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What is the best instant coffee currently available in the Irish market?

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  • 31-12-2015 3:00pm
    #1
    macgrub
    Registered Users Posts: 303 ✭✭


    I'm a fan of the Carte Noir myself. But I'm open to change.
    So what's yours?
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    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users Posts: 3,747 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    The blue Kenco. The strong Douwe Egberts is lovely too


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    #3
    Azalea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭Azalea


    Nescafe Alta Rica is lush.


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    #4
    NachoBusiness
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭NachoBusiness


    Kenco Millicano.

    Nourish do some which have been made without the Alzheimer's causing chemicals.

    But if you don't mind them, the Millicano is fine with some frothed milk.


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    #5
    smurgen
    Registered Users Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    Carte Noir is as close to real coffee as I've found.


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    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,730 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    I like the Nescafe Azera intenso.


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    pawrick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,722 ✭✭✭pawrick


    My preference is Douwe Egberts gold as my go to instant coffee however i change it up a bit every now and then between nescafe alta rica or any of the other nescafe freeze dried type granules. if cart noir or kenko is on offer I would go for them also in that order. I find that if you stick to one type too long you become used to it and it no longer tastes as good.

    I also grind coffee beans for the stove top maker now and then but I use more instant coffee in practice.


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    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    NachoBusiness wrote: »
    Nourish do some which have been made without the Alzheimer's causing chemicals.

    But the Alzheimer's causing chemicals are my favourite part.

    Well, they're actually my second favourite part. The Alzheimer's causing chemicals are my favourite.


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    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    That one where she takes him back to hers on the back of her scooter and all he can think about is coffee.


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    #10
    mad muffin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    Carte Noire here too. It's so creamy and smooth.


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    Bigus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭Bigus


    Alcafé barista moments is a good value copy of the above from Aldi

    Came second to millicano in this test , about half price

    http://www.coffeespout.co.uk/whole-bean-review-of-three/


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    wfdrun
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭wfdrun


    Nescafe azera Americano

    best non bitter coffee i have tasted


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    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Lidl's Blue Eclipse is foul


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    Canterelle
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭Canterelle


    Azera is by far the nicest, but ffs €7.60 is way too much for instant coffee. Only get it when it's on offer


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    livinsane
    Registered Users Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭livinsane


    Nescafe Blend 37. It's almost chocolatey.


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    macgrub
    Registered Users Posts: 303 ✭✭macgrub


    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    The blue Kenco. The strong Douwe Egberts is lovely too

    I've had the red but never the blue.
    Douwe Egberts - never had it either. Showing myself up here :(
    Good recommendations!


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    now online
    Registered Users Posts: 346 ✭✭now online


    Azalea wrote: »
    Nescafe Alta Rica is lush.

    I'll second that!


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    Mesrine65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭Mesrine65


    Instant coffee is an abomination!

    You cannot beat a freshly roasted & ground cup of Joe, black & thick as bitumen.


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    crazygeryy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    Mesrine65 wrote: »
    Instant coffee is an abomination!

    You cannot beat a freshly roasted & ground cup of Joe, black & thick as bitumen.

    I haven't time to roast a chicken never mind coffee grounds.


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    Day Lewin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,625 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Another vote for Millicano!
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    And by the way, I am a serious coffee-head: usually make it fresh from grounds and fussy about flavours.

    (Favourite pre-pack of "real" coffee - Starbuck's house blend)

    Favourite instant - Millicano.
    And granted, Azera is quite similar.


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    Dr Strange
    Registered Users Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭Dr Strange


    Nescafe Collection Espresso. Used to like the Millicano as well but the Espresso was better for me.


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    macgrub
    Registered Users Posts: 303 ✭✭macgrub


    Consensus so far is driving me towards a jar of Millicano.


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    #23
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,635 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Mesrine65 wrote: »
    Instant coffee is an abomination!

    You cannot beat a freshly roasted & ground cup of Joe, black & thick as bitumen.

    Seconded. "Which instant coffee is nicest" is like asking "which puddle should I drink from". Anser, it doesn't matter, it's all freeze-dried muck.
    One of these and 5 minutes:

    http://coffee.gurus.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/howtofrenchpress.jpg

    Life is too short to drink dried mud.


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    #24
    GFT
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    Didn't take long for the "baristas" to show up.


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    #25
    recylingbin
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    Azalea wrote: »
    Nescafe Alta Rica is lush.

    My instant coffee of choice. Also, colombiana or whatever it's called for a change now and then.


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    #26
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,730 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    What else?


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    dr.fuzzenstein
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    GFT wrote: »
    Didn't take long for the "baristas" to show up.

    I'm not even a barista, I have a coffee press and coffee from Lidl, nothing too fancy there. It's just a fact that instant coffee is filth.


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    #28
    Bobby Baccala
    Registered Users Posts: 7,341 ✭✭✭Bobby Baccala


    Carte noir all day


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    #29
    Mesrine65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭Mesrine65


    GFT wrote: »
    Didn't take long for the "baristas" to show up.
    Or the poster with the rapier wit...

    Take a bow, your jocular hilarity is infectious :p


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    #30
    [Deleted User]
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    I like clipper fairtrade organic instant coffees. Tasty stuff, about the same price as many of the ones mentioned here. Lovely stuff.

    Used to have a jar at work all the time but the place I'm in now most days has free coffee (machine grinds the beans etc).

    Use a filter machine at home mostly so rarely have instant now tbh.


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    #31
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users Posts: 7,517 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Tipping away at a jar of Bewey's gold roast.


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