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TAKEN FOR MUGS: People Are Losing Their Minds Over This Coffee Puzzle… And We Bet You Get It Wrong Too

by Zack Walkter

Published November 29, 2017

TAKEN FOR MUGS: People Are Losing Their Minds Over This Coffee Puzzle… And We Bet You Get It Wrong Too

You’ve probably seen a couple of riddles about fluid mechanics, where you have to try and determine which water tank gets filled up first, for example. Twitter user @herbeautyxo decided to share a new fluid riddle and posted the following picture on her feed with the caption “Who gets coffee first?”

If you’re a fan of riddles and puzzles, you’ll probably have this one figured out in no time – or at least, that’s what you might think. This particular riddle is quite deceiving and tricky, as the majority of responses were completely wrong.

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In fact, the answer is shockingly simple and doesn’t even involve complicated physics – but you should definitely try and solve it before peeking at the correct answer below.

The coffee riddle is presented in a simple manner. In the picture, we can see that coffee is being poured into a top container, which branches into a sort of maze of other containers. Underneath the maze, there are four pipes leading to four different coffee cups.

“Let’s see who’s (sic) brain works. Who gets coffee first?” the Twitter user posted.

With more than 2000 retweets and 4500 likes, this coffee riddle has truly taken the internet by storm. Over 2000 people commented on the tweet trying to find an answer to the riddle.

Of course, let’s assume that the coffee is being poured at a constant rate into the first container and that there’s enough coffee to fill the entire maze.

Which cup gets the coffee first?

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The most common answer that people gave was cup 4, which is a logical answer considering the workings of fluid mechanics. Next up would be cup 9, cup 7 and then finally cup 5.

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