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Re:Think Twice Before Ordering Coffee or Tea on a Plane by sfeng on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:28PM (#14620384)
Heat absolutely does kill bacteria. Heating water for just a few minutes at 60C will kill e. coli, 70C will kill it instantly. Coffee is brewed at 90-100C.

[1] https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article-pdf/3/1/11/5107757/jtm3...

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Re:Think Twice Before Ordering Coffee or Tea on a Plane by leephillips on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:46PM (#14620562)
Yeah, but not "magically".
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Re:Think Twice Before Ordering Coffee or Tea on a Plane by rjsw on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:44PM (#14620538)
Airplanes are not pressurized to sea level though, water boils at lower temperatures at altitude.
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Re:Think Twice Before Ordering Coffee or Tea on a Plane by spiznnx on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:47PM (#14620567)
On airplanes, pressure is equivalent to about 2000m ASL, at which water boils at 93.4 °C
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Re:Think Twice Before Ordering Coffee or Tea on a Plane by rjsw on Friday June 23, 2017 @02:27PM (#14621465)
There are several ski resorts at 2000m, you notice the difference in coffee temperature from sea level.
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