Klarinet Archive - Posting 000039.txt from 1995/08

From: Bill Hall <billhall@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: How to drink Hot Cofee?
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 17:46:47 -0400

>Hi Klarinet Friends,
>
>I would like to raise a very trivial question.
>
>Does someone knows how to drink hot cofee without burning your tongue?
>Sometimes I have a hard time when I burn the tip of my tongue right before
> playing.
>
>Thanks
>
>Ricardo Freire
>Clarinet Professor
>University of Brasilia- Brazil
>freireri@-----.br

I've done that. It sure is a distraction when you have to play with any kind
of pain in your mouth.

This may seem like a silly answer, but if coffee is that hot, I'll usually
add a small piece of ice to it so that is isn't hot enough to burn my tongue.