Woman wants tea cooled down, too hot for accidental skin moisturizing
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[QUOTE=Mingebox;42159649]Got on oil burn on my ankle once, huge splotch turned into one big blister.[/QUOTE]
Had a lawnmower oil cap pop off from pressure (I guess?) and had hot oil on my face/arms/legs.
Beat that! :v:
[QUOTE=Riller;42159597]Three weeks ago, I got 180 degrees hot cooking oil all over my right forearm and hand.[/QUOTE]
Apparently that is one of the most painful things to experience.
[QUOTE=Van-man;42158992]If you need a sticker to tell you that tea is made with boiling hot water, then you also need a big fat warning sticker on your microwave that states it's not for drying your pets or baby.[/QUOTE]
I'm actually fairly confident shit like that is in the manuals that nobody bothers to read.
All of you guys are saying that tea needs to be steeped at boiling water, which is fine. Can't it be cooled AFTER that?
[QUOTE=RoflKawpter;42158899]If you're a tea afficianado, you know that water needs to be boiling to steep tea. You're recommending they don't steep tea in boiling water so they inconvenience others?[/QUOTE]
If you were a tea aficionado you'd know that the best temperature for most teas is well below boiling, including green tea which this article is about. The best temperature for green tea is 160-180 degrees F (boiling is 212F).
when I went to a tea tasting in san fran china town the owner was VERY emphatic about not using boiling water for green teas.
of course the real issue here is why would you order tea from a place like tim hortons, they use tea bags so it's literally the same you would make at home.
[QUOTE=Noss;42158853]this is a picture of a third-degree burn
[NSFL]https://wocn.confex.com/wocn/2006annual/techprogram/images/1688-0.jpg[NSFL]
it shouldn't be served at a temperature capable of causing that[/QUOTE]
I'm actually pretty interested in this. Any sources or articles?
[QUOTE=Noss;42158833]insert generic response about how the mcdonald's coffee case was actually justified seeing as how they were serving the coffee at an unreasonably hot and unsafe temperature
no beverage should be sold hot enough to give you third-degree burns[/QUOTE]
Also, there were already regulations at the time for maximum water temperature, and they ignored them.
Or you can just not be a dumbass and request one ice cube in your coffee/tea next time. You know its going to be hot, so plan ahead.
[QUOTE=Tacosheller;42158922]Actually the case of the elderly woman who sued McDonald's was almost completely misconstrued by the general public
The coffee was around 50 degrees hotter than advertised, around 200 or so degrees Fahrenheit, when it fell on her lap. This caused severe third degree burns all over her her thighs and genital area and it kind of justifies suing the company[/QUOTE]
That's roughly 90C. What's strange about that? I mean most coffees are made with a boiling liquid.
sounds like some one who would sue KFC for choking on a chicken bone
[QUOTE=wraithcat;42161891]That's roughly 90C. What's strange about that? I mean most coffees are made with a boiling liquid.[/QUOTE]
you cant put a 90 degree liquid in your mouth
[QUOTE=thisispain;42161912]you cant put a 90 degree liquid in your mouth[/QUOTE]
Obviously - hence why they have big warnings on warning hot. But it should be an everyman expectaction that fresh coffee or tea will be near boiling temperatures.
[QUOTE=Noss;42158833]insert generic response about how the mcdonald's coffee case was actually justified seeing as how they were serving the coffee at an unreasonably hot and unsafe temperature
no beverage should be sold hot enough to give you third-degree burns[/QUOTE]
Avid coffee drinker here. Coffee is usually brewed at about 195 F - 90 C degrees. That can easily cause third degree burns in less than 3 seconds.
[QUOTE=SIRIUS;42160244]All of you guys are saying that tea needs to be steeped at boiling water, which is fine. Can't it be cooled AFTER that?[/QUOTE]
Then you'll get people bitching about how long it takes to get their tea. I guess you could do some sort of run it through a fine tube to rapidly cool it trick, but even then it takes time, and could interfere with how it ends up tasting.
[QUOTE=RoflKawpter;42159683]Had a lawnmower oil cap pop off from pressure (I guess?) and had hot oil on my face/arms/legs.
Beat that! :v:[/QUOTE]
Oil burn. [I][B]To the eyeball.[/B][/I]
[QUOTE=RoflKawpter;42159683]Had a lawnmower oil cap pop off from pressure (I guess?) and had hot oil on my face/arms/legs.
Beat that! :v:[/QUOTE]
I was completely dissolved in a barrel of acid. I'm posting from the afterlife.
[QUOTE=thisispain;42161912]you cant put a 90 degree liquid in your mouth[/QUOTE]
Sure you can. It just wouldn't be a smart thing to do.
[QUOTE=Riller;42162331]Oil burn. [I][B]To the eyeball.[/B][/I][/QUOTE]
What a 6,000th post. Congrats btw.
[editline]12th September 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=ShaunOfTheLive;42162375]I was completely dissolved in a barrel of acid. I'm posting from the afterlife.[/QUOTE]
Can you tell us who's actually the big cheese up there, oh divine spirit?
[QUOTE=RoflKawpter;42159096]Read the article, the hottest they've found served was 89 C. That's below boiling. Below what's recommended to steep tea in. What's the issue?[/QUOTE]
That's still 192 degrees Fahrenheit, only 20 short of boiling. They really shouldn't be selling food products that pose a risk to the consumer, especially when all they have to do is cool it down a bit to make it safe. Thirty seconds in a freezer would be more than enough and wouldn't unduly inconvenience customers.
You can call it user error and say that the customer should be responsible for their own food and drink, but if you read the article the beverage in question was in a cupholder and was spilled during a collision. It sure says a lot when the damage caused by a drink spilling is far worse than the damage caused by an automotive accident, and there was nothing the driver could have done with the drink to prevent it from spilling. Driving with a cup of coffee shouldn't be a potentially life-threatening condition.
[QUOTE=ShaunOfTheLive;42162375]I was completely dissolved in a barrel of acid. I'm posting from the afterlife.[/QUOTE]
Oh yeah? Well i decided to swim in liquid magma! Completely burnt my flesh off, now i'm a skeleton. No one told me magma was hot, they need to regulate the temperature.
[QUOTE=FlakAttack;42162109]Avid coffee drinker here. Coffee is usually brewed at about 195 F - 90 C degrees. That can easily cause third degree burns in less than 3 seconds.[/QUOTE]
and most people don't drink it until it's cooled down to about 140.
Can we stop calling it a "third-degree" burn. Its actually called by the real name of "Full thickness burn" because it went through all the skin.
Superficial burn(first-degree)
Partial thickness(second-degree)
Full thickness(third-degree)
Fourth Degree
[QUOTE=Noss;42158833]insert generic response about how the mcdonald's coffee case was actually justified seeing as how they were serving the coffee at an unreasonably hot and unsafe temperature
no beverage should be sold hot enough to give you third-degree burns[/QUOTE]
The McDonalds coffee case with the woman is blown out of proportion. The temperatures of coffee haven't changed, either. She only wanted a couple thousand dollars to help pay for her hospital bills, but Mcdonalds said No here's a couple hundred, and that's when they went greedy and asked for millions (And settled for about $300,000) And if you ask me, she should have been asking for money from the hospital because she got some shit doctors
[QUOTE=areolop;42165084]Can we stop calling it a "third-degree" burn. Its actually called by the real name of "Full thickness burn" because it went through all the skin.
Superficial burn(first-degree)
Partial thickness(second-degree)
Full thickness(third-degree)
Fourth Degree[/QUOTE]
Nope. We're calling it 3rd degree burns. Both are legitimate terms that are used so who cares?
[QUOTE=areolop;42165084]Can we stop calling it a "third-degree" burn. Its actually called by the real name of "Full thickness burn" because it went through all the skin.
Superficial burn(first-degree)
Partial thickness(second-degree)
Full thickness(third-degree)
Fourth Degree[/QUOTE]
Then what does fourth degree entail? Vaporisation of bone?
I don't see why they should change how they serve hot drinks, it's not their fault some people are just stupid
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;42165569]Then what does fourth degree entail? Vaporisation of bone?[/QUOTE]
"Extends through entire skin, and into underlying fat, muscle and bone"
The wikipedia article for burn has pictures that show you the difference between each. Fourth degree is pretty much mandatory amputation.
[QUOTE=breakyourfac;42161248]Or you can just not be a dumbass and request one ice cube in your coffee/tea next time. You know its going to be hot, so plan ahead.[/QUOTE]
It's more about how it was too hot to begin with period
instead of "a customer not being a dumbass" they could "Not be dumbasses and not brew it to the point where it can melt your skin clean off"
because the person that bought it totally knew it was going to be so hot it'd give them a 3rd degree burn. Use your fucking head please.
Just because "They should know better" doesn't mean they shouldn't buy "hot dangerous things". Accidents happen to everyone.
[QUOTE=areolop;42165084]Can we stop calling it a "third-degree" burn. Its actually called by the real name of "Full thickness burn" because it went through all the skin.
Superficial burn(first-degree)
Partial thickness(second-degree)
Full thickness(third-degree)
Fourth Degree[/QUOTE]
really now? who cares what we call it. they both aren't the "Correct name" so whatever.
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;42165569]Then what does fourth degree entail? Vaporisation of bone?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=wallyroberto_2;42159306]I've never heard of that system being used, just 1-2-3
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I guess it is used in some circles, nvm![/QUOTE]
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If it's not boiling it's no good for tea.
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