https://www.xkcd.com/357/ At 09:31 AM 5/28/2016, Fred Lunnon wrote:

On 5/28/16, Joerg Arndt <arndt@jjj.de> wrote:

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* Fred Lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> [May 28. 2016 16:34]:

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Have you tried putting it in the 'fridge? WFL

Too high tech!

Not at all --- by the time you have finished puzzling over this, your tea has gone cold anyway! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect

WFL

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For someone who hates drinks being very hot, likes coffee, is impatient, and doesn't want ice cubes (too much hassle, alters taste), I dug up an aluminium rod, about 15 mm in diameter and 15 cm in length. You only need to dip that into the drink _shortly_ to get the temperature you want.

Cue happy pal.

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