Does drinking hot coffee make your body temperature rise?

[Red]

Everyone morning I drink a cup or two of steaming hot, black columbian coffee. Shortly thereafter I get really warm (almost uncomfortable) and even sweat a little. Likewise, if I drink a large glass of ice tea at a restaurant, I'll start to freeze.

Normal, right?

 

[crisp82]

I get that.

The theory is though it will cool you down (hence the sweating) due to Homeostasis

 

[StageLeft]

Yeah because the heat from the coffee has to go somewhere. I find that a mug of tea will warm me up big time. I also get freezing cold on days I don't have my morning coffee.

 

[kami]

Nothing substantial, no. Your body is already hot inside, the coffee isn't THAT much hotter. Your body quickly normalizes the temperature of the coffee.

 

[ChrisIsBored]

I don't believe it's just the temperature of the coffee but also the sugars and caffeine that jolts your body into have more energy. More energy = more heat, hense you feeling warmer.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: ChrisIsBored
I don't believe it's just the temperature of the coffee but also the sugars and caffeine that jolts your body into have more energy. More energy = more heat, hense you feeling warmer.

 

[MattCo]

Maybe the caffene is increasing your heart rate and blood flow, and as a result, increasing your body temp.

-MC

 

[Grey]

How many sweat threads does one man need.

 

[Turkish]

1. Heat energy will always want to move around in your body, so it the heat of the coffee will warm you up. The sugars/caffeine thing sounds reasonable because it's energy but i dont have much to say about it..

 

[NogginBoink]

No.

Imagine your body as a big bucket of water (which it essentially is).

The water is ~98.6 degrees.

Add to that bucket one steaming hot cup of coffee.

How much warmer is that big bucket o water? Not very.