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

macgrub

I'm a fan of the Carte Noir myself. But I'm open to change.
So what's yours?

fleet_admiral

The blue Kenco. The strong Douwe Egberts is lovely too

Azalea

Nescafe Alta Rica is lush.

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.

smurgen

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

RobertKK

I like the Nescafe Azera intenso.

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.

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.

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.

mad muffin

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

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/

wfdrun

Nescafe azera Americano

best non bitter coffee i have tasted

suicide_circus

Lidl's Blue Eclipse is foul

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

livinsane

Nescafe Blend 37. It's almost chocolatey.

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!

now online

Azalea wrote: »

Nescafe Alta Rica is lush.

I'll second that!

Mesrine65

Instant coffee is an abomination!

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

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.

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.

Dr Strange

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

macgrub

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

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.

GFT

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

recylingbin

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.

RobertKK

What else?

dr.fuzzenstein

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.

Bobby Baccala

Carte noir all day

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

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.

Hande hoche!

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

Smiles35

A mexican fellow put me onto the Tesco own brand. It's good. I'm lashing it back with smokes before I give them up for newyear.

Lia_lia

Hate instant coffe. It's so watery and just seems pointless. Might as well have a tea.

K-9

Carte Noir.

Nescafe Original does the job though.

Yep, I went there.

murphyebass

If this only helps one person it'll be worth it.

Google "Aeropress".

Edit...

http://www.bailiescoffee.com/products/aerobie-aeropress-coffee-maker

Instant coffee is instant after a kettles boiled and tastes like poo.

Filter and French press make good coffe but are a little messy and take about 5 minutes.

Aeropress takes only 1minute and 30 seconds after kettle boiled.

10seconds to clean.

A great cup of fresh coffee very little hassle.

Irel coffee is where it's at.

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^

yuk! they use that to tar the roads

Larry the Logster

No idea, I've never had either tea or coffee.

Corpus Twisty

Whichever one the petrol-station I'm pulling into happens to be selling. Generally.

Corpus Twisty

Larry the Logster wrote: »

No idea, I've never had either tea or coffee.

God Love you.

Dirty Dingus McGee

NachoBusiness wrote: »

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.

Which coffee has the alzheimers causing chemicals or are they in all coffee's?

Larry the Logster

Corpus Twisty wrote: »

God Love you.

I have never had a caffeine dependency (I only occasionally drink Coke or other soft drinks, one a week maybe), so I don't need it to function, so doesn't bother me.

AtomicHorror

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Instant coffee is an abomination!

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

Agreed.

Corpus Twisty

Larry the Logster wrote: »

I have never had a caffeine dependency (I only occasionally drink Coke or other soft drinks, one a week maybe), so I don't need it to function, so doesn't bother me.

Fair play. I'd say you're a riot at a party. You're not a member of a residents association by any chance?

youreadthat

Larry the Logster wrote: »

I have never had a caffeine dependency (I only occasionally drink Coke or other soft drinks, one a week maybe), so I don't need it to function, so doesn't bother me.

They taste nice and having a nice tasting warm beverage in a temperate climate is comforting.

mynameis905

katemarch wrote: »

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.

Coffee-heard card revoked

prinzeugen

The problem with coffee is that its just not tea..

ALiasEX

prinzeugen wrote: »

The problem with coffee is that its just not tea..

You do know that you can add tea to your coffee, dont you?

prinzeugen

ALiasEX wrote: »

You do know that you can add tea to your coffee, dont you?

I hate coffee. The smell makes me want to puke. If you want to taste tea why not just have tea?

Larry the Logster

youreadthat wrote: »

They taste nice and having a nice tasting warm beverage in a temperate climate is comforting.

Same can be said for water, juices and smoothies.

Larry the Logster

Corpus Twisty wrote: »

Fair play. I'd say you're a riot at a party. You're not a member of a residents association by any chance?

I suppose you have a problem with people who don't drink also?