coffee? c'mon, my treat

Doesn't matter; I wound up talking in a circle and finally agreeing that a person should start with water that's 205. But I still don't like that they said the water will burn the coffee if it's 7 degrees more than that.

Hey, cut me a break! I just cut and pasted the first thing that came up on google. 

Well, no, and 205 is probably too hot too. There's a point with every bean/roast that using water that's too hot will over-extract some flavors you'd rather leave behind. 180 will under-extract the good stuff, but 195 is pretty close to a sweet spot for a lot of coffees*. The more you spend, the more you should experiment. But then again, I've had percolator coffee that was fantastic, and that shit boils for half an hour.
*With something like a French press or this aeropress, the coffee will lose way more than 10 degrees before you push the plunger, right? So they don't want you starting with 195 and winding up with it at 170 for half of the brew time. So start on the high end of the scale. 

I guess I posted this in the wrong thread earlier: 
  
The Crotch Pot 
 

I guess I posted this in the wrong thread earlier: 
  
The Crotch Pot 
 

Hot Crotches really isn't a bad name, is it.

In that particular situation you just chew on the grounds.

and rough seas

i bet nobody thought about that did they?

you think these guys are using an aeropress?

Pouring 212°F water into a foot-long plastic tube which is precariously balanced atop a coffee mug, making the overall height about 15 or 16 inches, and then having to forcefully press down on it, before one has had any coffee - what could possibly go wrong?

Hot Crotches really isn't a bad name, is it.