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  • #61
    On a related note, I recently wrote to Virgin's customer service complaining that the doser chamber in the grinder in The Lounge at Sydney was literally half full of ground coffee.

    I made the point that if this was at 7am, it wouldn't be too bad with the volume of shots being made, but it was actually about 4pm, so the ground coffee was sitting there for some time.

    I've little doubt they had a giggle at my coffee snobbiness.

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    • #62
      Keeping to the Brisbane airport theme, about a year ago I ordered a regular flat white. At the same time an older chap ordered an extra-hot latte. Of course the 'barista' simply made them at the same time using the same milk.

      I looked at the guy in disbelief, but just walked off, no point making a fuss if he doesn't give a crap. Thankfully mine was normal temp, so the older customer probably thought his was freezing.

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      • #63
        In Sydney Airport, there's a cafe with a Strada EP in it. Rather optimistically, I thought "ooh, specialty coffee machine in an airport..could be good?" Then I saw the half full dosing chamber, the 'Barista' pushing the group into a tamper on the grinder and a horribly scummy milk wand. Needless to say, 3/4 of my flat white went into the bin. What a waste of a beautiful machine.. :'(

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        • #64
          I saw that same machine last week.
          I saw that same half full doser.
          I saw (probably) the same guy behind the machine (refuse to call him a barista).
          I saw the same waste of a beautiful machine.
          I saw the same sadness.

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          • #65
            Originally posted by Talk_Coffee View Post
            Coffee at airports always meets my expectations. I expect that I'll never be ordering coffee at an airport and so far, have a 100% strike rate.
            If you ever find yourself on the way out of Melbourne international, the first restaurant you stop by does bomb pizza and decent coffee. Bit of a specific "if", but there you go.

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            • #66
              I DO think Airport coffee has improved in recent years.
              I travelled regularly for work over several decades, and when I started in the '70s you couldn't even find espresso at an Airport.
              I think I noticed a definite improvement starting to wash through about 3 years ago and recently I have had decent coffee in both Brisbane and Sydney Airports.

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              • #67
                Toby's Estate does a pretty good coffee at Sydney Domestic

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