Why do some people like to drink their tea REALLY hot?

I cannot understand it, i know some people who in fact cannot stand to have it any colder than boiling (scalding) hot when they drink it!

in fact i know one person who, after making tea and adding milk (which of course cools it down), superheats the tea with milk in the microwave so its scalding hot when they drink it.

i tried that myself once, damn near dropped the cup it was so bloody hot! my tastebuds were all messed up that day.
but do you know anyone who likes their tea like this?
are you one of these people even?
if so can you please explain to me what is with the hankering for such hot tea?! how can you tolerate it? it absolutely eludes me you mad people 0_o,

also is there some scientific/biological reason why some people can tolerate such hot tea without burning their taste buds, highger pain threshold? and even if it is down to a higher pain threshold, why do they PREFER to have it scalding hot?