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Reading no. 2025/125

SocietyExperimental index

Time for a drink to warm up on a midday terrace

18.6min

Pacific

Time needed for a chilled drink served with ice to turn warm on a terrace.

060

A drink turns warm within 18.6 minutes, with the median reading still at 31.2 degrees.

Observation
Drinks tracked
96
Median air temperature
31.2 °C
Fastest warming
6.5 min

Method

Tracking of 96 drinks on terraces between 11:00 and 14:00, at outside temperatures above 28 degrees. Drinks kept in the shade throughout are excluded. The measure stops at the first mouthful reported warm.

Source

No public source. Internal index.

Nature

Experimental index

Internal index. It relies on no public source and describes no identifiable institution or person.

Confidence

Low

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