Best supermarket instant coffee?

[Bathsheba]

I know what you mean about those Robert Timms sachets! I discovered them while staying at the Sebel (DH's work paid)... I brought home the spares! I rarely fleece hotel rooms BTW... I left the complimentary toiletries! LOL

Can't afford them either but Maconna is a close substitute.... almost any blend except for Mild Roast.

I only buy them on special though. If the standard 200g jar is reduced to under $10 each i stock up. I haven't had to pay full price for years.

I pop 1 heaped teaspoon into my large cups and a level teaspoon into our smaller ones. I don't add sugar but often add cream. Always have milk. I'm a 2 cup per day person.


ETA: forgot to add that my motehr drank Green tea Chai Latte whilst she was staying with us recently. Ugh!!!!! Green frothy slime was on everything!

[bon]

I have two teaspoons in a mug, white no sugar. I only have the one cup a day usually though - first thing when I wake up.

[Matryoshka]

How much cream do you add bath?

[Daydream Believer]

I thought all coffee beans were brown? i must pay more attention next time too!

I'm trying to make the perfect ration for iced coffee, this morning i tried:

1 tablespoon moccona
100 ml boiling water
200 ml milk
1 teaspoon sugar
3 ice cubes
Then shake in shaker

It was a bit too strong!

Does anyone have a better recipe?

I use the Bickfords Iced Coffee Mix, add a bit to milk & ice. YUM!!!!
I might go have one now

[Nelle]

If it was too strong, add less coffee. And maybe minus the spoon of sugar and add a scoop of ice-cream, that'd get it nice and creamy.

[Junglemum]

Through the careful combination of roasted and unroasted coffee beans, NESCAF? Greenblend has a full coffee taste and aroma delivering your body 70% more antioxidants than leading green tea brands.

From the evil nestle site. Green beans are unroasted.

Here at the farm cafe, i am a true coffee snob and have a coffee machine. I do have moccona in the pantry in case of emergency.

As for the iced coffee recipe, 1 T sounds like a lot! i'd use a heaped teaspoon.

[Matryoshka]

Is that actually real coffee though? i've bought an iced coffee mix before and its just a syrup flavoured like coffee - doesn't actually wake me up!

Yep i used to have a coffee machine, the cafe style ones, but i didn't know how to use it and it was too much effort to clean etc so i gave it to goodwill.

[Junglemum]

Oh no, i'd die without my coffee machine now. It's a long way to the shops from here though. I bet someone was stoked to get yours!

there is an iced coffee recipe on taste and it says 2 teaspoons to one cup of milk, plus the extras.

[Daydream Believer]

Im not sure if it has real coffee or not, tastes good though

[KatieRabbit]

Thanks for the Robert Timms bags idea. I got some decaf ones on Sat (pregnant hence the decaf) and just loved them- they taste like Gloria Jeans coffee which I like. DH was jealous ( a bit..) but wouldn't have decaf so I got him a box for himself today- Italian Expresso style. Strangely (well not really) a box of 18 bags was $7.50 and a box of 28 was $8.30. Sadly the decaf doesn't come in 28s but thanks for whoever mentioned them!

[Turkish Delight]

For instant coffee we use Robert Timms Premium (in the silver jar). It has a lovely creamy texture to it. It's about $14.00 for a 400gm jar. So yummy. It gives a lovely hazelnut colour froth on top.

For our coffee machine, we use Vittoria (gold bag) beans. I use Gloria Jeans caramel flavouring. I love our coffee machine. It makes a latte or cuppacino in the press of a button and the cleaning is sooooooo easy. I just descale it once a month. It rinses and cleans itself when you turn it off.

[Indadhanu]

Unfortunately our budget disctates our coffee (we just finished a tin of *spew* International Roast powder crap :ms.

Tan, try less boiling water and more milk?

[ACJ]

I buy the Nescafe Greenblend Coffee.....I love it. I am not a big coffee drinker but do like to enjoy it when I do want it. I use to get the Nescafe Gold Medium Roast but saw the Greenblend on Special one week and got it and haven't bought anything else!!

I do prefer my perculator/dripilator(sp?) coffee and normal have a pot on in the morning with enough for one-two cups for me for the day!! I have been loving the Gloria Jeans Caramel one from Wollies but think I might need a change soon!!

[Bathsheba]

Tan I just add a small dash of cream... not much at all... about a teaspoon I guess.... don't add too much otherwise you end up with a yellow oil film on top. I find that the sweetness of the cream is nicer than sugar and my theory is because it doesn't have sugar my mood swings are reduced.

Like the sound of Robert Timms Premium TD!

[Matryoshka]

Just wanted to let you know I've perfected home made iced coffee, rivals any cafe style trust me!
(but if you're not a nestle fan don't read on)

Found a product called Nescafe Short Black, its completely powdered, not granules. Its designed for making short blacks at home, you're supposed to make it in an expresso cup. But here's what i do:

4 teaspoons NSB in a large glass (I like it strong)
+ 2 Tablespoons boiling water
2 teaspoons of sugar (up to you how much)
Mix (no need to leave to brew)
Then add about 250 milk, stir vigorously.
Should actually be cold since you're hardly using any hot water, but if you want it more icey add an ice cube or 2. I usually add one, stir again and chuck it in the sink. (the ice cube)

Drink. Delicious!