On 3/21/2012 6:54 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
On Mar 19, 9:58 am, Doug wrote:

I like to brew my coffee hot because it tastes better brewed hot. I do
not like to drink my coffee hot because it does not taste any better
that way. "Searing pain with a lingering aftertaste of burnt flesh on
the inside of my mouth" is not my idea of a good flavor. I pour my hot
brewed coffee over a few ice cubes to push it towards body temperature
before I drink it. That does not effect the flavor of the coffee as
long as I drink it in the next half hour. Except that it removes pain
from the equation.

I could not have said it better. The only temperature I do not like
coffee at is really hot.

--Bryan

I generally use a different method of cooling down my coffee.
I start my breakfast drinking ice water. When I finish that,
my coffee has cooled down enough that it doesn't cause pain.