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.