The instant coffee thread
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The only Elite coffee I tried was total crap. I hate instant coffee. I'd rather boil the water and use a french press. of course Tim Hortons or Starbucks also is good for coffee. Surprisingly I like both Tim Hortons (weak coffee) and Starbucks (strong). I only use 18% cream in my coffee. I find 10% (half/half) has a really yucky cheesy/fatty taste and smell.
Elite makes a lot of differnet kinds. The regular is awful, but the platinum is quite good, imho.
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Not a huge fan of instants, I tend to only use them when I'm somewhere remote, and even then only until I can fashion a filter from an old dishcloth
However, some of the Fairtrade ones aren't too bad: the UK Co-op organic one was reasonably palatable, and the Traidcraft one is decent. I don't touch any Nestlé products.
However, some of the Fairtrade ones aren't too bad: the UK Co-op organic one was reasonably palatable, and the Traidcraft one is decent. I don't touch any Nestlé products.
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Nestle imports an instant Nescafe' from Mexico. It's in a globe shaped jar. It is fairly easy to buy in Texas. It is much better than the American market Nescafe' in the square jars. And costs less.
Nescafe' Dark Roast in Australia was good and was in nearly every hotel room I stayed in. Instant powdered coffee in a little tube shaped packet.
Nescafe' Dark Roast in Australia was good and was in nearly every hotel room I stayed in. Instant powdered coffee in a little tube shaped packet.
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Nestle imports an instant Nescafe' from Mexico. It's in a globe shaped jar. It is fairly easy to buy in Texas. It is much better than the American market Nescafe' in the square jars. And costs less.
Nescafe' Dark Roast in Australia was good and was in nearly every hotel room I stayed in. Instant powdered coffee in a little tube shaped packet.
Nescafe' Dark Roast in Australia was good and was in nearly every hotel room I stayed in. Instant powdered coffee in a little tube shaped packet.
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Is Nescafe Noir the same as Nescafe Black Gold (UK)? We're currently drinking this for everyday slurps at home and we quite like it.
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Similar, but not quite the same (Noir is a bit better, richer and a darker roast; I guess Nestle decided that the Brits couldn't handle it full-force). Both are much darker/richer/better than the US version. Very annoying that Nescafe has created a dozen different products, customized for each country, and you find one you like but then can't get that elsewhere. Sometimes with the same brand name.
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I tell you what.. I just tried the Starbucks "Via" instant coffee sample I received a few days ago. And it's not bad. Tastes more like real coffee than instant, although not as strong as I would like. But for an instant coffee it is quite good.