Cleanliness of inflight coffee?
Nov 21, 2019 | 10:08 am
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Cleanliness of inflight coffee?
I've read flight attendants saying the coffee or tea machine is not cleaned often and is icky, and sometimes fails tests, but people don't get sick from it, do they? Does people here drink these beverages?
Nov 21, 2019 | 11:44 am
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Not in a few years but I've never gotten sick. It's probably hot enough to kill some of the germs.
Jan 11, 2020 | 5:28 am
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If you look at the statistics of when they tested airline water tanks, you'll find that the percentage of airlines/aircraft where the water was unsafe is quite low, low enough to where I don't worry about it.
Jan 11, 2020 | 7:21 am
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Hi,
Have not been ill yet ! ( been flying for decades and have a coffee on every flight with no effects)
Regards
TBS
Have not been ill yet ! ( been flying for decades and have a coffee on every flight with no effects)
Regards
TBS
Jan 11, 2020 | 8:06 am
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Exposing oneself repeatedly for the type of bacteriae that might inhabit coffee or tea machines onboard an aircraft will probably help the immunization.
Jan 11, 2020 | 10:05 am
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While the water making your coffee or tea might have a few more germs than your local restaurant's water supply, the cup it is served in might be a whole lot cleaner.
Pick your poison.
Pick your poison.
Jan 20, 2020 | 4:57 am
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Jan 20, 2020 | 4:33 pm
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I've flown thousands of flights and only got sick once - definitely from the inflight coffee. But, boy, did I get sick - a nice week of e coli on Rhodes. Well in a room in a hotel on Rhodes. I barely left it. Ugh.
Btw, the coffee - served from a carafe - wasn't really hot.
Once was enough. As much as I like coffee after a meal, I won't drink anything with tank water anymore.
Btw, the coffee - served from a carafe - wasn't really hot.
Once was enough. As much as I like coffee after a meal, I won't drink anything with tank water anymore.
Jan 20, 2020 | 9:48 pm
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I've flown thousands of flights and only got sick once - definitely from the inflight coffee. But, boy, did I get sick - a nice week of e coli on Rhodes. Well in a room in a hotel on Rhodes. I barely left it. Ugh.
Btw, the coffee - served from a carafe - wasn't really hot.
Once was enough. As much as I like coffee after a meal, I won't drink anything with tank water anymore.
Btw, the coffee - served from a carafe - wasn't really hot.
Once was enough. As much as I like coffee after a meal, I won't drink anything with tank water anymore.
Jan 21, 2020 | 1:29 am
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Jan 21, 2020 | 6:05 am
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I've flown thousands of flights and only got sick once - definitely from the inflight coffee. But, boy, did I get sick - a nice week of e coli on Rhodes. Well in a room in a hotel on Rhodes. I barely left it. Ugh.
Btw, the coffee - served from a carafe - wasn't really hot.
Once was enough. As much as I like coffee after a meal, I won't drink anything with tank water anymore.
Btw, the coffee - served from a carafe - wasn't really hot.
Once was enough. As much as I like coffee after a meal, I won't drink anything with tank water anymore.
I presume a lot of the passengers were impacted if it was ecoli?