Instant Coffee gets a bad rap, amirite?

Instant coffee gets exactly the reputation it deserves. The same as instant grits, instant oatmeal, or anything else featuring the word instant. You don't make instant coffee because it's high quality, you do it because it's quick. What reputation do you think it should have?

by Anonymous 3 months ago

There are instant grits? Lol. Grits are already damn near instant. They take less than 10 minutes to make . I didnt even know they had instant grits

by Complex-Rip 3 months ago

Yeah, they are awful and processed to hell and back. More like a powder than actual grits

by Anonymous 3 months ago

Call me bougie if you want but instant coffee costs more and tastes bad.

by Melody59 3 months ago

I've also seen an opinion that listed instant coffee being faster to prepare. Well, my nespresso machine would like a word, all I do in the morning with one of my eyes half open is press a button and in 20 seconds I have my coffee which is much better, and I don't need to grab a kettle, boil water and so on

by Anonymous 3 months ago

Well, my nespresso machine would like a word It's almost as if the price difference doesn't matter here.

by Far_Adeptness 3 months ago

I like it iced but not hot.

by Anonymous 3 months ago

Same

by Kubwinona 3 months ago

Oat milk iced instant coffee is 👌

by Empty_Comfort_1751 3 months ago

With a lot of whole milk.

by johnstonardella 3 months ago

Just eat the coffee granuels. It's quicker and "more instant" than Instant Coffee. Afterall, it's about getting the caffeine into you quickly.

by Anonymous 3 months ago

I've switched to instant only a while ago. A few tips: Buy good instant coffee. Use less and add more as needed. And if you use creamer, add the coffee to it first and stir, then add your water. If you drink it black add the crystals to a bit of cold water first and stir, then add the hot water.

by Ok-Long1012 3 months ago

I mean.. it really comes down to personal preference. People aren't necessarily wrong for liking instant coffee over the other methods of making it. They are crazy though.

by Entire-Dream-2218 3 months ago

Tasters Choice is next best thing to meth.

by Efficient-Song 3 months ago

Just found some at my local Dollarama for less than I usually see elsewhere. Think I'll buy a few ata time. In the morning I drink a cup of Tim Hortons instant and then I buy one before work at THs. Is richer on account of the 18% cream (I think).

by Anonymous 3 months ago

It's fine if you like it. But I'd rather drink a cup of warm ditch water.

by Anonymous 3 months ago

Warm ditch water gets a bad rap. Not everyone is bougie

by Anonymous 3 months ago

Drink your ditchwater cold like a man , then boogie

by Anonymous 3 months ago

I am bougie but I love warm ditch water also. So not everyone who drinks warm dishwater is not bougie. Check yourself

by Jacynthe54 3 months ago

This made my night

by Dry_Assist5480 3 months ago

same ingredients actually

by Anonymous 3 months ago

Instant coffee is a different drug with its own uses and with a greater potential for abuse.

by Anonymous 3 months ago

If instant coffee was better than other coffee, it would be the only coffee.

by Kaylin77 3 months ago

I use instant coffee very morning to make iced coffee.

by Anonymous 3 months ago

"Not everyone is bougie" oh dear

by Top-Bet 3 months ago

I feel like people who drink instant coffee only drink it for the caffeine and not because they actually like the taste

by Fair_Historian 3 months ago

I don't want to live where you live if that's the case.

by Anonymous 3 months ago

Then you most likely don't. I have to pay 14$ in a niche greek coffee shop that's only open 4 hours a day if I want a decent coffee.

by Anonymous 3 months ago

It's not instant, but sometimes those cheap and weak hotel room brews hit the spot. If my hotel room only had instant, I would make do, because I expect very little

by Anonymous 3 months ago

That's because it's awful.

by blockelza 3 months ago

Instant coffee tastes what I would imagine old oven scrapings with hot water added to it tastes like.

by Anonymous 3 months ago

That's jail coffee. If you ever been in you don't really want jail coffee anymore

by cruickshankrosa 3 months ago

I drink hot coffee black. To me instant coffee is a rough experience.

by Anonymous 3 months ago

I prefer instant too. Switched to drip for years because it just seemed like the mature thing to do lol Then one day a neighbour made me an instant coffee and I was like OhYa, missed this deliciousness and switched back

by Anonymous 3 months ago

I have a Ninja Luxe Cafe and I very much like that my coffee is perfect every time.

by Anonymous 3 months ago

Free Keurig I will never buy another coffee maker although I do love the machine

by damoreuriel 3 months ago

I'm a coffee lover and I remember in the 70s having an obscure brand of instant coffee from Africa and I still can't forget how delicious it was. Don't remember what it was called.

by vivian48 3 months ago

It's typically made with robusta which has great caffeine load and is a hardy plant but really not known for flavor. So coffee snobs are not going to give it respect. And that is perfectly fine and shouldn't impact anyone's enjoyment of it.

by Moisesohara 3 months ago

Cafe Bustelo instant coffee made with milk tastes just like a latte

by Complete-Tiger-5487 3 months ago

Yeah because instant coffee is garbage. A cheap Nespresso machine is miles better

by Anonymous 3 months ago

There are some okay ones

by Anonymous 3 months ago

It has its own unique flavor. I don't hate it. I keep instant decaf around in the off chance I crave a hot cup of something and I can't risk more caffeine.

by ParkingResponsible 3 months ago

Yuck I'm far from bougie but instant coffee is an abomination

by Vivid-Tap 3 months ago

Honestly when regular coffee is bad it's much worse than instant coffee. Likewise when things are good regular coffee comes out ahead.

by joan63 3 months ago

You just have terrible taste. Coffee is one of those things like cheese, wine and bread where the quality noticeably improves if you spend more money.

by terrellshields 3 months ago

Anyone with a functioning mouth hole can taste the difference. EASILY. some Neanderthals just don't care what they are tasting.

by Anonymous 3 months ago

Any instant coffee bought in a regular store tastes terrible compared to basically any non-instant coffee. I dont even know anyone who dares to drink it without added milk and sugar to mask the flavour.

by SeatThis1412 3 months ago

It's not that it's not worse it's just also shouldn't be shamed

by Dry_Assist5480 3 months ago

And how much cream/sugar are you adding?

by No_Job 3 months ago

Brewed or instant, it's all the same to me.

by Framirosalyn 3 months ago

Buying pre roasted beans and grinding them yourself is the single most important thing you can do to up your coffee game. This is just a wrong opinion.

by Anonymous 3 months ago

I've tried a dozen different instant coffee brands and they all smell the same to me. Something about the freeze drying process effects the smell.

by derickbraun 3 months ago