We here at Sprudge are very pro-coffee. We say: buy that pricey coffee as a treat if you feel like it. Be weird with it. The more gadgets the better, if that’s what you’re after. A huge part of it is enjoying the process. All of this means that it’s secure to assume that Sprudge is an advocate of making ham and making a fancy little coffee on the plane. But you would be wrong. Don’t be that guy.
“This guy” in question, per daily mail, is a TikTok user Ozan Cetinkayawho published A 45-second clip of him “making espresso at 35,000 feet.” In the video he can be seen with a vacuum-sealed bag containing 18g of “Geisha” (red flag number one), which he then grinds by hand, loads into a handleless flask, tamps – TAMPS! By means of sabotage, on the plane – and takes a photo in the application Cera+ portable coffee machine.
You can track the shot’s progress on an app on your phone, which means he had to bring another piece of equipment with him on board to film himself as it all happened.
@ozanncetinkaya #espresso ♬ Will I see you again? – Holy Souls
Of the more than 2,000 comments on the video – more than 1.7 million times so far – most aren’t particularly kind, with many using some combination of the words “performative,” “unbearable” and “final boss.” I decide not to be so harsh, even though my eyes rolled so far back into my head that I could see my own thoughts.
I assume that the unbridled excitement for specialty coffee has brought our friend Ozan to this point, and that’s a great thing. (I’ll conveniently forget that he filmed it all and what the implications might be as to the real reason for this in-flight brewing session.) Nevertheless, I can’t let this topic slide because it’s too much, he’s doing too much.
Here’s a general rule to lend a hand you know when to fly your coffee geek flag. Cafes, pay attention, because some of you need to hear this too. Don’t make your love of coffee someone else’s problem. And in the closed quarters of the economy part of the plane, which is where he seems to be, it’s everyone’s problem. If you don’t have neighbors because the plane is empty or you want first class, maybe. But it’s still far-fetched. Personally, I wouldn’t do this, but I also love bad plane coffee experiences.
Which brings me to my next point: a truly enlightened coffee enthusiast is one who has learned to appreciate bad coffee on an airplane. If your love of coffee means you have to brew goose while flying, then you love coffee, all wrong. And also, is the best way to appreciate the work that went into the production of this Gesha is to apply a manual coffee machine? Is it? Really?
So everyone just chilly down. Drink your bad coffee because it’s hot and caffeinated and a great place to dunk your Biscoff. Or, if you must, fly exclusively on Alaska Airlines. They serve Stumptown on the flight and everything is fine.
