics do not have the same aversion to tepid drinks that I do.

Comments

  1. Lord5:46 PM

    Or you are always hot or cold and seek something cold or hot for balance, whereas everything is always the same temperature in the tropics.

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    1. gcallah6:56 PM

      The difficulty with that idea is that I am fine drinking hot coffee in the summer, and iced drinks in the winter. But I don't want tepid drinks in any season, even when the weather is moderate!

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