Never ceases to amaze me
Jun 23, 2022, 9:23 pm
#32
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Personally, I prefer it spent on non alcoholic. Some airlines are quite capable of providing decent offerings ; QF and BA don't seem to be among them. EK, QR and WY all have decent offerings on board and on the ground.
Jun 24, 2022, 12:40 am
#33
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I know the economics are potentially a little different, but it does surprise me how much better the catering on QR is given the J fares are often lower than BA - as a small example & noting I appreciate it's just from a pod machine, but we can get a drinkable espresso on QR while airborne. Yet on BA, I find the coffee in the air undrinkable - despite assurances it's the same beans as on ground - so it's either the occasional green tea (good luck if you're ever at the back of the plane), water or - more likely - a short shrug and something from the bar. I can't imagine it's lower cost to feed me Champagne/gin/etc than to do something about the coffee.
Jun 24, 2022, 4:31 am
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I know the economics are potentially a little different, but it does surprise me how much better the catering on QR is given the J fares are often lower than BA - as a small example & noting I appreciate it's just from a pod machine, but we can get a drinkable espresso on QR while airborne. Yet on BA, I find the coffee in the air undrinkable - despite assurances it's the same beans as on ground - so it's either the occasional green tea (good luck if you're ever at the back of the plane), water or - more likely - a short shrug and something from the bar. I can't imagine it's lower cost to feed me Champagne/gin/etc than to do something about the coffee.
That said, I wouldn't drink coffee on planes- period. The water lines are not flushed frequently. There is plenty of data showing high levels of bacterial contamination.
You can be fairly certain that BA in its incessant penny pinching isn't likely to be prioritising this kind of cleaning...
Coffee/tea... not for me on any aircraft.
Jun 24, 2022, 4:38 am
#35
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I can't say "never", but the chances of bacterial infection from coffee made on an aircraft is pretty close to a statistical zero. Even 70 celsius zaps most bacteria, and coffee itself is injurious to bacteria.
Jun 24, 2022, 5:19 am
#36
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As for how it affects people, that clearly depends on the individual. I could also eat a piece of raw chicken and not be ill, but I am sure as hell not going out of my way to try my luck.
Jun 24, 2022, 7:32 am
#37
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Oranges are easy to grow here...they're in season just now. For me the novelty of picking and squeezing them every flippin' morning wore off many years ago.If the missus wants it she buys it in a carton. I suspect oranges don't come cheap in the UK.
Jun 24, 2022, 7:35 am
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True freshly squeezed OJ, where it has been prepared directly for you or prepped a few hours earlier is always v expensive in the UK in my experience.
Jun 24, 2022, 7:38 am
#39
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Not as expensive as that fizzy grape juice people on here keep banging on about all the time.
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