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PilotBases 01-21-2022 07:45 AM


Originally Posted by ERflyer (Post 3357139)
Charging stuff is one thing. When people start setting up a kitchen in the cockpit it gives me pause.

I always start my line check offering the LCP a freshly ground cup of coffee and a warmed up croissant from my travel toaster oven. Yes we push 20 late, but I wouldn’t dream of doing WARTS without it.

I did know of a captain in the regionals who would pop out his griddle in the galley during the mornings and start making breakfast.

Breadcream 01-21-2022 07:50 AM

Plane coffee.

2 creams.

2 sugars.

“What checklist you want, boss?”

OOfff 01-21-2022 07:55 AM


Originally Posted by Breadcream (Post 3357225)
Plane coffee.

2 creams.

2 sugars.

“What checklist you want, boss?”

*giardia enters the chat*

biigD 01-21-2022 08:04 AM


Originally Posted by OOfff (Post 3357233)
*giardia enters the chat*

I've been drinking airplane coffee for over a decade and crappy FBO coffee for a decade prior to that, and so far I've had absolutely no adverddddzzzzzssww esjhfiktm dkfnmg mcmcjgnmtm.

Miata.

Mesabah 01-21-2022 08:37 AM


Originally Posted by 2StgTurbine (Post 3356920)
After years without seeing LGA, I am finding myself there more and more. Where do you get coffee that isn't terrible? I have tried those silly places where you order on one screen but pay at another by D92 and the World Bean in the food hall by C42. Both of those places suck. The coffee is way too acidic. I even gave each place 3 attempts, but it's always the same awful coffee. The airplane coffee is better and that still sucks.

There is a Dunkin in every other LGA terminal, hopefully they'll add another to the C terminal when it's finished.

DeltaboundRedux 01-21-2022 08:48 AM

Dunkin’ screwed it all up when they ditched the super sized styrofoam cup that kept their non pretentious coffee warm for hours in favor of paper.

Really the only thing they had going for it.

Whoopsmybad 01-21-2022 10:49 AM


Originally Posted by Mudhendrvr (Post 3357132)
An option I picked up during the great airplane coffee drought of 2020 was a a plastic Melitta pour over cone (takes #2 cone filters), which fits nicely on my contigo travel mug for brewing. Since I don't like/trust the coffee makers in hotel rooms (and I like the option of not using the algae infused water on the airplane) I bough a silicone collapsible travel kettle (search on amazon) that boils up to half a liter of water. Have a bag of my fav grind and voila, hot coffee that doesn't suck. The kettle works on the plug in the cockpit of the 330 and 73.

Whole situation works well, lasts long time.

Even in a hotel room vs the cockpit, this is key.

Sputnik 01-21-2022 10:58 AM


Originally Posted by OOfff (Post 3357117)
nothing in my coffee setup is TSA prohibited.

It's possible you missed an Austin Powers reference

gloopy 01-21-2022 10:58 AM


Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux (Post 3357284)
Dunkin’ screwed it all up when they ditched the super sized styrofoam cup that kept their non pretentious coffee warm for hours in favor of paper.

Really the only thing they had going for it.


It was the lid that made it better. The paper cup lids suck, dribble easier and go from zero to burn a lot faster. For consistency though, Dunkin is hard to beat. It may never be the best, but its never the worst either.

Some instants are better than the Folgers/Sankas of yore. Better than many of the airport coffees too. Good enough for their main purpose, which we all know ain't pontificating over the subtle notes of dark chocolate and saddle leather at 5AM.

tallpilot 01-21-2022 11:31 AM


Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux (Post 3357284)
Dunkin’ screwed it all up when they ditched the super sized styrofoam cup that kept their non pretentious coffee warm for hours in favor of paper.

Really the only thing they had going for it.

Correct! Now it's cold in 20 minutes.


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