Will coffee damages my macbook?

I accidentally spilled coffee on the keyboard, but not too much. I turned it down immediately and waited for 2 days until I reopen it.
It worked alright now, but I am still concerning if the coffee damage would do any damage to my computer.

yes. it hurts. But if it's not too much, I guess it's ok. Coffee may stay inside the layers of your keyboard and only corrodes the keyboard. Even the keyboard is down, replacing the keyboard (topcase) is easy, you just need to resemble the laptop and put everything back in the new topcase. less than $100 needs.
But a large amount of coffee will be disastrous. It flows very slowly in gravity, until it reach the logic board.
I have the same experience, and I know the structure of the macbook.

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