The report comes from WHO (World Health Organization). Drinking too hot would be carcinogenic.

Yes, it burns the tongue. Most importantly, drinking a hot or hot drink increases the risk of cancer, including esophageal cancer. The temperature, rather than the beverage itself, would be the cause, said Christopher Wild, director of IARC after a reassessment of the carcinogenic risks of coffee, mate and hot drinks.

For more precision, it is estimated that the temperature of the hot drink is too high when it exceeds 60 degrees. If Europeans are generally reasonable - and it is also a matter of taste - others have almost brought the hot drink into the mores, as in China, Iran, or South America, where tea mate is drinks at about 70 degrees, according to the study report.

The risk of cancer of the esophagus increases with the temperature at which the drink is consumed.

Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common cause of cancer in the world, but the WHO reveals that the study does not make it possible to observe the link between the case of cancer of the esophagus and the consumption of very hot drinks.

For the moment, the decision to classify very hot beverages as possibly carcinogenic is based on limited data. So do not be alarmed about its consumption, but as for any food: it must be consumed in moderation.

To be sure not to drink your tea too hot, one solution: wait 4 minutes. It's also time to brew well, so finally everything coincides! In addition, coffee would reduce the risk of cancer, it is now certain. IARC reassures: "Many epidemiological studies with coffee show that there is no cancer risk for pancreatic, breast or prostate cancers (for a moment suspected, Ed) and a reduced risk for the liver or the endometrium (the lining of the uterus) ". Provided, of course, that it is not too hot ...