Coffee
 

Absolutely the worst cup I had was on Southwest.....greyhound of the skies serves it black, hot, cheap and it tastes like it!
They tried to tell me it was the water, but I have a neighbor that is one of their pilots that told me they buy the cheapest they can find.
With their ticket prices rising, you would think they could afford something much better! :confused:

Coffee Bags!

By comparison, Qantas' JetStar has okay Maxwell House coffee bags and it is fine, although JQ tries to charge AUD$2 for it.

At least we know what it is and can adjust the strength to one's taste. ^
By comparison, I was hoping Aloha's coffee would be a little better, but at least it is comlimentary. ;)

I seem to remember that Shuttle America used to serve really good coffee, back when they were flying Saabs for US Airways.

Another US Airways flight I was on a while back had a broken coffee maker. The FA lived near the airport, so she brewed coffee at home for the flight..^^

United serves Starbucks. How do you translate 'bitter' into multiple languages? :rolleyes:
Starbucks at 35000 feet is awful.

Forget what they serve and BYO.:D

And they serve a rather delicious French-press coffee in StarClass. ;)

Rub it in, now... ;)
For the night SYD-HNL sector it is probably worthwhile to upgrade at the counter to StarClass (~USD$200 to AUD$300). Instead, I'll put the $ toward the next HA special I can find (hint...let me know if you see a SYD special!)

I miss my Lion coffee... :)

Ahh, but what if it is from an establishment not airside? Worse yet, if the most ubiquitous coffee chain in the United States doesn't have a full-service post at that airport? *coughMDWcough*

The only decent coffee I've had on board a plane was an espresso on SQ: they seem to have decent ground coffee and proper espresso machines on board.

Otherwise, I always go for tea: there's only so far wrong you can go with tea bags (well, unless I see 'Lipton' or 'Pickwick' or similar). Coffee inevitably ends up being a horrible, sour, light roast, which I can't stand: coffee should be dark and bitter (IMO).

Ask the attendant to brew a fresh pot (at least in biz / first they're always happy to do so).

Carterdayne,

The person is probably a dunkin donuts drinker and doesn't understand what a dark roast is or tastes like. They have these things called coffee shops in airports and even the faux Starbucks they have in airports can make a decent Americano. It's your own fault if you're drinking crappy drip on a flight.

Did she smuggle it past TSA 3 ounces at a time?

:p

AA supposedly serves starbucks but it sure does not taste like it.

I won't drink airline coffee, period. I can wait till landing. If I really need caffeine there's always Coke or Pocket Coffee.

If I ever fly Singapore or Quantas I'll look into the options mentioned. Otherwise I'll avoid the punishment--I love good coffee too much to drink weak sock water.

I definately wouldn't on CO. They are by far the worst in brewing coffee. Yuck! :td:

Excellent: CX. One particular flight from JFK-HKG had one cup after dinner and three after breakfast. It's THAT good ^

Tolerable: NW. Because I've flown them too often. I guess I just got used to their coffee. But they brew well and it isn't watery or any of that Dunkin Donuts swill.

Qualifies for Vomit: MU. Yeah. I found their culinary aspect pretty bad. I should've really gotten the hint there. Its almost indescribable.

When Shuttle by United was around, their coffee was pretty atrocious too.

Mrs B drinks hot tea. Last week, she was served a cup on a DL flight that was indistinguishable from a bad cup of coffee. At first, she thought our orders had been reversed but mine tasted more coffee-like. Even the FA couldn't determine what it was by sniffing. Blech.

I had a cup of coffee coming back from PHL on a DL flight and it wasn't bad. It wasn't necessarily good but not bad. I didn't ask what kind of coffee it was though...

I must respectfully disagree with you, my friend dhammer53! I enjoy the Starbucks Lite Note that is brewed onboard, and often on PS flights I finish well over a pot-full myself.

On SQ and UA intra-Asia I typically drink oolong tea. And lots of that too!^