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I find that if you fill the tea mug / cafetiere with hot water from the hot tap thing, wait about 10s for the vessel to become hot, pour out the water and then make your drink with fresh hot water, it turns out fine.
I've been using this method in offices with zip taps for about 10 years and it works fine. I'm reasonably fussy about tea and coffee but not quite obsessive level.
I do get some chat now and again when I'm waiting for the right amount of time with my hot water in the vessel pending making the actual drink about wtf I am doing.
But hey, I didn't create this problem.
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Those things are a pain in the ass tbh. We used to have old-fashioned wall-mounted urns at work and they were bang on for V60 brews because they sat at 97-98°C and you could control the flow really well. The new hot tap things aren’t hot enough to make a decent cup of tea and flow in a fast jet that sprays all the coffee out of a V60. I switched to an Aeropress but you have to leave it for bloody ages and you still get a weak brew.
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We have those, but also a microwave. I fill a hario air kettle (posh plastic jug) from the hot tap and put it in the microwave for 30 seconds. Then pour through a V60.
Works great. Also a conversation starter which is nice/awful depending on the day of the week.
I should point out that apparently the plastic jug is not microwave approved, but some googling suggested this was unlikely to kill me.
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Does anyone work in an office where they have those 'hot' tap things? No idea what temp it is but it's well below that needed to make a decent cup of coffee (light roast) or tea for that matter. What's the best option - make coffee at home and bring in thermos? Try a darker roast coffee? Currently I just give up and go out to a cafe but want to try and make my own if I can.