[3sweet5u]

ie tastes like fresh coffee... Any tips?

[platelet]

Starbucks VIA. It's not cheap but it's by far the best instant I've had for tasting like the real thing

[postit]

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Originally Posted by platelet

Starbucks VIA. It's not cheap but it's by far the best instant I've had for tasting like the real thing

Surely if you're going to spend a lot you might as well have the real thing? God knows I'm poverty stricken but I'd rather have fewer cups of the real thing than dozens of the dreadful instant dross.

[platelet]

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Originally Posted by postit

Surely if you're going to spend a lot you might as well have the real thing? God knows I'm poverty stricken but I'd rather have fewer cups of the real thing than dozens of the dreadful instant dross.

Starbuck VIA is my "suitcase coffee".

At home I have a bean to cup machine and never drink instant, but for that "straight out of bed cup" in the morning in a hotel or my parents house it helps to have something that resembles the real thing

[dj1471]

The only instant coffee I've found even vaguely similar to the real thing is the Percol range, particularly the espresso. Not cheap mind...

[Miss C. DeVille]

I like Nescafe Azera Americano. It's the closest I've found to taste like fresh brewed coffee. I got 6 x 100g tins for £14.94 from Amazon on free supersaver delivery. I think that's a really good price as when I first tried it I bought a 60g tin from a supermarket and that was £3 twenty something I think.

[Orangemaid]

i have loads of coffee in the cupboard..i tend to mix them up and have an assortment of the stuff..makes coffee taste better lol...a mixture of nescafe, ,lyons instant coffee, kenco and nescafe fineblend

[evil c]

I tried the Nescafe Azera when Asda first had it in stock and were selling the 60g tins for £1 and it was good for instant but nothing like as good as proper coffee. I do buy instant though to make milkshakes which I adore, so there's always Nescafe Cap Colombie in the cupboard in an airtight container.

I also occasionally buy 150 bag boxes of Lyons ground coffee bags from Amazon, both the 'Coffee Break' and the 'Gourmet Italian', which you make just like tea bags. To my mind they occupy the middle ground between instant and proper ground coffee, albeit at the premium price of 15p a bag. At least with the bags you get the smell of ground coffee, although the taste isn't quite there.

If you've got the patience OP, with a cafetière from the 99p shop or about £3 from Wilkinsons, you can make the real thing for only a slightly higher price than instant if you buy the ground coffee from Home Bargains or B&M.

[noise747]

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Originally Posted by 3sweet5u

ie tastes like fresh coffee... Any tips?

None, simple as that. you may get some that are close to the taste but that is about it.

The only way to get the fresh coffee taste is to make fresh coffee, why do you think that most people in other countries in Europe don't bother with instant coffee.

[diablo]

I've recently tried Kenco Millicano which is actually pretty good. Similar to the Starbucks neo stuff as it is part instant with finely ground roast coffee added.

Lyons coffee bags are perhaps worth a try too.

Neither have the kick of an espresso made with freshly ground beans. But they are more convenient.

[gemma-the-husky]

I like Azera, Millicano and Instinct. Azera is the dearest, and probably best, and produces a pleasant crema top, although I don't drink it black.

I often see one or other of these for £2, and buy a few at that price.

[Utopian Girl]

Milicanno IMO - but they've changed the 'ground' look to granules already! Azeera/Instict are the nearest IMO too. I like it/them with whitener.

[heiker]

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Originally Posted by dj1471

The only instant coffee I've found even vaguely similar to the real thing is the Percol range, particularly the espresso. Not cheap mind...

I've been drinking the Percol Espresso for quite a while now. Once you've added the hot water to the very fine ground grains it really does look like an authentic espresso, it retains that authentic look, and more importantly it taste's like a real one too.

I usually make espresso with a single cup Moka Pot so, for me, Percol Espresso is a quick and acceptable alternative.

[farmer bob]

Carte Noir Espresso instant coffee is very good. Between £3-£4 a jar.

[wildpumpkin]

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Originally Posted by farmer bob

Carte Noir Espresso instant coffee is very good. Between £3-£4 a jar.

I drink this too, and to date, the best of the lot of this type, although I haven't tried the Percol one, so will when I need coffee.

[Straker]

Carte Noir or Kenco Millicano (currently on BOGOF at Waitrose IIRC).

[Inkblot]

Percol Italiano tastes pretty good. Not as good as freshly made coffee but still very drinkable.

[Jackapple]

Nescafe Azera Americano was my favourite but I no longer buy anything from Nestle/Nescafe, unethical ******* that they are, so percol and carte noir are next on my list.

[noise747]

The only thing that tastes like fresh coffee is fresh coffee.
But Starbucks VIA is ok, so is Nescafe Azera. not that I would buy Starbucks myself, i tried it when they had a sample taste at work. I tried Azera at a friends place.
To get closer to fresh coffee without making fresh coffee is to use a pod machine, the closest you are going to get is with one of them.

[Michael09]

For me its Lavazza Prontissimo Intenso. Its rather expensive at £4.75 for a 90g Tin, but definitely worth it, tastes delicious, much better than Azera & Millicano. I used to have to drink coffee with milk but this one, I can drink black There is a medio version as well, if you don't like it too strong, but I highly recommend it.

Though like others have said a cafetiere is a cheap way of making proper coffee, and from time to time I make it like this, using, surprise surprise Lavazza Ground Coffee, absolutely gorgeous.

[noise747]

I have just noticed that this thread is from 2014, LOL.

[barbeler]

I don't know if you can still get them, but those boxes of Dowe Egberts plastic filters with the ground coffee sealed in weren't bad, but it's an expensive way of buying coffee. Surely, a filter cone only takes an extra minute or so to make a mug of coffee, so what's the point of buying instant? Ground coffee should always be kept in a sealed container in the freezer, but that's the only slight inconvenience.

[LaVieEnRose]

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Originally Posted by noise747

I have just noticed that this thread is from 2014, LOL.

Well, that's OK. It's a subject that can always do with updating.

[noise747]

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Originally Posted by LaVieEnRose

Well, that's OK. It's a subject that can always do with updating.

True, but even after this time, there is still no instant coffee that taste like fresh ground coffee.

[heiker]

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Originally Posted by Inkblot

Percol Italiano tastes pretty good. Not as good as freshly made coffee but still very drinkable.

Poured myself a Percol Espresso lunchtime. Tasted pretty good and genuinely looked like a barista made single espresso with bags of crema.