With International Coffee Day being a thing I never knew we needed to know about, Emirates has been showing off how much coffee its customers drink over a year.
That number: more than 170,000 kilograms
Let’s look at the breakdown.
Inflight Coffee
Inflight, more than 130,000 kilograms of coffee is served onboard every year, with the airline commissioning its own signature blend of Arabic Coffee in collaboration with artisan local producer, Mattina. Emirates signature blend of Arabic coffee is served inflight to First Class customers globally and is also available to order in the First and Business Class Lounges.
For those of you in other cabins and other places a myriad of coffee types and producers are offered to customers inflight including Lavazza, Coffee Planet, the Nairobi Coffee and Tea Company, and a host of independent suppliers globally.
As part of the meal service, Economy and Premium Economy customers are offered coffee once or twice during their flight, while Business and First Class customers can order from a Lavazza Italian coffee menu on demand, including options like decaffeinated coffee, cappuccino, iced Americano, espresso, macchiato and affogato al café.
Emirates also works with Coffee Planet to create bespoke drinks for special occasions like Christmas and Valentine’s Day, such as the rose-kissed mocha or orange crush latte.
In the lounges
Across the Emirates lounge network, 40,000 kilograms of coffee is served each year.
The 5.1 million customers that relax in the 7 Emirates Lounges in Dubai each year consume an average of 26,000 kilograms of coffee beans, whilst in the 34 Emirates Lounges in cities across the world, 2.1 million customers access the luxury lounges each year with an annual consumption of 14,000 kilograms of coffee beans
In the First Class lounge in Concourse B, Dubai International Airport, Emirates has a dedicated coffee counter where customers can choose between a variety of three single blend origin coffees freshly prepared by a barista.
The First and Business Class Lounges also feature Costa Coffee, an Emirates Leisure Retail company, where a wide range of coffees and complementary food are served.
Now… where is my mug of coffee?
This will do… for now.
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