Originally Posted by
Badenoch
With the proliferation of Keurig, Nespresso and other single cup coffee makers is there still a market for instant coffee? It takes about as long to boil the water for instant as it does to make a cup with a single cup maker.
I've never found an instant coffee I've particularly cared for but it was sometimes a reasonable alterative to brewed coffee in the era when you had to make a full pot. Is anyone still drinking instant?
I do, but more for travel / portability then a time savings or alternative to "full pot". The Starbucks VIA packets are single serve and small enough to keep a couple handy in travel bags, etc.
The VIA are also typically better, or at least just as good, as the single serve "brewed" coffee found in most hotel rooms.
Originally Posted by
gfunkdave
The only instant coffee I've found palatable is the Starbucks Via line. I don't know if they make it anymore, either.
Yeah, they are still made / available.