DaveM wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:07:34 -0400, "J. Clarke"
>
> wrote:
>
>> NotABushSupporter wrote:
>>> J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Not this crap again. There are published national standards for
>>>> coffee temperature and McDonalds coffee is served at temperatures
>>>> within those standards. Those standards require that the coffee be
>>>> hot enough to cause the injuries the Stupid Old Bat sustained.
>>>
>>> Great. Would you cite a source where serving coffee at 185 degrees
>>> is recommended?
>>
>> ANSI/AHAM CM-1-1986 calls for holding temperature between 170 and
>> 205F. The middle of that range is 187.5. There is an Specialty
>> Coffee Association of America standard that calls for about the
>> same, however I don't have the exact reference to that standard.
>>
>> You might find
>> http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=7th&navby=docket&no=974131
>> to be of interest, in which Bunn-O-Matic was sued on similar grounds
>> over a similar injury and was found not to be liable for the simple
>> reason that their machine functioned as one would expect a coffee
>> maker to function.
>
> Coffee that's kept hot is foul, period.
So you're saying that it should be immediately refrigerated? If not
then what are you saying?
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