Instant coffee

Pessimist

Am I the only person in Ireland that loves 'real' coffee but absolutely detests instant coffee? I would rather drink tea when I'm at someone's house than drink the stuff.

Does anyone else hate instant this much or am I just too fussy?

Celly Smunt

is the cup half full or half empty?

Goodshape

I actually kind of like it on occasion, but it's not a substitute for proper coffee. It's just a reasonably tasty hot drink.

nlgbbbblth

I prefer real coffee but there are times when it's impractical or not on offer. In such situations there are a couple of instant solutions [Carte Noir etc] that are perfectly adequate.

There's some people who make a complete song and dance about instant coffee - acting like it's absolute poison. They're often hipsters.

Tea sucks IMHO.

Fr_Dougal

Pessimist wrote: »

Am I the only person in Ireland that loves 'real' coffee but absolutely detests instant coffee? I would rather drink tea when I'm at someone's house than drink the stuff.

Does anyone else hate instant this much or am I just too fussy?

Instant coffee is muck.

Kylo Ren

Pessimist wrote: »

Am I the only person in Ireland that loves 'real' coffee but absolutely detests instant coffee? I would rather drink tea when I'm at someone's house than drink the stuff.

Does anyone else hate instant this much or am I just too fussy?

You're just being pessimistic now.

Goodshape

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Tea sucks IMHO.

Get out.

checkyabadself

Anyone who likes proper coffee dislikes instant. You make tea sound like a second class citizen. Be nicer to tae.

phill106

Depends on the coffee really. Some instants are absolutely terrible. Carte noire, nescafe gold blend and a few other are ok

MadsL

Gives me the scutters. Absolute muck.

Hate when a restaurant serves instant when you ask for an espresso at the end of a meal. Should be shot.

Moving to the US I expected better coffee, oh boy was I wrong.

Goodshape

Actually, annoys me when people go on about their 20 different ways to make coffee and beans from here and there and different grinds and so forth

....but tea is just a bag in a cup with water on it.


Nonsense I tell thee. Loose tea for the win, and there's a craptonne of varieties to love.

Ella

There's a whole forum for you to bitch about it

padi89

Davidoff is decent instant.

Celly Smunt

padi89 wrote: »

Davidoff is decent instant.

the aftershave isn't bad either.

Osborne

MadsL wrote: »

Moving to the US I expected better coffee, oh boy was I wrong.

I agree. Some places in the States serve horrendous coffee. Really horrible stuff.

As for instant, I can tolerate Gold Blend and it's what I drink at home. However, no instant will ever rival proper fresh coffee.

AnonoBoy

Pessimist wrote: »

Am I the only person in Ireland that loves 'real' coffee but absolutely detests instant coffee?

Yes you are. This fact explains why there are no coffee shops in the country.

lynski

cant stand instant coffee and will never take it. I will take the microground things (azera etc)
I wont pay for tea in cafes etc though, only somewhere decent if they give you a pot and properly made tea.
have a running argument with my mom as i ended up buy a mini-cafetiere and teapot for her house so i could use them

suicide_circus

I drink instant if i run out of filter coffee but if i run out of steak i dont eat quorn. Do you see?

r3nu4l

checkyabadself wrote: »

Anyone who likes proper coffee dislikes instant.

Not true. I love a really decent coffee but have no snobbishness towards instant. I'll happily drink an Asda Instant coffee all day That said, there's nothing I love more than an excellent real coffee on a Sunday morning.

CarMe

Kenco Milicano really is lovely!

Scruffles

OP,
try this instant if have not seen it before-kenco millicano,its the best one have ever tried and have tried every decent one available over here from rocket fuel,douwe egberts,nescafe alta rica and some old posh columbian one of theirs,starbucks VIA caf and decaf etc.
-put a spoonful or more of cocoa powder in with it for transformation into instant mocha.

-woud also strongly recommend getting a tin of spray cream and some of that ice cream syrup [caramel is awesome].
put cream on the coffee,and squirt some of that sauce on top...mmmmmm,golden syrup works just as well though if have got a tin of that lying around.
****,fancy one right now,we only have asda smart price coffee here.

El Weirdo

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Tea sucks IMHO.

Banned.





































































:pac:

suicide_circus

Scruffles wrote: »

-woud also strongly recommend getting a tin of spray cream and some of that ice cream syrup [caramel is awesome].
put cream on the coffee,and squirt some of that sauce on top...mmmmmm,golden syrup works just as well though if have got a tin of that lying around.
****,fancy one right now,we only have asda smart price coffee here.

that sounds like a dessert ?

WoollyRedHat

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

I prefer real coffee but there are times when it's impractical or not on offer. In such situations there are a couple of instant solutions [Carte Noir etc] that are perfectly adequate.

There's some people who make a complete song and dance about instant coffee - acting like it's absolute poison. They're often hipsters.

Tea sucks IMHO.

Why isn't this heretic banned yet? Don't let him air his impure and bigoted views any more please.

Celly Smunt

I always thought tea was crap too.

But then i visited saudi.My god do those white gowned boyos know how to make tea.

suicide_circus

pmcmahon wrote: »

I always thought tea was crap too.

But then i visited saudi.My god do those white gowned boyos know how to make tea.

but would they not use bainne out of a goat?

cantdecide

pmcmahon wrote: »

I always thought tea was crap too.

But then i visited saudi.My god do those white gowned boyos know how to make tea.

Nepali milk chai...

Aciiiiiiiiiiid

People who drink instant coffee should be shot dead.

gdavis

+1 on the milicano,gorgeous,and i guarantee half u experts would not pick it out in a lineup with ur "proper" coffees:)

Archeron

suicide_circus wrote: »

that sounds like a dessert ?

Nothing can wake you up in the morning quite like a cup of banoffi.

Celly Smunt

suicide_circus wrote: »

but would they not use bainne out of a goat?

milk in tea? pah!,get out of town.

Jimoslimos

gdavis wrote: »

+1 on the milicano,gorgeous,and i guarantee half u experts would not pick it out in a lineup with ur "proper" coffees:)

Yes we would! That doesn't neccessarily mean all instants are bad, but it is easy enough to distinguish them from proper ground coffee.

admiralofthefleet

r3nu4l wrote: »

Not true. I love a really decent coffee but have no snobbishness towards instant. I'll happily drink an Asda Instant coffee all day That said, there's nothing I love more than an excellent real coffee on a Sunday morning.

likewise, i love good coffee (especially Lavazza) but i have a jar of tesco gold in the cupboard because i think its lovely. the douwe egberts comes out when we have visitors:o

Pessimist

put a spoonful or more of cocoa powder in with it for transformation into instant mocha.

-woud also strongly recommend getting a tin of spray cream and some of that ice cream syrup [caramel is awesome].
put cream on the coffee,and squirt some of that sauce on top...mmmmmm,golden syrup works just as well though if have got a tin of that lying around.
****,fancy one right now,we only have asda smart price coffee here.[/Quote]

Sounds very interesting! Might make the instant drinkable as well:-)

Will try ur recommendation though, thanks.

blue note

I hate that it's unacceptable to ask whether it's instant when someone offers you a coffee.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's fine that some people don't notice the difference, don't like coffee or even prefer it, but to me it's like being offered a steak and being given a rib steak.

Capt'n Midnight

Goodshape wrote: »

I actually kind of like it on occasion, but it's not a substitute for proper coffee. It's just a reasonably tasty hot drink.

The most important thing is that it contains caffeine.

I love the smell of freshly ground beans and the whole ritual of brewing coffee.

But priority #1 is the ingestion of caffeine.


Regardless of the snobbery of ground vs. instant there's a whole bunch of people who like civet shít and they can now have informed discussions about how it compares to elephant poo.

Given the choice between a crap-accino and Maxwell House I'd probably start chewing a tea bag.

Barna77

I drink it at work just because it's teh only thing available there. Otherwise I'd get the real thing. Coffee ..... drool

But i get funny looks when I warm milk in the microwave and then add a spoonful of the instant so-called coffee.

A Primal Nut

So, I don't like Tea but I wouldn't make a thread calling it muck or look down on other people for drinking it.

Seriously tastes are relative, who cares what other people like.

Kerrigooney

Milicano and Carte Noir are good instant coffees.

Everything else,instant wise,is muck.

How Maxwell House can be labeled "Coffee" is beyond me.

I'd prefer a real coffee but it's not always practical.

Benny_Cake

Some instant coffee can be quite decent. It's obviously not a patch on the "real" stuff taste or smell wise, but sometimes I just want a cup of something with plenty of caffeine that doesn't involve much hassle (especially at work) and some Carte Noir does just fine.

The really powdery instant coffee, like Maxwell House, is pure muck though, hate the taste.

Geo10

I don't see the difference between the two? If 'real coffee' is the coffee they sell in cafés then I prefer instant

Sky King

Real coffee doesn't take any longer to make if you're kitted out for it and it's not any more expensive. So what are the advantages to instant? I* can't think of any, unless you see ingesting liquids that taste like they were stored in a hot bowel as an advantage.

token101

Carte Noire is by far the best, and the Kenco new ones from the tine are nice but most instant is rotten. Maxwell House is muck, Nescafe isn't much better really and Robt Roberts is disgusting as well. Worst of all though are those powdery sachets full of 'cappucino'. Vile. If you're going to have a cappucino make it properly or don't bother. I'm going to buy one of the coffee shop machines eventually and make proper, shop bought coffee every day. Don't care if it costs me 500 or whatever, for me it'd be more necessary and useful than a TV or any other expensive household appliance.

Kerrigooney

Geo10 wrote: »

I don't see the difference between the two? If 'real coffee' is the coffee they sell in cafés then I prefer instant

If you can't tell the difference between the two then I'm afraid there is no hope for you.

Geo10

When it comes to cappuccino I actually think the instant sachets are 1000x nicer than the cappuccinos made in cafes and hotels

opinion guy

For years I thought I didn't like coffee - because I had only tasted instant.

I was wrong. Real coffee is amazing. And it wasn't a case of developing a taste for it. Instant still tastes like muck.

Kerrigooney

Geo10 wrote: »

When it comes to cappuccino I actually think the instant sachets are 1000x nicer than the cappuccinos made in cafes and hotels

This post confirms there is no hope for you.

Madam_X

Yeh I find most instant I've tasted to be more and more mankind as ice gotten accustomed to the real stuff. Can't help it, it's not a choice or anything. As said, the instant coffees that are supposed to imitate the real thing (like that one with the ad where the bint of a woman expects her fella to go out in the pissing rain to buy her a coffee) aren't too bad though. Still nothing like the real thing, but made properly (only warm water, nowhere near boiling) can be pleasant enough.

Geo10

Kerrigooney wrote: »

This post confirms there is no hope for you.

I didn't criticise you for your tastes? Why are you critcising mine? I had instant cappuccino all my life, to me the cafe made cappuccino just doesn't taste the same.
People like different things, that's a part of life :P

Madam_X

Geo10 wrote: »

I didn't criticise you for your tastes? Why are you critcising mine? I had instant cappuccino all my life, to me the cafe made cappuccino just doesn't taste the same.
People like different things, that's a part of life :P

Ah they're only messing with ya!

Actually I wonder are undertones of misandry used to market those fancy instant coffees. There's the one with the pouring rain, and there was a Carte Noir one where the utter gowl of a woman demanded her poor fella get the hell out because he didn't look very hot and the girls were coming over. Then she has a vision of a creepy looking Callum Best type dude in a satin shirt serving her the coffee...

Kerrigooney

Geo10 wrote: »

I didn't criticise you for your tastes? Why are you critcising mine? I had instant cappuccino all my life, to me the cafe made cappuccino just doesn't taste the same.
People like different things, that's a part of life :P

No you didn't. I'm sorry.

If you enjoy the taste of instant cappuccino then fair play to you. Enjoy the hell out of it.

I just find it a bit odd is all.