Alaska Airlines, the carrier commonly used by Seattleites because Sea-Tac International Airport is its primary hub, is changing up and hopefully upgrading its coffee offerings. This week the airline announced it would be replacing the Starbucks coffee it serves with a blend from Stumptown that the Portland, Oregon, roaster says is specially formulated for in-flight drinking.
Airplane coffee is often a necessary evil, something you drink when you need a shot of caffeine before you land. As the Washington Post notes, the coffee is brewed with water from the plane’s tanks, which is sometimes dirty (though Alaska’s water is notably clean). And a combination of factors, including the
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