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Prunestand OP t1_iu9me3t wrote

Reply to comment by also_roses in [OC] When should you add the milk in a cup of coffee? by Prunestand

> Seems to indicate that it doesn't matter when you add

In this simulation: the temperature after 10 minutes was 55.4 °C if milk was added at the end, compared to 56.5 °C if milk was added in the beginning. So adding the milk at the end made it about 1 °C cooler.

So I would say it probably will not make a huge difference, at maximum some degree give or take.

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a_user_to_ask t1_iua8mvr wrote

The style of graph is nice for informal report (copy of xkcd), but if the difference of the experiments at the end are 1º C, it is the worst style to use because you can't know if the difference at the end is because the data or the drawing style of lines.

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Prunestand OP t1_iuacv7x wrote

I mean, it is a simulation after all. Not a study or an experiment.

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iamchairs t1_iu9r3vn wrote

Simulation? You didn't do it irl?

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Prunestand OP t1_iu9rn8t wrote

> Simulation? You didn't do it irl?

This is a simulation based off Newton's Law of cooling, yes.

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iamchairs t1_iu9rsul wrote

Interesting idea. But it's somehow less interesting this way

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