Hot Water

[rightcoast]

Hey, Everyone!  I have been reading the many informative and helpful posts here for the past year; and have finally decided to join in on the discussions. 
One of the topics I haven't seen much information about is the consumption of hot drinks.  I definitely understand and have experienced the negative effects of too many caffeinated beverages ( I really enjoyed that Coffee discussion); my concern is more with the actual temperatures of beverages.  Although I have never experienced any real problem with drinking hot water or tea, I always have the feeling that it could not possibly be good to be ingesting high temperature water.  Could it affect gut bacteria or teeth mineralization? I was curious if anyone here has any personal experience with this subject?

[Iguana]

Boiled water is sterilized and we don't want to ingest anything of that kind. There are organic molecules and often bacterias in most waters: we want to eat them alive!

Heating of those organic compounds will produce Maillard's molecules, some of which are noxious. Not as many as in cooked foods, but a few anyway. 

Welcome, BTW!