A very British ?(or maybe English) gripe
Jan 24, 2019, 6:48 am
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A very British ?(or maybe English) gripe
Is it me, or is the tea on SH services getting served almost cold recently?
Last few flights (one domestic, one Euro) in CE I've had a cuppa and it's been bordering on cold.
I'm mightily miffed, indeed almost peeved.
Last few flights (one domestic, one Euro) in CE I've had a cuppa and it's been bordering on cold.
I'm mightily miffed, indeed almost peeved.
Jan 24, 2019, 7:02 am
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English in the sense of griping on the interweb about it rather than asking the purser to make a fresh pot?
It is tricky keeping tea hot since particularly at this time of year the mugs are freezing cold and once airborne the water can't get anywhere near 100c. A good purser will of course warm the mug first from the hot water supply before serving.
It is tricky keeping tea hot since particularly at this time of year the mugs are freezing cold and once airborne the water can't get anywhere near 100c. A good purser will of course warm the mug first from the hot water supply before serving.
Jan 24, 2019, 7:23 am
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Jan 24, 2019, 8:23 am
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English in the sense of griping on the interweb about it rather than asking the purser to make a fresh pot?
It is tricky keeping tea hot since particularly at this time of year the mugs are freezing cold and once airborne the water can't get anywhere near 100c. A good purser will of course warm the mug first from the hot water supply before serving.
It is tricky keeping tea hot since particularly at this time of year the mugs are freezing cold and once airborne the water can't get anywhere near 100c. A good purser will of course warm the mug first from the hot water supply before serving.
Jan 24, 2019, 8:29 am
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Reminds me of the complaint by Winston Churchill
“Dinner would have been splendid...if the wine had been as cold as the soup, the beef as rare as the service, the brandy as old as the fish,
Jan 24, 2019, 8:51 am
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@ Worcester - nice one, another gem from WC !
Do you happen to know which sector the great man had just flown when making those characteristically sardonic comments ..... ?
Do you happen to know which sector the great man had just flown when making those characteristically sardonic comments ..... ?
Jan 24, 2019, 12:00 pm
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I appreciate that BA crews are constrained by the equipment they are given to work with, but there are, as noted, well-known perpetual failure modes:
Frozen Cutlery
Tepid White Wine
Cold RED Wine ... why can’t the swap where they stow the wine bottles?
I don’t drink Tea, and the Coffee is fairly awful, so I defer to those with a different addiction!
Frozen Cutlery
Tepid White Wine
Cold RED Wine ... why can’t the swap where they stow the wine bottles?
I don’t drink Tea, and the Coffee is fairly awful, so I defer to those with a different addiction!
Jan 24, 2019, 12:59 pm
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Whilst not for a lingering drink, I find the temperature of hot tea or coffee fine when served on an aeroplane even when dispensed from a plastic jug.