There is nothing like drinking a cup of boiling hot liquid to cool you down on a warm day
According to those who bizarrely choose to drink it in this kind of weather, the water is either flavoured with ground and roasted coffee beans, or alternatively has a bag of leaves dunked in it, with the evident aim being to make it taste a bit less like searing pain.
“It’s counter-intuitive, I know, but you really should try it,” said one tea drinker, Simon, sipping a cup of tea in the sun while sweating from every pore on his body.
“How it works is that drinking a hot drink warms up your body, so you sweat, and the evaporation of that sweat cools you down.
“What’s that, have a cold drink instead? Nah, that’ll warm you right up mate. That’s the last thing you need on a hot day.”
He concluded, “A hot drink is perfect for cooling you down, but if it doesn’t then just grab a hot water bottle and a thick coat as well. Read More...