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So our coffee machine has not been repaired yet.
While I usually would screw my nose up at instant coffee, I am dying for a caffiene hit and the taste of black coffee, so I am thinking I'll go down the instant path.
BUT, having avoided it all my life, I have no idea which is good.
What's your favourite brand on instant?
I like it strong, but smooth. Not big on bitterness.
Suggestions?
maccona dark roast is a staple in our house :D
yep, Maccona. They have different levels of strength, I'm a light & smooth girl but they have super strong (strong to me) just read the label & find the right 1 for you.
I can only stomach those 'coffee sticks' you buy in boxes of 8 or 10, and mix with hot water! My favourite brand is the Nescafe ones, followed by Moccona (they're a bit exxy but the Nescafe Strong Cappuccino & Vanilla Latte ones are well worth it). Good luck huntin'!
Robert Timms!!!!!! FTW mmmhmmm
Maccona here also.. either Medium or Dark roast, depending how im feeling at the time lol.
I am a total coffee snob lol, cant do instant but can sometimes handle to coffee flavoured sticks in mocca
International Roast. If you're going down the bad cheap coffee road, you may as well go all the way. :lol:
Actually, Blend 43. Reminds me of my dad when I was a kid.
maccona here too the gold one
Same:
Moccona here too - light roast in our house.
But I have to say that I actually like International Roast too.. LOL
nescafe dark roast in our house, nothing else tastes right anymore
Yep Nescafe Dark Roast anything else is just too weak.
Also hon ifyou dont want it weak only use water to melt the granules and eat the milk up in the microwave for 2 mins and pour in and it tastes much better than water to the top and just a tiny bit of milk.
International Roast??? Its like mud!!! lol
I can't drink coffee at the moment, but when i am at home i quite like the you love coles brand swiss style, but then, i am happy to drink the cheapo work stuff (pretty sure its the above mentioned mud) so long as it has some milo in it and some sugar and milk :) Maybe don't go with my suggestion... LOL
maccona here
Blend 43!
We get moccona of it's on special, but tried the Coles fair trade and it's every bit as nice. And yes, always put in milk before water.
lol Ohhh no now we're gonna have to start a debate on how to make coffeee!!!! You totally gotta do water FIRST then milk!!!!
Nahhh you burn the beans with the hot water and make it all bitter - yukkkooo.:
Definitely milk first in this house!
Well I settled on buying a plunger and some ground beans...instead of instant...I STILL want our machine fixed, though!
The only good thing about my own plunger is that I can drink whatever coffee I like, and not whatever bean blend DH has in the machine :-P
LOL I don't think instant coffee has any hint in it that it ever came from a bean!:
Okay, it does, but it still tastes bad hehehe.
I am a coffee snob.
That's ok - I'm definitely not a coffee snob - I can't stand the ones at cafe's cos its too bitter and strong for me.. LOL
another maccona fan here.. i may be odd but I actually prefer instant coffee over brewed stuff (unless its take away from a shop).
Ok, well I have no opinion on coffee brand, but it has to be mild roast here.
BUT...the thing about the hot water is a furphy...the instant coffee is made using superheated extraction processes...your boiling water doesn't make the coffee any hotter than it already would be. BUT it's likely that in putting the milk in first you're adding more than if you put it in last, and hence the flavour difference.