you missed the Austin powers reference to the aeropress…

i mean, I guess I missed it because a travel aeropress doesn’t look anything like a penis pump

Swedish-made penis enlarger*

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What Oofff does on the layover stays on the layover 😂

Dunkin is weak coffee. I do love the chain, but theyve cut down on the grinds per pot now its just not worth drinking compared to the airplane stuff (because its free). Even their "cold brew" is weak compared to everyone elses cold brew. I wish theyd get back to making regular or strong coffee

Maybe i got old and too used to strong coffee. That could be the problem too

I actually agree. Never been a huge Dunkin fan. As someone who prefers cold brew most days, theirs is watery and weak.

I try to find mom-pop type coffee shops when I’m on the road (if there is one near the hotel), otherwise I’ll got Caribou or even Starbucks over Dunkin.

Im not a starbucks guy but caribou has been great.

I swear there was a time dunkin coffee was stronger. I could be imagining it, but i dont think it was always that bad.

My hearing was better pre Maddog.
My taste was better pre Covid.

I'm still in my 30s, but one does not need to be old to know how to drink good coffee. :D



Look at it this way, it will just cover up the smell of all the other crap sitting floor in the cockpit!

Agreed. I've had a few uniform shirt casualties that required mass quantities of bleach resulting from LGA $1 World Bean cup/lid leakage and lids that don't stay on.

Agree with gloopy, Dunkin was the standard for coffee that stayed warm and in the cup. That's good enough for me.

McDonald's coffee is underrated. Served very hot though, sometimes I can't even sip it until top of climb because it's so hot!!

agreed….Mc’d coffee is a sleeper…prefer it over Dunks if I have my choice.

you just have to wait in a line 50-75 people deep.
the lines at McDonalds are so long in the airport, you’d think they were giving food away…..and I still wouldn’t stand in that line. 🤮

A lot of places allow you to order on the app and skip the line. JFK and ATL specifically.

Agree with this. But like others have said, the lines can be awful, plus if you like cream its like pulling teeth to get any, let alone a nice amount.

DTW too. ………

Gawd, I miss the days of just walking up to a counter, throwing down a fiver, getting a cup of coffee and having change to tip the van driver.

Now you have to download an app, put in a password, upload a credit card, and order your coffee 1000 miles away from the city and make a best guess on when you’ll be there so it’s not cold when you arrive.

Old man grumbling…I know. Now get off my lawn.

I'm a young(ish) man and I'm with ya! I'm so tired of downloading an app for every God dang thing. I refuse to do it no matter how many points, perks or rewards I'm leaving on the table. It just ain't worth a free small fries to me.

/old man rants

you can still walk up and pay for coffee in cash anywhere. Your Luddite dream is alive and well

Not anywhere. Some places have gone crash free. But generally yes.

I want to express my gratitude to you as well. An Aeropress is on the way, and I am looking forward to experimenting and learning.

Not without being cheap for the driver…

I think I’ll just quit caffeine and go straight bourbon on duty before another damn app to get a cup of Joe. I’m an American for Pete’s sake, capital A……

There is a World Championship for pouring hot water through a $30 plastic tube. Pay no attention to the $500 conical burr grinder or the $30/lb coffee

W.A.C. - The official home of the World AeroPress Championship

Thanks for the chuckles :D

Aeropress and McD coffee are my go to's as well. I don't think Caribou makes good drip coffee but their mochas are great. The one in A gates never has a line (because it's so far away) but they do an excellent job there (E gates not so much). Their secret is mini dark chocolate chips instead of syrup.

If you're in PDX, Portland Coffee Roasters (right after KCM) has a really good medium roast for a decent price.

Floret in SEA has good drip coffee as well. They're across from the main crew room in A gates.

I feel like Austin must have good coffee but can't remember where.

Any other airports I'm missing?
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SFO has a decent pourover in the former VA (RIP) terminal if you choose the right beans
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Last time I was in PDX, the connector was closed (not sure if it still is) but I used to go over to Stumptown to get coffee there before red-eyes. It was really really good.

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Floret in SEA and Stumptown in PDX are some real solid cups of joe. Stumptown has a really good bottled cold brew if you're in that head space but you need a bottle opener to open it. I've definitely got some looks from captains when I pull that out.

I think you'll like it. Definitely takes some tweaking to find the right ratio of grounds to water for your taste but once you find the sweet spot its glorious. Personally, I like a stronger brew, so I grind a bit finer, use about 1.5x the recommended grounds and let the water sit on it for a bit before pressing.

The instructions that come with the Aeropress work really well for dark and medium roasts. But for light roasts I recommend starting with James Hoffman's technique. I found only really high quality, single origin, very light roasts can handle his recommended 95-100°C water so I generally use cooler water (around 85°C) even with his technique.

I've never traveled with the Aeropress so I'm not sure how hot the galley water is.

Stumptown is great. Their Hairbender blend is sold by the bag at Floret in SEA. I'm curious if they use it for their drip as well.

Heat is not the primary concern when brewing with galley water. If you brew with galley water, you ARE drinking airplane coffee.

The best I've seen on an airplane is a bottle of Dasani dumped into a clean coffee pot then left on the hot plate til it was used for a pour over.

Two of the best out there no doubt, really good cup of joe every time.

Not sure if anyone mentioned DTW, but the place inside of Plum Market over by A34/36 (Zingerman's Coffee) has an excellent medium roast that is consistently good. Power move is to grab your food from the counter and walk over to the coffee side to pay for it all there to avoid the line at the registers.

I feel like I’ve wandered into a live broadcast of ‘The View’.

What do you mean by this?

Exactly. Real men drink motor oil and snack on the burnt pieces of bread from behind a 2 star restaurant. Only rich lady-Bois enjoy artisan coffee. *Sarcasm*

Picked one of these up a few months ago as I wanted something that can pack easily for road trips and boils its own water. Planned to use it during training which I haven't been assigned yet so it's still sitting on the shelf. That said, should be pretty handy and I plan to test it here shortly with a good bag of beans.

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The attitude in Portland is that Stumptown sold out and when corporate. Not sure if their coffee has suffered as a result. Even Shake Shacks in JFK have Stumptown now. The coffee in SEA at the Beechers Vita cafe in C is better than the Floret. MKE has a place right in the middle of the terminal called Valentine which I think is a local coffee roaster which is great. Looks like maybe Covid killed it for the time being. Or maybe there is a remodel going on.

Yeah, enough coffee you can get through anything.