scouser 4 Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 I was at a Starbucks in Liverpool the other week and made an order and asked them specifically to make the coffee hotter than normal. Fed up with getting lukewarm coffee, as you do. Anyway apart from feeling like I shouldn't have to ask that, the lady playing with the beans then proceeded to tell me that due to "health and safety" regulations , they couldn't make coffee hotter than a certain temp. And that wasn't particularly hot. What a joke. I got my coffee in the end and she said she had made it hotter than the normal temp, it was ok but still not too hot. What she said just seemed ridiculous. They should have disclaimers to sign so that I take full responsibility for any accident I might have with my "hot" coffee. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 You can't expect people to take responsibility themselves when hot drinks are involved scouser. You should know better....! Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Serves you right for going to Starbucks.... Maybe in the future they will have cold beverages only. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 The solution is definitely to avoid Starbucks. I can't remember getting lukewarm in Japan though.... Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 24, 2005 Author Share Posted August 24, 2005 Well yes, but I was with some friends so it wasn't just my choice. I just found it ridiculous that they couldn't serve hot coffee due to "health and safety reasons" Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 What use is hot coffee anyway? That's interesting that you can't have hot coffee for safety reasons, but you can have sweet and fatty coffee in spite of the obvious health risks. They need to clamp down a bit more there. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 haha, and their prices as well. If you really must go to one of those chains, Nero is the best. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I think this is the repercussions of the only thing I can remember McDonalds being done for, a liability case for a scalding caused by hot coffee served "extra hot" at one of their drive-ins. http://www.vanfirm.com/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit.htm Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 It is ridiculous though. As scouser said they should have disclaimer forms for if you want your coffee hotter than warm. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 Or better still, they should just make the coffee a bit hotter! As it is, you can almost guzzle it down in one. (Well in UK starbucks anyway) Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 The coffee here is pretty hot, last time I had it anyway.. But here there are no health safety issues so.. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 its called saving your behind. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 How does a nation get to the state where people pay taxes to employ other people to make and enforce rules regarding how hot coffee is allowed to be? Somewhere along the line, there was clearly a repeated failure of somebody to say loudly, and repeatedly "**** off!", and maybe risk some temporary unpleasantness. Is nothing allowed to be served on a griddle in the UK? That would surely represent an intolerable hazard. "Call the Inspector! There's a conspiracy to make ishiyaki bibimba!" Certainly if the ovens at Pizza Hut had been maintained at less than 40 degrees, I would have had fewer burns on my arms when I was a Dough Master there (also if I hadn't been permanently drunk). Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 It does sound pretty crazy that. Is it the same in other countries? Link to post Share on other sites
happyhappy 0 Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 Starbucks I had here in Japan were hot....... Link to post Share on other sites
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