BBC NEWS | Health | Hot drinks promote warm feelings

BBC NEWS | Health | Hot drinks promote warm feelings: "If you want someone to warm to you give them a steaming hot drink, say US researchers.

People are more likely to judge strangers as welcoming and trustworthy when they are holding a hot cup of coffee, experiments show.

Volunteers rated people as 11% 'warmer' after holding a hot drink than after holding a cold drink, the study in Science reports.

The warmth of a drink also influenced how selfish participants were."