when hand washing dishes, how hot should the rinse water be, and why?
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Depends on your priorities. To save energy and money, cold rinse works fine for me. I just let dishes drain in the wire rack until they are dry and have never noticed any pathogens start growing during this time.
If you are going to towel dry the dishes immediately, or if you leave your dishes on towels to dry overnight (ewww), hot rinse makes sense for speed and keeping the towels dryer.
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