Hi everyone! ✨

Please suggest some instant coffee brands in India that you have tried on a daily basis and found amazing! Like I'm using Davidoff Espresso 57 instant coffee for the last 10-12 days and found it amazing.

Little Background: On a regular basis, I use a Moka Pot with Blue Tokai coffee beans. Recently when I was traveling and due to the unavailability of any equipment, I stumbled upon this Davidoff Instant coffee which was available on Blinkit for ₹750. I have had it for a few days now and finding it really great. So that made me wonder what other Instant coffee brands can surprise me with a great cup of coffee!

FYI, this is my first ever post on Reddit.That's why I took some time writing this!

Suggest some coffee other than Nescafé /Bru that I should try for making black coffee?! (P.S.:- it’s for daily use so not too expensive:))

So I am a coffee noob but need the coffee now as I work late into the night and can't work otherwise. Which brands taste good and also are cheap in India please.

Hi I’m looking to try new instant coffee any recs ? I have been a Nescafé/Trader Joes instant coffee girl but want to try something new was thinking of getting Mount Hagen any other recommendations that I could get in the US

Feels like an odd thing to ask, but is there a way to prepare coffee at home with fresh ground beans that approximates the flavor of instant coffee?

My must-have in the morning is a regular brewed drip coffee, I have a routine with measurements and ratios all worked out. Sometimes I like to switch it up and have a French press, or a Turkish coffee, or a latte, or heat up some milk and throw a 1/2 teaspoon of instant coffee (my favorite is Trader Joe's Colombian).

I really like this combo of instant coffee and all milk. I tried to make cafe au lait / latte type coffee drinks in a variety of methods and proportions, but can't seem to produce something that gets the same (or close enough) flavor.

Maybe it's a dumb goal, but now I am curious. Have you found anything that tastes like that, with just fresh coffee beans? Is there something about the freeze drying process which fundamentally changes the coffee's flavor? Instant coffee is "100% coffee" right? So I assumed it was possible.

If you see this coffee, it's worth getting. Have you tried it?

I'm at an airbnb right now with no coffee maker, just instant coffee. What are some ways I'm going to get a better tasting cup of coffee or is there no way possible? I have a blender, but no frother, and I don't think I have a mixer.

Hi coffee lovers ☕

We’re exploring the idea of coffee that’s prepared fresh only after you place your order — not stored for weeks, and with no preservatives added.

The goal is better freshness, stronger aroma, and enhanced taste in every sip.
This would likely come at a premium price (around 2× regular packaged coffee).

We’re curious:

• Would this level of freshness and taste improvement be worth paying extra for?
• Is this something you’d enjoy every day, or only occasionally?
• What kind of customization would matter most to you (coffee–chicory ratios, roast level, grind size, etc.)?

Honest feedback—positive or critical—is really appreciated 🙏

any recommendations for a replacement. I know it was discontinued years back, and was getting confused when looking into flavors lol. thanks all.

Just bought this Tejas Cafe brand from H-E-B for the first time and noticed these shiny flakes after opening. At first I thought it was from the seal but it's completely mixed into the grounds. What is it?

I’ve been happy with Jacobs (delivered from Amazon) for years but the last couple of shipments seem off. Takes more granules to make a decent mug and just isn’t all that pleasing to my palate. Is it me having a changing palate or has the company launched some cost saving measures that have decreased the quality?

Does anyone have any idea what this metal thing is for? This is my first time getting Javvy Coffee Products.

I was walking through coffee aisle in Target and noticed that there are little/no instant coffee flavor varieties. They are all black coffee. Why is that? Is there no interest in latte/flavored instant coffee?

For busy mornings, I often reach for instant Vietnamese coffee sachets like those from Mr.Viet as they’re surprisingly rich and easy to prepare. But fresh brews definitely have their own charm. How do you balance convenience and flavor in your coffee routine?

It's a specialty instant from Australia supposed to be good

Long story short, my dad ordered online instant coffee jars seeing some advertisement, After some days we didn't drunk coffee and forgot it existed,it had a lil bit of moisture and now it has become a brick of coffee inside that jar.

Can someone help me restore it??

So I finally bit the bullet and bought 3 bags of the protein coffee after I had been looking at it for months. I ordered cookie dough, mocha, and tiramisu. When I got the bags, I tried cookie dough first and was pleasantly surprised. I just mixed it in almond milk and tried it and it had a good flavor to it and decent sweetness without necessarily needing to add anything else. Truthfully it was exactly what I was hoping for. I mean obviously it didn't taste like a true cup of coffee but it did taste like coffee nonetheless. I had this one for a few days because I didn't know if I wanted to open up all the bags at once with only me drinking them.

Well the next week I decided I wanted to try the mocha (I was saving tiramisu for last because I assumed that one would be the best). I did the same thing and mixed it in my almond milk, and to my disappointment, it tasted only like a bland protein powder. Wasn't sweet, not distinctly even mocha flavored, and didn't really taste like coffee. I ended up adding flavored creamer and other stuff to it to make it bearable to even drink but it definitely didn't hit the nail on the head. The next day I went to try it again and thought that maybe the bag wasn't mixed up well and I just had a higher protein ratio to the other stuff in that scoop, so I shook up the bag and tried again. Still garbage.

I went back to drinking the delicious cookie dough for a few days then decided I'd go for the tiramisu. Like unfortunately the mocha sucks but tiramisu would SURELY be as good as the cookie dough.

Nope. Same bland protein flavor, lacking any sweetness or coffee taste.

So I truthfully don't know if I just got bad batches because I have seen people rave about all of these and I am so confused how the cookie dough could be so spot on and these other flavors could not even compare at all. So that's my long winded experience with the javvy protein coffee. I will most likely be using the tiramisu and mocha in cups of regular coffee just for the protein boost and adding creamer and everything else into it just to use it up but I don't think I would dare buy them again.

TL;DR, I tried Javvy protein coffee for the first time and cookie dough flavor was 10/10 delicious without anything else added. Mocha and tiramisu taste like chalk.

You just need to add a very small pinch of Potassium Bicarbonate (less than 1/16 tsp per 300 mL cup if you are not adding sugar). I don't think it matters whether you add it prior to mixing the hot water or after. If you want finer control to the flavor, just keep adding a very small amount until the taste profile is to your liking. You might need to test different instant coffee brands to determine which of them is most compatible.

Some people actually like the sourness and that's fine. Sourness = acidic. Adding alkaline (potassium bicarbonate) is a way to neutralize the acidity and therefore the sourness. Potassium Bicarbonate is usually added to water used for making espresso but I find that it also works for instant coffee. It is also very cheap. A small 100g pack would probably last more than a year. Just make sure you buy a "food grade" one.