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Does anyone drink instant coffee anymore?

For some reason I think of it as an older concept. Now Starbucks and coffee chains are popular.

Seinfeld on instant coffee youtu.be/uDrh5pujB9I?si=VdlVEREjMTNd2Bs7

Highlighting carlcook’s advice:

dissolve in cold water, ONLY THEN add hot water. The rationale behind it is that aromatics evaporate too quickly when the instant powder is infused with too/boiling hot water.

Lemminary ,

I’m finishing my cup right now. People say it’s shit but I don’t mind it.

kalkulat ,
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Is there really anyone left who -would drink it?

Instant coffee, instant sex … not pleasant, but over with quik. Now - get back to work. Slacker.

AceFuzzLord ,

I don’t normally drink coffee at all, but my parents still have a coffee maker, so they at least do.

AA5B ,

If you count k-cups ….

Or occasionally as an ingredient for baking

someguy3 OP ,

We discuss below that k cups have grinds and a filter. Instant coffee dissolves.

PlasticFrog ,

Yup, 99% of the time. And it’s decaf too.

Epicurus0319 ,

I just go to coffee shops. I live in Seattle ffs (though I prefer the smaller and local shops, their food and coffee is more unique and tastes better, and they usually treat their employees way better than starbucks)

setsneedtofeed ,
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Personally, not very much. I’m aware my personal experience doesn’t translate to universal truth, but I only know what it know.

I have a little bit of instant coffee around but it’s mostly for camping.

Day to day, I either drink homemade iced coffee, or regular coffee made in a pour over. Getting the iced coffee ready is as fast as putting some ice in a bottle and pouring the coffee. Even the pour over, which takes maybe 15 minutes total is still faster than the time spent going to a Starbucks, waiting in line, ordering, and waiting for it to be made.

To me, buying coffee is really only going to happen when I’m traveling.

Lilith_the_serpent ,

I have a 10 year old emergency stash.

jelloeater85 ,
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Umm, is it still good?

killeronthecorner ,
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As good as the day they bought it, i.e. complete and utter shit

Lilith_the_serpent ,

Yep. And that’s why it hasn’t been touched in 10 years. We grind fresh coffee in this house. And none of that weak Drip shit either. Cappuccino strength only. Stove top moca pot.

Lilith_the_serpent ,

🤷‍♀️

cashews_best_nut ,

In the UK it’s still very common for people to have instant coffee at home. Companies will sometimes have their own fancy coffee maker (e.g. Nespresso) but not always.

someguy3 OP ,

Have solely or in addition to ground coffee?

cashews_best_nut ,

Solely.

It’s kinda like asking “why don’t more Americans own electric kettles?”.

UK: Kettle for tea. US: Coffee maker for coffee.

We generally drink more tea than coffee and so kettles became the norm. Some people do own their own coffee makers or cafetieres but it’s less common. One is a nation coffee-drinkers and the other tea drinkers. Each has settled into using different machines and therefore different products.

killeronthecorner ,
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Unless you work in tech, then the offices have £5k Italian espresso machines that only five people know how to operate.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
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We keep a little on hand for coffeemergencies. Say the power’s out and we don’t have any ground, and we either don’t want to start the generator just for the coffee grinder or are out of fuel or something. Or we’re camping and didn’t grind enough before we left. All this assuming we’re out of The Good Tea because that’ll do in a pinch. I’ve used it twice.

Zippit ,

I use it, because I have fibromyalgia. So it’s easier sometimes to just press the button on the kettle to makes some coffee. When I’m doing well, I always make Turkish coffee, since it feels like it makes me clearer way faster than other coffee does.

whome ,

Revenue in the Instant Coffee market amounts to US$30.3bn in 2023. The market is expected to grow annually by 5.03% (CAGR 2023-2028).

In global comparison, most revenue is generated in Japan (US$4,741m in 2023).

In relation to total population figures, per person revenues of US$3.95 are generated in 2023.

In the Instant Coffee market, volume is expected to amount to 1.6bn kg by 2028. The market for Instant Coffee market is expected to show a volume growth of 3.5% in 2024.

The average volume per person in the Instant Coffee market is expected to amount to 0.19kg in 2023.

www.statista.com/outlook/cmo/…/worldwide

seaQueue ,
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Try Korean instant coffee, it’s about the best I’ve had. Check the ingredients carefully if you have food sensitivities, there’s often surprise 🌽 in the creamer and sometimes corn syrup powder as sweetener.

Ziltskin ,

Sometimes. I keep it on hand. I usually do a French press or pour over coffee maker. But sometimes, just some hot instant coffee in theocrowave is good because I’m too tired to wait for the water to boil

obinice ,
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Starbucks and coffee chains are, you know, nowhere near my house, for one thing. How am I going to have coffee in the morning if I have to first leave my house and get a bus to where the coffee shop is, then get the bus home again and then go to work, or whatever?

Further, those places are EXPENSIVE AS HECC. The sort of people that can afford to buy coffee at those places every day sure do have it real nice.

For the rest of us, we make our coffee at home, and sometimes if we’re lucky we get the cheap “real” grounds instead of the instant powder, haha

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