Don’t Reheat Your Coffee the Wrong Way: Smart Tips to Keep It Hot and Delicious in Cold Weather
Finally! With the arrival of chilly air, we can truly feel the crispness of autumn — even if it’s only for a short while, it’s still something to celebrate. As temperatures drop, coffee behaves a little differently. And this change doesn’t just affect brewing — it also affects the coffee you’ve already made. Once a cup of coffee is brewed, it cools down much faster in cold weather than it would at room temperature. The greater the temperature difference, the faster the heat escapes. This rapid cooling shortens the coffee’s ideal drinking window , since we all know that hot coffee just doesn’t taste as good once it’s gone cold. But not everyone can finish a cup quickly. That’s why many coffee shops have started experimenting with ways to extend coffee’s “flavor life” — in other words, slowing down the cooling process. The Temptation to Make It Hotter Naturally, one simple idea is to start with a hotter drink. By brewing with slightly hotter water for an Americano or steaming mil...