best instant coffee

[southeastastra]

what's your favourite? i have just wasted £2.50 on cap columbie which tastes awful. i usually buy gold blend but that also tastes rank atm, what's the best?

Carte Noir.

Dpends how strong you like it?

I like Nescafe Alta Rica.

I like cafe direct

2nd Carte Noir. rich and creamy!

Percol - makes me feel better because its fairtrade.

We've ben having Douwe Egberts instant coffee which I really like, but then I don't like really strong coffee.

Anything other than Carte Noir is not worth drinking IMO.

No such thing. Buy a cafetiere and some decent ground coffee!

Co-op organic fairtrade is the only one I like, I don't like any nescafe at all. Clipper organic is okay.

douwe egberts Pure Indulgence.

That is if is has to be instant.

Otherwise get a coffee maker and the world is your oyster for really good coffees.

Cafetiere coffee is nice, but I am too lazy to make it every day.

I like cafe direct too.

Not hard though, fiveorangepips - get cafetiere out, add spoonful of coffee, pour on boiling water, plunge and serve.

Takes seconds longer than making instant.

And so much nicer!

get really coffee it is hardly difficult and less chemicals

I never drink instant at home - most instants don't even taste like coffee.

I agree with gordon! No more hassle making a cafetiere than instant - don't really get the problem.

Has to be real coffee.

cart noir

For one cup of coffee a day it is more hassle and having to wash the cafetiere afterwards too, I like a cafetiere coffee, but not that much.

How is more hassle? I really don't understand! 1 tablespoon of coffee = 1 cup of coffee.

Tip used grounds down the sink and rinse.

(Although if you're only a one cup per day person, perhaps you just don't 'get' coffee! )

kenco
real coffee is never hot enough
and surely you can't tip the grounds down the sink?
and then you have to wash the cafetioere and the sink's full of coffee for days as it goers everywhere

I like Nescafe Alta Rica but don't buy it for political reasons ( but sometimes have it at my Mum's ) A good substitute for that is Kenco Costa Rican blend but I do use more than a teaspoonful.

Agree about a cafetiere being more faff but fresh coffee nicer

Cafetiere coffee is just as hot as instant as you make it the same way - pour boiling water onto coffee and serve immediately.

Why can't you tip the grounds down the sink? I do that every time I make coffee. And it goes down the plughole very quickly - it's only a tablespoon of grounds per cup so not loads. (If you're really worried about doing this, just tip it in the bin - it's just the same as throwing a tea bag away).

Washing the cafetiere is a matter of rinsing out - nothing more.

However, if you won't be persuaded, you just carry on drinking instant!

I do actually prefer instant
I use a coffee machine - maybe the water's not boiling when it goes through?

Douwe Egberts
I have a very £££££ snazzy coffee machine bought by my DH but tis SUCH a faff to clean I rely on instant more often than not and DE tastes q good as instants go.

Nestle Alta Rica or Espresso