[yjftsjthsd-h]

> Reminds me of the lady who got burned by McDonalds coffee like, bro, you spill hot coffee on you then you might get a burnt. She won that one. McDonalds keeps it hot for sterilization/safety.

That's a pretty misleading description; they lost that case because they knowingly kept their coffee far above a safe temperature to serve, there had been a string of previous cases proving that it was obviously unsafe, and their negligence landed a woman in the ER (followed by being in the hospital for over a week, followed by permanent disfigurement and being partially disabled for two years).

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restau... )

[Aeolun]

I think it is amazing you can get third degree burns from a bunch of 80-90 degree coffee dropped in your lap though. I would not have expected that.

[QuercusMax]

80-90 Fahrenheit is barely warm. It was 80-90C, which is just a hair under boiling and will absolutely do serious damage.

That's not serving temperature - that's brewing temperature. You have to work to keep coffee that hot, it's not something that happens passively.

[Izkata]

IIRC it was more like 120-130 degrees. McDonalds chose a higher temperature under the assumption it would cool a bit on the trip home, and be a normal temperature by the time you drank it.

Edit - it's in the Wikipedia link:

> Liebeck's attorneys argued that, at 180–190 °F (82–88 °C), McDonald's coffee was defective, and more likely to cause serious injury than coffee served at any other establishment.

In case it's not at the top of anyone's mind, water boils at 212 F / 100 C.