Key points from article :
Drinking very hot tea could almost double the risk of oesophageal cancer.
The oesophagus (or gullet) connects the throat to the stomach.
Most people in the UK don’t drink their tea at such high temperatures.
Tea drinkers should let their beverages cool down before drinking them.
Study of 50,000 people in Iran published in the International Journal of Cancer.
Other studies have generally looked at mate drinkers, rather than tea drinkers.