Drinking very hot drinks could triple risk of oesophageal cancer, study finds

Experts say people should let very hot cups of tea and coffee cool down until they are comfortable to drink in order to reduce risk of the disease. Photograph: Alextype/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Drinking very hot tea and coffee triples the risk of developing cancer of the gullet, the world’s largest study of the link between them has found.

The findings show that people should let very hot cups of tea and coffee cool down until they are comfortable to drink, in order to reduce their risk of the disease, cancer experts said.