Originally Posted By: Meline
In order to raise your temp the same amount (56 liters (56000 grams), 0.2*C) would require you to consume 2,800 calories to do the same thing as drinking the hot tea. Correct?


Not exactly. The 'calories' we use to measure energy in food area actually kilocalories (1000 regular calories). So it only takes one food calorie to raise the temperature of 1 liter of water 1 degree Celsius. Raising 56 liters of water 0.2 degrees would require 11.2 calories of food (assuming the conversion from sugar to body heat were 100% efficient, which it isn't).