Originally Posted by
rockflyertalk
Having previously worked in this speciality (3rd wave) industry and having met one of the founders of Union (he's a good friend of a friend, not to name drop of course) but this is nice move for an Airline and something I'd loved to have achieved myself. I always thought it would be great to have a speciality coffee stand in lounges delivering (proper) barista crafted flat whites, capps and lattes to lounge guests.
Hopefully we might see flat whites in the skies one day! This move is certainly a vast improvement on Nespresso or those awful machines in the lounges.
Here's the BA PR...
https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...w/union-coffee
Hi rocketflyertalk, you say this as if it's something quite innovative, whereas there are already plenty of lounges with proper baristas (QF for example, and the Singapore dnata lounge is a third party one that is particularly good) and plenty of airlines where espresso has been available onboard for years.
While this is a welcome improvement, I still find it very disappointing that espresso still won’t be available in J class. This remains quite far behind the times.