Can you strain your esophagus

I think I just did. Drank some warm soup from a coffee cup and the soup on the bottom was much hotter than the soup on top.... so when I started to swallow the soup, it was too late - the hot stuff had already gone down the hatch before I realized I needed to stop... ouch.

Other than drinking cold liquids, anyone know of a remedy?

I don't think you did, drinking hot soup really hurts but it wont litterly burn a hole through it.