Saturday 20 August 2016

You're Holding Your Coffee Mug Wrong, According To Scientists

image credit: Simon Wright

Despite the elegant simplicity of mug design, people still spill coffee on themselves all the time. It's an inevitable pitfall to enjoying the world's most popular psychoactive drug and one which coffee drinkers will gladly deal with if it means getting an aromatic morning buzz.

Luckily, scientists are here to remind us that the coffee stain on your pants is indeed your fault. But in addition to explaining why it is that coffee spills are so common, recent research claims to have found the most efficient way to hold a coffee mug without making a mess.

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