To ask if you know anyone over 60 who doesn't insist on their coffee being hotter than the sun

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I know this is a crass generalisation but I actually don't
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I don't like cold coffee but I don't need it boiling hot at all. Just warm. I don't need my food or plates hot either . I regularly eat cold leftovers . I am 61

No this 63 doesn't and I think some confuse how instant is mixed with 'real' coffee. I don't drink instant as I don't like it and properly produced coffee should be served at 94 degrees or it loses taste, milk 60 - 65 degrees.

My mother! Every single time we go out for coffee we get the not hot enough talk. Drives me insane!

All the oldies I know.

Oldies 🙄

What qualifies somebody as an oldie?

Being old - 70+ I suppose. 'Old' is not an insulting word, you know!

I regularly go for coffee/tea with a group of 10 or more women between the ages of 60 and 90. None of them has ever, in my hearing at least, complained about a drink not being hot enough, or ordered anything extra hot. Since the choice is cafetière coffee or coffee out of a bean to cup machine that adds the milk automatically extra hot isn’t really an option, mind you.

Its not a useful one, as your post illustrates, because only you knew which group of people you were referring to.
It's also disingenuous to pretend that it has no negative connections and isn't used as an insult, or as you did when adding the cutesy 'ies', to patronise, as we all know it is.

I find oldie quite insulting. Older people is fine.

I'm guessing anyone older than her. She'll never age of course, and will always command respect.

Ex barista here. Nope most older people made a point in saying they wanted it extra hot!

I've been served lukewarm coffee, in those glass tumblers, it's not pleasant.
Just make a hot drink in a proper cup. That can't be hard, surely?

Everyone knows which group of people I was referring to; don't be silly - you certainly did. 'Old' is not inherently a pejorative word, though, and I'm rather fond of it. I am aware that it can be used as an insult; after all, euphemisms abound. But I am old, and I'm not afraid to say so. And should I ever reach my centenary, God help the fool who puts up a banner proclaiming me '100 years young'.

So all the "oldies" you know want very hot coffee. That doesn't necessarily mean it's typical of their age range, any more than it would be typical of any age range or hair colour or ethnicity.

65. This is not a thing for me.

who knew people can be different.

Luke warm coffee makes me extremely queasy. It has to be hot. It doesn't taste better when it's luke warm. I'm not 60. Unless I'm getting a cappuccino (request extra hot / volcanic) I drink black coffee and tea as, when I was a kid, I could never get the milk right. Too much and drink was ruined, not enough and it looked like mud and tasted about the same. I can drink coffee if milk is added but absolutely no sugar in coffee or tea.

So, in your mind, someone aged cannot command respect? You have just said this! You are, I think, unaware that there is a magazine called 'The Oldie'; launched in 1992 by Richard Ingrams, who was previously editor of Private Eye. There are loads of people who aren't particularly bothered by being oldies. Strokes and folks, after all.

Sweet Jesus. Reading comprehension today. I said 'none' of them.

The coffee goes through the machine. It doesn't get scorched. The milk is heated separate to the prepared coffee. The coffee won't turn bitter if the milk is actually hot, not tepid.

Sweet Jesus, @The13thFairy . Seriously.
You obviously didn't read your own post to which I replied! 🤣
Please check your own comprehension before insulting others'.

No. I never claimed that at all.
Once again, your reading comprehension!
Sweet Jesus.

Goodness me, this is hard work this morning!
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Good luck with your coffee everyone, I'm off now, I may demand some hot coffee on my trip, who knows 😉
Happy New Year!

The OP’s question was does anyone know anyone over 60 who doesn’t want their coffee extremely hot? If the reply is ‘all the over 60s that I know’ or words to that effect then none of them want it v hot.

Thank you for this.

Yes, she's a really lovely lady, and we've always had a good laugh together. Age is just a number! She comes out with such lovely pearls of wisdom, things I'll remember forever, long after she's no longer with us.

I still can't see how referring to a lady who is older than me as "an older lady" is some great sin - but I guess @CurlewKate is just a miserable troll.

Ive never liked hot coffee or any drink for that matter (though realise tea needs to be made with boiling water)

At work I will put water from the dispenser in my cup before hot water from the urn