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Instant coffee

  • 13-12-2012 08:34PM
    #1
    Pessimist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭


    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?


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  • #2
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    is the cup half full or half empty?


  • #3
    Goodshape
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,488 ✭✭✭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.


  • #4
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭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.


  • #5
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭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.


  • #6
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,366 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • #7
    Goodshape
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,488 ✭✭✭Goodshape


    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    Tea sucks IMHO.

    Get out.


  • #8
    checkyabadself
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 471 ✭✭checkyabadself


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


  • #9
    phill106
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,838 ✭✭✭phill106


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


  • #10
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #11
    Goodshape
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,488 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #12
    Ella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭Ella


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


  • #13
    padi89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,478 ✭✭✭padi89


    Davidoff is decent instant.


  • #14
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    padi89 wrote: »
    Davidoff is decent instant.

    the aftershave isn't bad either.


  • #15
    Osborne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭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.


  • #16
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #17
    lynski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,585 ✭✭✭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


  • #18
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭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?


  • #19
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,392 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #20
    CarMe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭CarMe


    Kenco Milicano really is lovely!


  • #21
    Scruffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 955 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #22
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    Tea sucks IMHO.
    Banned.





































































    :pac:


  • #23
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭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 ?


  • #24
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #25
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭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.


  • #26
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭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?


  • #27
    cantdecide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,363 ✭✭✭✭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...


  • #28
    Aciiiiiiiiiiid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭Aciiiiiiiiiiid


    People who drink instant coffee should be shot dead.


  • #29
    gdavis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭gdavis


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


  • #30
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭Archeron


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    that sounds like a dessert ?

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


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  • #31
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    but would they not use bainne out of a goat?

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


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