During the trial it was revealed that McDonald’s knew that heating their coffee to this temperature would be dangerous, but they did it anyways because it would save them money. When you serve coffee that is too hot to drink, it will take much longer for a person to drink their coffee, which means that McDonald’s will not have to give out as many free refills of coffee. This policy by the fast food chain is the reason the jury awarded $2.7 million dollars in punitive damages in the McDonald’s hot coffee case. Punitive damages are meant to punish the defendant for their inappropriate business practice.
People aren’t understanding the coffee science here. Optimal brew temp is 195-205 degF.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/584f6bbef5e23149e5522201/t/5d936fa1e29d4d5342049d74/1569943487417/Coffee+Standards-compressed.pdf
Now it should be regulated that the coffee is required to cool to a certain temperature, probably 160, before they’re allowed to serve it. But coffee is supposed to be brewed at a dangerous temperature.
It wasn’t fresh coffee though
Yeah, I was confused by this as well. The lady screwed up, coffee is hot by default.
You weren’t confused. You’re just stupid ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Businesses are not allowed to sell “dangerous by default” products to their customers without a clear warning and sometimes even a signed waiver.
Stuff like “don’t put cat in microwave”, and similar.