There isn’t one. Get an Italian stove top maker and make in the morning. (Colombian coffee) put in a contigo coffee mug which keeps hot for ages and then top up as needed.
I am considering if I need to get a coffee grinder instead of buying the ground coffee. 🙂
This x100. The stove top moka pots cost about £12-£15 and use normal ground coffee. My favourite so far is Waitrose italian blend. Cant drink instant now, and the pod stuff just doesnt compare. Intense flavour, and makes the kitchen smell fabulous. Instant wont do that.
Agree with you agreeing with me , i like Waitrose Italian blend too
But people cant help themselves ignoring the question and opening post, and spout their unwanted views.
maybe because the initial post seemed to suggest he can't find an instant coffee he likes as much as fresh coffee but he doesn't want to spend hundreds on a machine and have 20 minutes prep .... but you can spend a tenner on a simple cafetière - then 20 seconds prep gets you fresh coffee.
That azera is 5% ground coffee; millicano is 15%. Just saying, in case you drink azera thinking you're actually getting anything significantly different from an instant for the higher price you are paying.
Azera even tastes like a bland instant to me. Millicano tasted pretty good originally, until they changed the recipe years ago. Now it's a bit odd, but all instants and similar are.
Not really answering your question but i am thinking of giving one of these a go- an instant way of making good coffee in a portabl container as seen on dragons den. Like the sound of it.
I’m afraid I’m also of the school of thought that feels “decent instant coffee” is an oxymoron..... Apologies for being in the coffee gestapo.
However... when I’ve been subjected to it, Millicano is better than most.
It’s actually quite easy to create real coffee with very little effort or expense. French press (i.e. cafetière) is probably the quickest, easiest and cheapest method. Coffee bags are a reasonable compromise (and great when travelling as hotel coffee is generally mediocre instant at best)
I'm reading this with a vested interest, I don't like coffee but as billions of others seem to I think there must be something up with me. I have tried and tried to like coffee but it leaves me with a similar aftertaste of smoking a rothmans and for anyone who has never tried that the taste is metallic and disgusting.
The only place I've found the coffee actually enjoyable was in a bikers pub in Leuven, Belgium. It was only a small one with some cremer in it but that was nice and I think I had someone elses because when I ordered the same again it was disgusting!
The best I have found recently or at least most effective as I only really drink coffee for the effect of the caffeine rather than the taste is the Nescafe 2 in 1 sachets you get in poundland.
I'm reading this with a vested interest, I don't like coffee but as billions of others seem to I think there must be something up with me. I have tried and tried to like coffee but it leaves me with a similar aftertaste of smoking a rothmans and for anyone who has never tried that the taste is metallic and disgusting.
The only place I've found the coffee actually enjoyable was in a bikers pub in Leuven, Belgium. It was only a small one with some cremer in it but that was nice and I think I had someone elses because when I ordered the same again it was disgusting!
The best I have found recently or at least most effective as I only really drink coffee for the effect of the caffeine rather than the taste is the Nescafe 2 in 1 sachets you get in poundland.
and to think there are those that believe you to have no class mate.
Look, instant coffee is basically just Coffee flavouring. Robusta beans are vile - they taste like soap - so they have to make it artificially flavoured to make it drinkable. But this thread wasn't about coffee poncery - it was about finding instant coffee that is drinkable. Azera or Millicano are the best bet
I'm reading this with a vested interest, I don't like coffee but as billions of others seem to I think there must be something up with me. I have tried and tried to like coffee but it leaves me with a similar aftertaste of smoking a rothmans and for anyone who has never tried that the taste is metallic and disgusting.
The only place I've found the coffee actually enjoyable was in a bikers pub in Leuven, Belgium. It was only a small one with some cremer in it but that was nice and I think I had someone elses because when I ordered the same again it was disgusting!
The best I have found recently or at least most effective as I only really drink coffee for the effect of the caffeine rather than the taste is the Nescafe 2 in 1 sachets you get in poundland.
You just need a skinny latte with soy milk and two squirts of vanilla syrup.
Carter, I am a great fan of Leuven, stayed there as part of Belgian 200. Which bikers pub?
Havent got a clue mate, we didn't remember the names of anywhere. I know we stayed at the Mercure on a little plaza and that's about all I can tell you. This place was about 10 minutes walk from there and the main plaza was about another 10 minutes walk if you are taking your time I'd guess
I've got a small Nespresso machine and it makes a cup of coffee as quickly as boiling water in a kettle. But only one at a time. I'm the oly coffee drinker in the house. But if there's more than one of you and you want a quick cup then stick to instant. Can't recommend any; in the wrong country.
I've got a small Nespresso machine and it makes a cup of coffee as quickly as boiling water in a kettle. But only one at a time. I'm the oly coffee drinker in the house. But if there's more than one of you and you want a quick cup then stick to instant. Can't recommend any; in the wrong country.
One of the most important factors when it comes to coffee is its aroma.
Nescafe and others ensure their instants smell good by capturing real coffee aroma molecules during production and spraying it back onto the granules in the final production process. Have you noticed how good the smell is when opening a new jar?
Much of your instant coffee enjoyment is down to that initial sniff ... and your imagination
Drink black coffee so no point in a big expensive machine but now I'm working from home more often may get a cafetiere and get some good quality ground coffee.
Drink black coffee so no point in a bit expensive machine but now I'm working from home more often may get a cafetiere and get some good quality ground coffee.
Waitrose number one range is good and pretty cheap at 3.50 a bag. I use their Sumatran one and it's really good, albeit I use the beans and an espresso machine. Been better than the subscription coffee I get in fact.
Agree Taylor's of Harrogate is good too, some people don't like it but lazy Sunday is a good all rounder.
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Recommend a decent instant coffee
But people cant help themselves ignoring the question and opening post, and spout their unwanted views.
but you can spend a tenner on a simple cafetière - then 20 seconds prep gets you fresh coffee.
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Been using percol coffee bags recently..their ok If you like it black
Coffee bags or individual filters if you want a quick solution.
Apologies for being in the coffee gestapo.
However... when I’ve been subjected to it, Millicano is better than most.
It’s actually quite easy to create real coffee with very little effort or expense.
French press (i.e. cafetière) is probably the quickest, easiest and cheapest method.
Coffee bags are a reasonable compromise (and great when travelling as hotel coffee is generally mediocre instant at best)
The only place I've found the coffee actually enjoyable was in a bikers pub in Leuven, Belgium. It was only a small one with some cremer in it but that was nice and I think I had someone elses because when I ordered the same again it was disgusting!
The best I have found recently or at least most effective as I only really drink coffee for the effect of the caffeine rather than the taste is the Nescafe 2 in 1 sachets you get in poundland.
Or was the winner still brewing?
Nescafe and others ensure their instants smell good by capturing real coffee aroma molecules during production and spraying it back onto the granules in the final production process. Have you noticed how good the smell is when opening a new jar?
Much of your instant coffee enjoyment is down to that initial sniff ... and your imagination
Drink black coffee so no point in a big expensive machine but now I'm working from home more often may get a cafetiere and get some good quality ground coffee.
Agree Taylor's of Harrogate is good too, some people don't like it but lazy Sunday is a good all rounder.