Hot or Cold Drinks in Summer?

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Many of us know that there is almost nothing nicer than relaxing on a hot day with an iced beverage. It refreshes you and may make yourself feel cooler in the process.

However, other people believe that hot beverages are the drink of choice for a sweltering day. Why? The idea that drinking a hot beverage will make the overall body temperate rise, giving the temperature of the environment a lesser effect; in addition to heat having a relaxing, releasing effect on the body's pores/capillaries to disipate heat faster.

What is your mentality and why? I don't know everything about the subject, but being both an avid coffee and beer drinker I would like to know the pros and cons thereof.

edit - this is awesome. A sweet question poll for my 2.500 mark post.