Very hot beverages linked to higher esophageal cancer risk in major study

A large-scale study has drawn a clear line between the temperature of what we drink and the health of the tissue through which it passes — finding that regularly consuming very hot beverages may triple the risk of esophageal cancer. The culprit is not coffee or tea themselves, but the thermal injury that extreme heat inflicts on the delicate lining of the esophagus with each repeated sip. This finding lands with particular weight in cultures where scalding-hot drinks are not merely a preference but a daily ritual, inviting a quiet reckoning between tradition and the body's quiet vulnerability