The Real Reason You Shouldn’t Order Coffee or Tea on an Airplane

Food & Wine ^ | June 4, 2024 | Jelisa Castrodale

[nickcarraway]

Flight Attendant on Why Passengers Shouldn’t Order Coffee

[Billthedrill]

[verum ago]

I get my airplane beverages in a factory sealed bottle with at least 40% ABV.

You know, to make sure it’s sterile...

[mfish13]

Super!!!!

[Buffalo Bob]

airplane water tanks — which are typically situated beside or near the bathroom — are the very same source of water as the bathrooms

Yes - Potable (drinking quality) water, just as in your home.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"...airplane water tanks are typically situated beside or near the bathroom and use the very same source of water as the bathrooms."

Oh, NO! Horrors! In my house, the bathroom is near the kitchen AND the kitchen sink AND it uses the very same source of water as our bathrooms!

Whatever shall I do?

[Aevery_Freeman]

After a brief visit to X, the logic and common sense of FR is a welcome sight.

[woodbutcher1963]

You are more likely to get sick from the person sitting next to you or behind you.

I went to Playa Del Carmen, MX 27 years ago. The woman behind me on the flight down was coughing the entire flight. Two mornings later I woke up with the exact same cough.
I started to feel better, then I came down with Montezuma’s Revenge. I still refer to it as the Vacation from Hell.

[TalBlack]

For that matter no one cleans the city water mains either.

[logi_cal869]

Maybe that’s what’s killing pilots...

[simpson96]

“TikTok influencer Kat Kamalani,...”

...doesn’ realize or doesn’t care that this has been a “thing” for about 20 years now.

Anything for clicks.

[Sicon]

TikTok influencer Kat Kamalani

How do you know you're not too bright?

When you are influenced by an "influencer".

[lastchance]

“The reason being is that those water tanks [on the aircraft] are never cleaned and they are disgusting,”

I have my doubts about relying on any Tik-Tok video for information. If those tanks are involved in food service they would be inspected just like ice machines are. A bigger problem would be whether they can keep water hot enough to keep bacteria from forming.

[lastchance]

Die. But don’t do it by drowning. After all, as this article points out,there are easier ways to let water kill you.

[occamrzr06]

TikTok influencer

Would take advice from a 6-year-old before a TikTok influencer.

[TexasGator]

“For that matter no one cleans the city water mains either.”

We get notices of prior to their sanitizing the system.

[smokingfrog]

Where does the water come from that is used to fill the aircraft? That’s the important thing. And how often does it get cleaned?

[TangoLimaSierra]

...typically situated beside or near the bathroom — are the very same source of water as the bathrooms.

Kinda the same as all our houses.

[1_Rain_Drop]

Yikes! I've never cleaned the water tank in my house. I've drained it but not cleaned.

On another note...if a water tank is located near a bathroom, how does the water inside the tank get infected? Aren't water tanks sealed?

I'd bet this influencer was paid by starbucks.

[Paal Gulli]

Funny it doesn’t have seemed to do any harm to flight deck crews, and they drink coffee by the gallon.