Fresh Orange Juice Enhanced away LGW Flounge
Aug 31, 2018, 9:24 am
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Higher land prices in Florida mean many of the orange growing areas are now housing estates for old people, and the hurricanes and frosts mean the weather isn't as it used to be.
I saw a youtube video on the very subject a few days ago. don't ask me how I came to be watching a video on orange growing, those late night Youtube sessions can end up in some very dark places!
Aug 31, 2018, 9:32 am
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European regulations restricts the term to 14 days from extraction to consumption by dint of the use by date.
Aug 31, 2018, 9:44 am
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If I were to hand a guest or friend a glass of orange juice, whilst announcing confidently that it was ‘freshly-squeezed’, any notion that I had in fact squeezed the oranges as far back as two weeks previously is - let’s be honest - somewhat laughable.
Food labelling in general is notorious for its capacity to mislead by playing fast & loose with terminology and description.
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Aug 31, 2018, 9:47 am
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Restoration back to the previous supply is good. I don't drink much other than water, tea and juices (and don't touch alcohol) so wasn't best pleased with the change. Had a glass of the new stuff earlier this week and thought it tasted more like acid from concentrate. 
Aug 31, 2018, 9:58 am
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Well at least they were quicker to remedy this travesty quicker than they have with the new/old/ old/new CE catering so that's a step in the right direction at least.
Aug 31, 2018, 3:26 pm
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I can shed some light on this, but the short version is they are now back to the previous fresh orange juice supply.
The replacement orange juice was also freshly squeezed, but there were quite a few complaints, and they are back to the previous fresh orange juice, presumably from Brakes. It was a bit of a mystery why it didn't taste right, the labelling indicated no preservatives and what-not, but much fresh orange juice comes from Florida (even if it is actually a mix of sources) - the suspicion is that the temporary interloper was mainly Spanish, which would have a more tart flavour.
The replacement orange juice was also freshly squeezed, but there were quite a few complaints, and they are back to the previous fresh orange juice, presumably from Brakes. It was a bit of a mystery why it didn't taste right, the labelling indicated no preservatives and what-not, but much fresh orange juice comes from Florida (even if it is actually a mix of sources) - the suspicion is that the temporary interloper was mainly Spanish, which would have a more tart flavour.
Oct 7, 2018, 3:26 am
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LGW GF back to regular orange juice. Overheard a fellow passenger complaining today to the staff who seemed to insist it was fresh - but for sure wasn’t fresh... is there a nation wide shortage of fresh orange juice again?
Oct 7, 2018, 3:39 am
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No shortage of oranges - whether nationwide, or otherwise.
And as a world authority on such matters, I can exclusively reveal that with oranges comes the ability to produce freshly-squeezed orange juice. Who would have thunk it .....
Oct 7, 2018, 4:21 am
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My local Tesco has a juicing machine witha large hopper full of oranges, 3 sizes of bottles and as you open the tap,with a bottle underneath it whirrs into life and produces freshly squeezed orange juice. It would be nice is BA could source some of those for the lounges.
Oct 7, 2018, 4:22 am
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The logistics of really 'freshly squeezed' was noted during our last Malta holiday. Yes, we had it at breakfast every day. The kitchen contained a large sack of the fruit, processed each morning to provide for the 10 covers in the Dining Room.
Now ... extrapolate that task to provide the genuine article for the hundreds who pass through the Lounges every day, and you are looking at a couple of employees constantly feeding oranges into the juicer, whilst drawing further stock from an almost literal skip-load of oranges. I can't see that working, somehow.
Now ... extrapolate that task to provide the genuine article for the hundreds who pass through the Lounges every day, and you are looking at a couple of employees constantly feeding oranges into the juicer, whilst drawing further stock from an almost literal skip-load of oranges. I can't see that working, somehow.
Oct 7, 2018, 5:05 am
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Now ... extrapolate that task to provide the genuine article for the hundreds who pass through the Lounges every day, and you are looking at a couple of employees constantly feeding oranges into the juicer, whilst drawing further stock from an almost literal skip-load of oranges. I can't see that working, somehow.
Oct 7, 2018, 5:05 am
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Now ... extrapolate that task to provide the genuine article for the hundreds who pass through the Lounges every day, and you are looking at a couple of employees constantly feeding oranges into the juicer, whilst drawing further stock from an almost literal skip-load of oranges. I can't see that working, somehow.
Oh well. That sounds like a lot of trouble.
I guess we need a much, much simpler (even if lower quality) solution.
Maybe BA’s catering managers could organise a system whereby they source the sort of fresh juice that comes ready-prepared, in cartons ? At least that way their valued F lounge users can be sure of getting their juice fix on a consistent basis.
Oh ..... hang on a minute ..... on second thoughts ...... I can’t see that working somehow.
Oct 7, 2018, 8:10 am
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Oct 7, 2018, 8:19 am
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The logistics of really 'freshly squeezed' was noted during our last Malta holiday. Yes, we had it at breakfast every day. The kitchen contained a large sack of the fruit, processed each morning to provide for the 10 covers in the Dining Room.
Now ... extrapolate that task to provide the genuine article for the hundreds who pass through the Lounges every day, and you are looking at a couple of employees constantly feeding oranges into the juicer, whilst drawing further stock from an almost literal skip-load of oranges. I can't see that working, somehow.
Now ... extrapolate that task to provide the genuine article for the hundreds who pass through the Lounges every day, and you are looking at a couple of employees constantly feeding oranges into the juicer, whilst drawing further stock from an almost literal skip-load of oranges. I can't see that working, somehow.
Not to mention actually getting the crates of fruit airside in the first place, with the requisite carrying and security screenings - both in and out. Frankly I’d rather they used a quality pre-bottled version and concentrated their efforts (excuse the poor choice of word there!) on other things.
Oct 8, 2018, 6:01 am
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Being a glutton for punishment, I did check this out this morning, and the reports from last week are quite correct - they did serve concentrated orange juice due to the main freshly squeezed product being unavailable from the suppliers. The lounge manager suggested it really wasn't a great product even by concentrate standards, it almost sounds like they were serving Sunny Delight in Flounge. He said it looked quite pale too. They have now restored supplies from a third product described on its packaging as "fresh orange juce, not from concentrate", and that's what I had this morning. It's OK, though clearly not as good as the original product. If the original product comes back on supply, it will be restored to Flounge, this isn't an intended downgrade.
