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Recommend a decent instant coffee

DA9
DA9 Posts: 11,091
edited June 2019 in Not Sports Related
right, i don’t want coffee snobs telling me to spend £400 on a machine and spend 20 minutes every morning doing prep.

Anyone recommend a hidden gem supermarket shelf coffee, a Lidl or Aldi foreign secret even, looking for strong flavours.

TIA 
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  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,868
    There ain't one, instant doesn't look, taste. smell or work like proper coffee.

    No need to get a flashy machine, just a french press and a decent coffee.
  • kimbo
    kimbo Posts: 2,996
    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. 🙂
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,021
    Predictable responses.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,749

  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited June 2019
    SuedeAdidas said:

    “He’s gotta name like a fanny.....”
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,828
    DA9 said:
    right, i don’t want coffee snobs telling me to spend £400 on a machine and spend 20 minutes every morning doing prep.

    Anyone recommend a hidden gem supermarket shelf coffee, a Lidl or Aldi foreign secret even, looking for strong flavours.

    TIA 
    Best instant one I have ever had is Asda's extra special Colombian ones

    https://groceries.asda.com/product/premium-coffee/asda-extra-special-barista-style-colombian-microground-instant-coffee/910003088715



    https://groceries.asda.com/product/premium-coffee/asda-extra-special-colombian-microground-instant-coffee-intenso/1000047927324





  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    How about coffee pods? I'll wait for an outraged response that coffee pods are the pods of Satan himself and aren't really coffee then change my mind and recommend Jamaican Blue Mountain.
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,109
    Nescafé Barista 
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Tesco finest Ethiopian and percol smooth Colombian
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    I read an article that said coffee beans are graded 1 to 5 and the UK rarely has better than grade 3 available anywhere.

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  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,570
    McBobbin said:
    Tesco finest Ethiopian and percol smooth Colombian
    Tried Percol recently and thought it was rank. Don't usually have sugar in my coffee but needed it to mask the taste 

    Another vote for Nescafé Barista, although I have been getting into my cafetiere and trying out random coffee recently
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Nescafé Blend37. Been drinking it for 40 odd years. 
     Instant coffee is lovely, you just need to make it with boiled milk. 

  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    I take it black. Like my men.

    Some percols are better than others. I tried the one rated 5 strength, and it was like the coffee baldrick made in Blackadder Goes Forth
  • HardyAddick
    HardyAddick Posts: 1,638
    Kenco Columbian 
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Kenco Costa Rican is the biz (or some of the supermarkets also do Costa Rican under their own name)
    I prefer a stronger taste, so rather this than the Columbian.
    2 teaspoons per cup.
    Add cold milk if desired (whoever said boiled milk, yuk revolting)
  • wightaddick
    wightaddick Posts: 211
    buckshee said:
    There ain't one, instant doesn't look, taste. smell or work like proper coffee.

    No need to get a flashy machine, just a french press and a decent coffee.
    Spot on, almost as easy to make as instant too. No comparison in taste.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,973
    kimbo said:
    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.


  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,362
    Douwe Egbert Pure Gold
  • MOBY DUCK
    MOBY DUCK Posts: 196

  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,602
    ^^^^ Moby Duck has nailed it, can highly recommend.

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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,966
    Nescafé Alta Rica is very good for the cheaper end.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Is this the coffee brexiters get all nostalgic about?
    The development of the label image is interesting.

    Image result for camp coffee


  • MeerKat
    MeerKat Posts: 89
    Lincsaddick said:
    Douwe Egbert Pure Gold
    This. The everyday fuel of life
  • Indianaaddick
    Indianaaddick Posts: 2,965
    Columbian Colon Blow guaranteed to wake you up set you up for a good days work, might be in the shithouse but still a good days work.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,438
    Agree on Azera. Not a coffee ponce, by any means, but instant coffee is almost universally vile. Azera is the only passable instant coffee I've ever drunk 
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,475
    edited June 2019
    Right. 3/4 your mug with milk. Stick a spoonfall of any instant coffee you like on top. Add sugar if desired. Microwave for 2.5 - 3 minutes. Be careful. It gets frothy.
    Stir up and enjoy
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    My office has a zip tap, nescafe and one of those Nespresso wankathons. My Tesco finest tastes better than nescafe and doesn't include the legacy of death. No milk, that's for losers. Bish bash bosh. I'm efficient at work until I need a wee. Which usually turns into a speedy poo.

    Erm... Am I doing this right?
  • TeslaGirl
    TeslaGirl Posts: 184
    Have tosay, I go for Cafe Direct's Machu Picchu, with Gold Blend as back up.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,896
    MOBY DUCK said:

    The Kenco rival to this, Milicano isn't bad either
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,659
    MOBY DUCK said:

    It's good but the Intenso version is better. 

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