MSE Forum poll: Your hot drink's gone cold. What do you do?

MSE_JC

We've all been there. A freshly brewed tea or coffee steaming away (perhaps a cheeky biscuit on the side) but suddenly the phone rings / doorbell goes / kids need attention / you get dragged into a meeting, and before you know it your enticing cuppa has become a chilly shadow of its former self.

What do you do about it?

Brie

There should be a "it depends" option.  I frequently drink thinks after they get cold but am less likely to do that with a regular cuppa tea than a coffee.  Cold coffee is perfectly acceptable and my OH actually saves his coffee when it goes cold to make an iced coffee.

Proper tea with milk goes a bit off when cold.  But I also frequently drink herbal tea and those are great when cold so no problem - sometimes finishing them a couple of hours after they've been made.  

Applesarefree

Cold hot drinks are a no no

elsien

So is microwaved tea. 

BridgetTheCat

And this is why I almost never have hot drinks - there’s only a very short window when they’re at the correct drinking temperature. I can never get the timing right.

Jemma01

In my office I have a mug warmer, keeps it piping hot, got it from Amazon for £20

Previously, it really depended on the drink, tea tastes awful reheated, but a latte goes to the microwave 

Gaberdeen

Applesarefree said:

Cold hot drinks are a no no

A man/woman who will never know the decadence of an iced cappucino.

Gaberdeen

Brie said:

 my OH actually saves his coffee when it goes cold to make an iced coffee.

Your OH is a keeper, I hope you married him.

Admiral_Barbarossa

Tea does not stay in the mug long enough to go cold!

LiamFalcon

Tea does not stay in the mug long enough to go cold! Agree

GLab

Eat the biscuits and chuck the tea away. Warmed up milk to cold milk just sounds like some sort of science experiment gone wrong. Gives me the heebie jeebies.