☕🔥 Iced Coffee or Hot Coffee on a Blazing Day? Let’s Settle This Once and For All
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☀️ Welcome to the Great Coffee Meltdown
In case your phone melted before the weather app loaded, here’s the deal: the 2025 nationwide heatwave has turned America into a sweat lodge. With triple-digit temps stretching from Arizona to the Atlantic, even your plants are begging for cold brew.
Yet some people—possibly born of lava—still sip steaming hot coffee. Which begs the question...
🧊 In Defense of Iced Coffee: The People’s Champion
Cold coffee is the undisputed darling of summer. Whether it’s clinking cubes in an iced Americano or the velvety smoothness of cold brew, it just feels right.
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✅ Refreshes instantly and goes down easy
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✅ Less acidic, smoother on the stomach (source)
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✅ Ideal for customizing with syrups, milk, or non-dairy alternatives
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✅ Keeps you hydrated longer than you’d think
And you’re not alone. Cold brew sales have skyrocketed in recent years—up 27% in 2022—and coffee chains are investing big in summer-ready blends.
☕ The Hot Coffee Theory: The Bold, Bizarre Truth
It sounds backwards, but some experts argue hot drinks can actually help you cool down. Here's why: drinking something hot increases your core temperature slightly, which then triggers more sweating. As that sweat evaporates, it can cool you more effectively—if you're in dry conditions and not too drenched already.
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🔥 Common in desert cultures like Morocco and India
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🔥 Stimulates cooling through sweat evaporation
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🔥 Keeps the morning ritual sacred
🧪 Backed by Smithsonian and BBC Future
🧠 What Science Actually Says
Let’s break it down. Here’s how your body reacts to hot vs. iced drinks in the heat:
| Factor | Hot Coffee | Iced Coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Internal Body Temp | Slight increase | Slight decrease |
| Sweating Response | High (cools if it evaporates) | Lower |
| Hydration | Equal (temp doesn’t matter) | Equal |
| Feelings of Refreshment | Subjective | Often higher in heat |
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📚 National Library of Medicine confirms: temperature of beverage does affect sweat rate.
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💧 Harvard Health notes that fluid intake matters more than temp for hydration.
So technically, hot drinks can cool you—if you’re not already sweating buckets. But iced coffee wins for comfort, vibe, and not making you feel like you’re drinking lava.
🤠 Florida Man vs. Ice Queen: A Caffeine Identity Crisis
You either:
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Drive an airboat with a scalding espresso and no AC,
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Show up with a 40oz iced latte, full face of setting spray, and a personal fan.
There is no in-between.
📊 Reader Poll: What’s Your Heatwave Brew?
On a 100°F day, you reach for...
☐ Hot Coffee (I am chaos)
☐ Iced Coffee (Obviously)
☐ Cold Brew (Sophisticated)
☐ Just water please I’m dying
Tell us on Instagram @unlawfulthreads or drop a comment on Facebook—bonus points if you send in your sweatiest coffee selfie.
✅ Final Verdict: Do What Feels Right (But Don’t Dehydrate)
Both iced and hot coffee have their perks, even during a heatwave. But if you’re looking for refreshment, energy, and staying power, iced coffee is the MVP of melt-season.
Or... just drink both. You’re allowed to be a little chaotic.
🛒 Want to Survive the Heat in Style?
If your coffee's going to save your life, it might as well look good doing it:
☕ Coffee Make Brain Work Gooder Mug
🔥 Florida AF Tank
🧊 Radicalized by Basic Decency Cold Brew Mug
Stay hydrated. Stay caffeinated. Stay unlawful.
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