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How to Cool a Hot Drink Quickly

Method 1 Method 1 of 6: Transferring Between Cups
  1. 1 Take your drink and pour it from one cup to the other cup.
    • If your cup goes higher, then more air will go through it, making it colder.
    • Don't make your cup go too high, after pouring, it might bounce a few drops and land on your arms. It will burn!
  2. 2 Repeat until your drink has cooled down.
  3. 3 Once it has cooled down, enjoy your drink.
Method 2 Method 2 of 6: Ice Cubes
  1. 1 Put one or two ice cubes in your hot drink.
  2. 2 Stir your drink.
  3. 3 Enjoy! The ice should have cooled down your drink.
Method 3 Method 3 of 6: Milk
  1. 1 Trying pouring some milk into your drink.
  2. 2 Stir well.
Method 4 Method 4 of 6: Fanning the Drink
  1. 1 Get a fan, and aim the fan at your drink. The cool wind from the fan will cool down your drink.
  2. 2 If you do not have a fan, try blowing on your drink, but not too hard.
Method 5 Method 5 of 6: Blowing and Stirring
  1. 1 Blow across the surface of the drink. Form your lips into an "O" shape and gently blow a steady stream of air across the surface of your hot drink. The cool air will reduce the temperature at the surface of the water.
  2. 2 Stir your drink with a teaspoon. As you blow, continually stir the drink with a teaspoon. This allows a greater volume of the hot drink to be cooled by the air.
  3. 3 Continue until your drink reaches the desired temperature. Although you may feel a little silly doing it, the blowing and stirring method is actually one of the most effective ways to cool a hot drink. In fact, studies have shown that using this method can cool a hot drink by up to 11 degrees per minute!
Method 6 Method 6 of 6: Ice and Salt
  1. 1 Put the drink inside its cup into a closed container.
  2. 2 Put some ice sprinkled with salt into the closed container (not into the drink cup).
  3. 3 Let sit briefly. Your drink will be cold in a matter of minutes.