hot chocolate
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savoirfaire
Train Attendant
I've seen it in the Cafe car on the NE Regionals and the Empire Service trains. But, I would bring my own just to be safe.
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lsa
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Cascadia
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They have it in the bistro car on the Cascades. It's not very good 
I usually put some cream in it.
I usually put some cream in it.OlympianHiawatha
Engineer
I've seen it on the Heartland Flyer menu as well, but whenever I ordered it, they were always sold out.
BeckysBarn
Lead Service Attendant
Someone asked for hot chocolate in the diner on the California Zephyr last week. They didn't have it. I don't know about the snack bar. You can always bring your own.
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I wish they would keep some in the sleeper cars with the coffee. That would be nice.
OlympianHiawatha
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With a bottle of Schnapps next to it :lol:
AAARGH!
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the_traveler
Engineer
I don't think it would be bad form. It would be the same as asking for flavored tea, being told they didn't have it and using your own tea bag and just asking for hot water! And I have seen many use things like their own Equal and Splenda - because Amtrak doesn't offer it!
sunchaser
Conductor
Or Vandermint or Bailey's (Just don't drink too much!) :lol:
I never saw any hot chocolate in the diner, but IIRC there was some in the Cafe Car.
Maybe just bring some along.
It would be nice to have Hot Chocolate in the sleepers too. But there's no hot water for it in most of the sleepers now.
My girl friend is a tea drinker who brings her own, and this was not a problem. In fact, on 21, when we went from Chicago to STL in a roomette, I made multiple trips back in forth to get hot water for her from the CCC so she could drink tea that would comfort her from cold symptoms. I don't know that each CCC crew would be as accomodating, but the LSA did get a nice tip from me.
Anyone know if the cafe charges for the hot water? (Serious question)
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Tony
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Possibly things have changed recently, but there use to be hot chocolate packets in the drawer along with the tea bags.
oldtimer
OBS Chief
There are two style Amtrak paper hot cups, one style is only found in the sleeper cars. The other type is in cafe food service cars and is is an accountable inventory item for the LSA. He must show that each cup was sold or pay for it out of his pocket. So a generous LSA (with a generous tip upfront) may give you a cup, but by the rules he should charge you for a cup of coffee.
When my wife and I did our 2008 cross country train trip to Sacramento, I suggested that she bring the packets of hot chocolate as I have never seen it available on LD trains.
She did, and in the dining cars, she simply pulled out the packet and was brought hot water without any problems. One morning, the dining car attendant said, "Here is the hot water for your tea," and then winked. Perhaps that is the way it is coded?
The snack bar simply gave her hot water upon request.
She already has her stock of hot chocolate packets ready (Swiss Miss low-sugar with small marshmellows) for our BIG trip the end of January, PGH to CHI to LAX to SEA to CHI to PGH. Several days in LAX and SEA. That will take a whole box of hot chocolate packets.
She did, and in the dining cars, she simply pulled out the packet and was brought hot water without any problems. One morning, the dining car attendant said, "Here is the hot water for your tea," and then winked. Perhaps that is the way it is coded?
The snack bar simply gave her hot water upon request.
She already has her stock of hot chocolate packets ready (Swiss Miss low-sugar with small marshmellows) for our BIG trip the end of January, PGH to CHI to LAX to SEA to CHI to PGH. Several days in LAX and SEA. That will take a whole box of hot chocolate packets.
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