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Alaska Airlines' Stumptown Coffee With Custom Blend

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Back in October, Alaska Airlines made an exciting coffee announcement. As someone who cares a lot about coffee, I was thrilled to see the effort the carrier put into this. I wanted to share an update, as this coffee is now available on all Alaska flights, and I’m curious to hear some firsthand reports of…

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(@Julian)
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No trip report to try the new coffee?


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(@Thomas)
Joined: 11 years ago

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I'm pretty sure it was still Umbria coffee on my Tuesday morning flight. I'm not sure coffee taste matters as much when you add Bailey's and hazelnut vodka.


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(@widerightv)
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I guess that you need to accentuate the positive for Alaska on coffee choices. Alaska Air has to be smarting today in that the Alaska Air, the publicly traded company was removed from the S&P 500. A company added today to the S&P; UBER. To borrow a line from George Constanza "That's gotta hurt!"


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(@RovinMoses)
Joined: 11 years ago

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Enjoyed the new coffee last week. Sitting in Starbucks now with Americano. Can't have too much coffee!


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(@Erica T)
Joined: 10 years ago

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One of the Seattle lounge employees told me they are working on something special for those lounges


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(@shoeguy)
Joined: 7 years ago

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So glad they ditched Starbucks. Terrible coffee.


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(@Ricardo)
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It sounds like he's lobbying for an invitation, eh?


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(@David)
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I was hoping for Latte Larry's.


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(@gerard)
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Alas, Stumptown quality has dropped a fair bit since being bought out by Peet’s years bacl. Still - it may nevertheless be amongst the best coffee offered by an airline…


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(@Joel S Avgeek)
Joined: 8 years ago

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I had the Stumptown coffee on an Alaska flight last week. Mildly put, it was awful. Bitter, oil floating on the top ... this isn't Starbucks by a mile.


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(@Joe F)
Joined: 7 years ago

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Stumptown used to be really good - now? Its underroasted, pale, weak and when made in a airline coffee pot = sadly disgusting.


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(@Carol K)
Joined: 3 years ago

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Had Stumptown on an Alaska flight this week. One word: "Yuk." Tasted like it was polluted.


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