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Is drip coffee hot enough to kill germs.

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Apr 30 8:46am | Replies (14)
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Is drip coffee hot enough to kill bacteria?

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cwal | @cwal | Apr 27 3:45pm

I don't know the answer to that. I would imagine the temperature varies from coffee maker to coffee maker. I use my Lifestraw water in my coffee maker so that I don't have to wonder.

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scoop | @scoop | Apr 27 6:31pm

The hot water created in a drip coffee maker will reduce any NTM considerably. Also, it's challenging to figure out where one's own NTM exposure is coming from. So we do a little bit of this and that and hedge our bets. My 2 cents.

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drwholigan | @drwholigan | Apr 30 8:28am

NTM is killed by boiling for at least 10 minutes. I don't think a coffee pot can do that. Also, there is the problem with slime building up in the reservoir.

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