What is the Best Way to Cool Off Your Coffee?
Faculty Sponsor(s)
Michael Crosser and Joelle Murray
Subject Area
Physics/Applied Physics
Description
This experiment is working on answering the best way to cool off a hot cup of coffee. To get an answer to this question, we will be directing a stream of gas at different angles above parallel onto the surface of water that has been brought up to a boil. Evaporation and convection heat values will be calculated and analyzed to compare the cooling rates of each angle that has been tested.
Recommended Citation
Reed, Casen, "What is the Best Way to Cool Off Your Coffee?" (2026). Linfield University Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement. Event. Submission 21.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/symposium/2026/all/21
What is the Best Way to Cool Off Your Coffee?
This experiment is working on answering the best way to cool off a hot cup of coffee. To get an answer to this question, we will be directing a stream of gas at different angles above parallel onto the surface of water that has been brought up to a boil. Evaporation and convection heat values will be calculated and analyzed to compare the cooling rates of each angle that has been tested.