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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.

MrFlamey ,

Yes. When I can’t be arsed to grind beans and boil water. Doesn’t taste as good, but it’s fine with a little cookie or something.

AccountMaker ,

Same. Instant in the morning and a normal one with grounding beans in the afternoon.

Tikiporch ,

Freeze dried Colombian is fantastic. A jar of Juan Valdez keeps in your cabinet for ages of you’re not a coffee drinker.

idunnololz ,
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I don’t mind instant coffee and there are so many options. I get hired if I drink the same thing all the time. So some weeks I drink cold brew, some weeks I drink instant coffee, some week I drink iced and some weeks I drink tea. I alternate between different sources of caffeine pretty much every other week.

DeadNinja , (edited )
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I do. Almost always. And there are three main reasons for it.

(A) Hassle free prep. Hot water and stirrer, bam!

(B) No waste/by-products (e.g. filter, brewed coffee granules residue, blah blah) - so much less carbon footprint.

© A cup of instant coffee has slightly less caffeine content than the same cup of freshly brewed coffee. Good for me, because I have been a caffeine-addict, and trying to cut down now.

So I always try to go for Freeze-dried instant coffee ( especially Colombian, like Juan Valdez ), and not the Spray-dried shit.

Edit : I thank max and the OP for enlightening me about the instant coffee manufacture process. It surely appear that Instant coffee has a lot more environmental impact than simple ground coffee because of more processes involved. I have always consumed instant coffee, but were totally ignorant on this part. Dumb of me.

Thanks to the people directing me to the right way, and I will strike out my second point above.

letsgo ,

There is waste and byproduct, just not in your kitchen. Look into the manufacturing process. There are still beans that are roasted, ground, brewed and discarded.

someguy3 OP , (edited )

so much less carbon footprint.

Bad news for you.

www.sciencedirect.com/…/S1385894723015243

Instant coffee has >2 times higher impacts and costs than ground coffee.

Based on the functional unit of 1 tonne of coffee produced, instant coffee has higher impacts and costs than ground coffee for both system boundaries because it requires double the amount of green coffee beans and 7–11 times more energy.

DeadNinja ,
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Really bad news, and so ignorant of me. Thanks for the enlightenment btw !

max ,

(B) No waste/by-products (e.g. filter, brewed coffee granules residue, blah blah) - so much less carbon footprint.

Not sure how you come to this conclusion. The waste is the same (if not more), just ends up somewhere else. Also, you’re adding a whole extra process (freeze drying) requiring extra energy, and water needs to be boiled twice (during brewing and at home).

GissaMittJobb ,

I like drinking really good coffee as much as I can, but I do not look down on a cup of instant from time to time. I have a jar at home for if I run out, and it’s often the only option while traveling.

Coffee is coffee, and I like coffee.

Ziggurat ,

I feel like it’s 2 different market segments.

Starbuck and othes fancy coffee shop I am in town, look for clean toilets and wifi so I’d pay 10 € to get them

Instant I am camping, (and sometimes indoor without coffee machine) and want a coffee

Blizzard ,

I do. What’s the problem with it?

Potatos_are_not_friends ,

It’s too fast! Where you goin at that speed?

wild ,

Generally only when camping. Really like Mt. Hagen, but the canisters of Starbucks Premium Instant are decent.

Fondots ,

For me instant coffee is for backpacking, because when you’re busting your ass on the trail for a few days literally anything you can eat or drink tastes amazing

Potatos_are_not_friends ,

One of the best feelings in the world is a morning hike up the mountains, reaching a stopping soot and boiling some hot water for some tea/coffee.

corsicanguppy ,

In the army we used to get a pack of instant coffee with the afternoon meal. We rarely wanted to shit ourselves later in the bush, so, no. We’d save it for whomever was fucked with guard shift that night.

Please understand there is no hot water at night; no real water supply at all. We do not traipse about the boonies looking for a stream, nor do we make a fire so it can be seen for miles. We even hide the pips on our wristwatch.

Not since bush coffee have I had instant coffee. And if I die without having instant coffee again - even properly prepared - it will be too soon.

Squirrel ,
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I drink instant cappuccino, a habit I picked up from my wife. It’s much less “coffee” than it is “vaguely coffee-flavored drink.”

kent_eh ,

I keep a jar of it in my desk at the office.

Handy for those overnight callouts when noting else is available.

electric_nan ,

My wife prefers it. It’s fine with sweet creamer.

jeena ,
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My parents in law do it.

mediocre_magi ,

I love coffee. I am a coffee snob. Instant coffee is easy to pack and travel with. If you have access to hot water it’s still coffee which is better than nothing. If you don’t have access to hot water then it’s a tastier caffeine pill.

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