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Old Jun 9, 2016 | 10:23 am
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Originally Posted by FWAAA
Purifying water by boiling requires a rolling boil for several minutes; that ain't happening in onboard coffee makers.

Heating coffee water briefly to 180 or 190 isn't going to kill all the lifeforms in the water.

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I think that heating up the flora and fauna in the aircraft's coffee water will just make them angry.
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