[moehoward]

"Still, she was an idiot and the coffee there was/is no hotter than any restaurants."

Negative.

While optimum brew is at 200(ish), it's the (old) McDonalds corporate mandate "hold" temp of 180 +/-5 degrees that is at issue. During trial it was shown the majority of McDonalds competitors hold temp to be significantly lower, in-line with most home coffee makers, of around 140 degrees.

[TigersEye]

I have never found that to be the case.