[RUMOR] New Coffee coming to UA {updated} 1 Dec 2015?
Oct 13, 2015, 12:42 am
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No 1: If you took San Fran and Seattle out of "America" 20 years ago, I might agree with you, today in the blue part of the country, you can get good coffee many places.
No. 2: The Japanese Airlines serve very good coffee, it can be done, and their coffee is even good in Y.
No. 3: VX has good coffee, try it some time.
But hey, you ought to visit SF some time, we would show you some good coffee, and better yet actually drinkable beer, that does not come in a can.
No. 2: The Japanese Airlines serve very good coffee, it can be done, and their coffee is even good in Y.
No. 3: VX has good coffee, try it some time.
But hey, you ought to visit SF some time, we would show you some good coffee, and better yet actually drinkable beer, that does not come in a can.
Back on topic: my favorite chapter in the Freshpoo saga was when the comment cards were put in the United Club to solicit feedback on the coffee by Freshpoo. The comments one could leave were along the lines of this coffee is great, this coffee is fantastic or other. This is well documented in the original coffee thread.
Just another sign of the Smi/J culture that every anti-customer decision was correct and no one was allowed to question it.
Oct 13, 2015, 10:18 am
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If they are bringing back SBUX, I hope they will include the individual bottles of frappuccino like the olden days. Those were awesome with a shot of Bailey's added.
Oct 13, 2015, 3:37 pm
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"individual bottles of frappuccino"
Point No. 1 proved, right there.
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Point No. 1 proved, right there.
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Oct 13, 2015, 3:50 pm
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Oct 13, 2015, 4:16 pm
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This thread is hilarious. Americans discussing which coffee is better on United??
No. 1 - what Americans drink is not coffee.
No. 2 - you can't get decent coffee on a plane. Even Qantas can't make coffee on a plane.
No 3 - if you want anything even resembling coffee on a plane, you wouldn't fly an American airline.
And before you flame me - yes! I'm an Australian coffee snob. Hey, there are worse people.
No. 1 - what Americans drink is not coffee.
No. 2 - you can't get decent coffee on a plane. Even Qantas can't make coffee on a plane.
No 3 - if you want anything even resembling coffee on a plane, you wouldn't fly an American airline.
And before you flame me - yes! I'm an Australian coffee snob. Hey, there are worse people.
1. I agree with your stereotype, but what you really mean is "What the median American drinks is not coffee," or possibly "The median coffee available in the U.S. is not coffee." US coffee used to be uniformly terrible. Like beer (see note[*] below), we got our act together back in the 90s, and now you can get some really good coffee here. Although there's still plenty of terrible beer and terrible coffee if you don't know where to go.
1a. I will grant up front that Australian coffee is, generally speaking, the best in the world. (See note[*] below).
2. If you're gonna insist on a Campos flat white, then fine. Otherwise -- if we're just talking about solid, decent, acceptable coffee -- then the espressos in PMCO international J were surprisingly good before they removed them. And I had four solid cappucinos in OZ F last year.
3. With the removal of the PMCO espresso machines, I have to agree.
[*] Australian beer is frankly pxxx. And the US has the best beer in the world. (Although, to be fair, we also have more horrible beer than anywhere else).
Oct 13, 2015, 4:23 pm
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TOPIC REMINDER
While fun topics -- is what American's drink really coffee or the virtues of Australian beer (a very worth topic in my mind), none of this has anything to do with UA coffee. While there really isn't anything yet on the change or not, let's at least try to stay on that topic and not wander off into a generic beverages of the world discussion.
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While fun topics -- is what American's drink really coffee or the virtues of Australian beer (a very worth topic in my mind), none of this has anything to do with UA coffee. While there really isn't anything yet on the change or not, let's at least try to stay on that topic and not wander off into a generic beverages of the world discussion.
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Sorry about that ....
Oct 14, 2015, 1:15 am
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Was on UA 907 last night (ORD - FRA), and my flight attendant said there was an internal memo outlining a planned coffee change coming on November 1st.
This was after I rejected a second cup of the swill with breakfast (only drank the first for the caffeine fix).
I don't know how true this is, but she sounded confident when she spoke and commented on how much all the FAs are looking forward to it.
This was after I rejected a second cup of the swill with breakfast (only drank the first for the caffeine fix).
I don't know how true this is, but she sounded confident when she spoke and commented on how much all the FAs are looking forward to it.
Oct 14, 2015, 4:16 pm
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November 1 date not true
Was on UA 907 last night (ORD - FRA), and my flight attendant said there was an internal memo outlining a planned coffee change coming on November 1st.
This was after I rejected a second cup of the swill with breakfast (only drank the first for the caffeine fix).
I don't know how true this is, but she sounded confident when she spoke and commented on how much all the FAs are looking forward to it.
This was after I rejected a second cup of the swill with breakfast (only drank the first for the caffeine fix).
I don't know how true this is, but she sounded confident when she spoke and commented on how much all the FAs are looking forward to it.
It was easy to determine the current one. We were then told that one of the other two would be the winner. The expected roll out date will be sometime early 2016.
Oct 14, 2015, 5:13 pm
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I attended a preview of the new food offerings at Chelsea Kitchens at Newark Airport. The first thing we did was to have a blind coffee taste test. There were 3 choices, one of which was the current "coffee" offering. We had to rate the three offerings.
It was easy to determine the current one. We were then told that one of the other two would be the winner. The expected roll out date will be sometime early 2016.
It was easy to determine the current one. We were then told that one of the other two would be the winner. The expected roll out date will be sometime early 2016.
How were the other two brews?
Oct 14, 2015, 5:21 pm
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Oct 14, 2015, 5:46 pm
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Oct 14, 2015, 7:44 pm
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Oct 14, 2015, 7:48 pm
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Oct 14, 2015, 8:03 pm
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