rohitkochhar / rohitpleasedrinkyourcoffee

An IoT project designed so my mom doesn't get angry at me for not drinking my coffee

RohitPleaseDrinkYourCoffee

An IoT project designed so my mom doesn't get angry at me for not drinking my coffee

Purpose

I'm pretty lucky to have a mom that offers to make coffee for me whenever she makes herself a cup. Unfortunately, I'm a very forgetful guy. After the coffee is made, I usually wait for it to cool down. During which time I'll go sit on my phone somewhere in the house. After about an hour, I'll realize I didn't get my coffee, at which point I'll not want to drink this old, cold cup of coffee. So for Christmas 2018, I'm giving my mom the best gift I can: No more wasted cups of coffee.

Background

Drinking super hot coffee can be dangerous, and if you're McDonald's, it can cost you a couple million in lawsuits. The ideal serving temperature for any hot beverages is 57.8 degrees C (From https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18226454) Unfortunately, if you're like me, you can't tell how hot your coffee is beyond "Ow, that's too hot", "That's a good temperature", or "This is cold". Being able to add some IoT to measure the temperature of your coffee can help this.