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pls test decaf ! lmao
but what we really want to know is, how many days did you stay awake
James I'd love to get your thoughts on Starbucks Via instant. I love great coffee when I'm in civilization (usually Aeropress at home) but when I go backpacking, it's just not worth the weight and fuss to brew real coffee, so I choke down instant. I haven't tried many besides Via, which comes in convenient single-serve packs. Curious how it stacks up to these.
I never ever thought I would see “James Hoffmann” and “instant coffee” in the same sentence. But here we are. Brave man!
Percol used to be even better than that.
Great Video! Sorry you suffered for my amusement.
I find every instant coffee horrible apart from Azera Americano the only instant I'll drink!
How disgusting. I had to turn it off
Littles just blew up
I love how thrilled he is that he's finally – FINALLY – nearing the finish line with the insta-nasty, lol. Would love to see him do the endurance-sport that would be instant DECAF coffee! Ha! Nah, he seems like too nice a guy to inflict with that sort of torture.
8:20 – If ever you were in doubt about his tasting abilities. Wow
Guessing the quality is possible just by looking at the coffee's color in the glass
I like Littles coffee. When I don't want to grind anything I make a sweet thing from some of their flavoured instant. More like an instant "coffee drink" rather than actual coffee
Like many I used to drink instant sometimes but didn't really like it. There's only one I actually ever found passable, it was Kenco Peruvian and naturally, was discontinued.
I absolutely cannot stand instant any more and hate how inconsistent commonly roasted coffee beans are, which I think is down to how fresh they are. If they were roasted recently, they usually taste okay but if its been a few months (god forbid, some claim a best before of a year since roasting) then it starts to bitter.
Last year I tried a local roastery and my goodness the difference. Unfortunately all their coffees are a bit too sweet for my liking so I'm still on a search for somewhere that roasts to order a bean that suits my tastes. Its made more complicated by the fact the other person in the house has a completely opposite preference, so trying to find some middle ground.
Any test of instant coffee should include powdered artificial creamer for the full real-world experience.
For what it’s worth, the worst I’ve ever had was from a malfunctioning vending machine that added bad instant tea to the coffee.
If you can find a partner with freeze-drying equipment, it would be interesting to see if you can make a better instant coffee.
I once mistook a jar of coffee for a biff
dude picked out the ethiopian one out of 38 coffees.
I've been drinking instant coffee for over 50 years, prefer it to ground , although I enjoy a cup from my local cafe.
It's always been Nescafe, will always be Nescafe
I sometimes use illy beans for espresso and they do have a very chocolate-esque flavor. I’m surprised the instant version does as well
An elegant man despises those who love coffee but can only afford instant coffee.
My tolerance of instant coffee depends on where I am. I spent a jet-lagged week in Tokyo, waking up at 3am every morning and craving caffeine. There was a jar of Nescafé in the kitchen, and under the circumstances, it was good enough.