SAS developed excellent, lightweight and ergonomically sound coffee pots a few years back which hold a bit over a litre.
If memory serves right, our mob then asked them if we could copy the desing, and got permission. We have (earl <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> ) grey pots for tea, and blue pots for coffee.. .Never a problem to keep them apart, so the tea doesn't get that totally
coffee taste.
gas path, while you are correct in that the sinks,if not abused by ourselves, do drain, it is on many aircraft a problem of
design & blockage. Often the drains are difficult to reach properly with the spout of the pot, the drainage area too shallow, or as you say, blocked by us stupidly pouring OJ down it.
Another bit of info: the water boilers/hot cups bo. .th the covered and the open type, are the greatest cause of burn injuries among FA's. Unplugging a jug of boiling water from a sticky socket causes the water to slop over your hand whichever way you do it.. .Next bit is pouring the boling water from the no-spout kettle into the top of a tea pot. Slightest bit of movement from the aircraft and once again you've managed to pour scalding water over your own hand. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">
tonyt, not trying to teach granny to suck eggs here, but we let the tea "mast" while we serve the first round of coffee on long haul. On short hops we make the tea before take-off to give it a chance to get some taste, hence my silly tea cosy to keep it hot. Just an idea.
Amazing, 22 posts about Tea & Coffee!
