Hot drink goes cold too quickly
A hot coffee drink cools down faster than expected before it's finished.
Likely causes and adjustments
Try one adjustment at a time so you know what actually changed the result. Start with the first cause below — if it doesn't help, reveal the next.
Cause 1 of 2 · Commonly the cause
Cold cup absorbing heat from the drink
Preheat the cup with hot water before pouring, then discard the water.
Learn the technique
Step-by-step guides to the skills this problem comes from.
- Judging milk temperatureStop steaming at a temperature that keeps the milk sweet and the texture fine, without needing to read a thermometer mid-drink.
- Rinsing a paper filterRemove papery taste, seat the filter against the brewer, and preheat the equipment in one action.
- Preheating a brewerStop cold equipment taking heat out of the brew before it has finished extracting.