[ccozan]

Actually, there are some studies that hot drinks ( especially tee ) can start a possible throat cancer. The hotness is kind of damaging the cells , which in time if not let to recover, will have a chance to turn into cancerous ones. [1]

[1] https://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20180206/hot-tea-linked-to...

[MaxBarraclough]

That's pretty misleading.

As the article says: drinking ordinary hot drinks is fine. Drinking scalding hot drinks is harmful.