Kick starting your morning with a good olβ cup oβ Joe is great, blissful, and deliciously delightful, no matter what. Right?
We all know that the best part of waking up, isβ¦ coffee in your cup. (There are, however, some brands I just canβt recommend, sorry!)
Instant coffee may not exactly be the baristas first choice⦠it may not be mine either.
But even though I donβt always love and get googly-eyed instant coffee, you know what?β¦ I donβt hate it either!
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Iβve tasted some pretty mighty fine instant coffee.
And if itβs your beverage of choice, thereβs no judgment from me whatsoever!
I wrote an article about how instant coffee is made and the process of it. Itβs actually pretty fascinating and you can read about that here!
So I wonβt talk too much about the manufacturing process of it in this article. But just as a reminder, itβs made from real coffee beans.
So it certainly isnβt βfakeβ in that sense.
The coffee beans, which are sometimes Robusta beans, go through either a freeze-drying or spray-drying process.
But those details are not for this article, so just a bit below here are my recommendations for the best instant coffees you can get!
Better Or Worseβ¦
Not all instant coffee is created equal.
I mean, sure the same thing is true about coffee beans too. Thereβs just no comparison between, for example, Folgers and Kicking HorseΒ coffee.
But some people may think that all instant coffee is just no good.
Thatβs definitely not true. As I mentioned, Iβve had some instant coffee thatβs perfectly enjoyable! Europe seems to do instant coffee particularly well from my experienceβ¦
Interestingly enough, Europe is the leading consumer of instant coffee in the world, followed by China, and USA in third.
The Best Instant Coffees
Without further ado, hereβs a list of the best instant coffees, factoring not only the taste, but also the price, quality and/or healthiness, and other aspects. These are in no particular order!
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1. Waka Instant Coffee
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2. Mount Hagen Instant Coffee
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3. Starbucks Via Instant, Italian Roast
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4. Death Wish Instant Coffee
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5. Four Sigmatic Mushroom Instant Coffee
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6. Medaglia DβOro Instant Espresso
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7. Anthonyβs Organic Instant Coffee
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8. Jacobs Kronung Instant Coffee
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Pros & Cons
The pros & cons of instant coffee would be like the pros & cons of other processed, quick-make foods or beverages.
It would be comparable to making a real homemade lasagna vs. buying a frozen pre-made lasagna and just putting it in the microwave. So the pros & cons are pretty obvious.
One of them tastes much better, fresher and richer but takes longer, and the other doesnβt taste as good and you can tell itβs more processed but itβs much more convenient and easier to make.
Thatβs the pros & cons in a nutshell! You sacrifice quality for convenience.
But at the same time, just like some microwave lasagnas can taste good, so can some instant coffees taste good! You just need to find the right ones, and thatβs why Iβm here to help!
Hereβs a fun video of the British coffee expert and YouTuber James Hoffman doing a taste test of instant coffees if youβre interested.
The winner of his taste test is a coffee that is difficult to get in the states unfortunately, or else I would happily provide a link to it.
But hereβs their website if youβre interested.
And just to answer his question that he posed in the video thumbnail⦠supermarket instant coffee can indeed be good!
Dalgona Coffee
A fun and tasty treat you can make is Dalgona coffee.
This has been a viral internet coffee sensation, and a sweet coffee treat. Itβs fun to make and it tastes pretty good!
If you want to see how to make it and more info about it, check out my article about it. Dalgona coffee only works well with instant coffee.
My words were chosen carefully there, by the way. It works well with instant coffee.
Apparently you can make it with regular brewed coffee, but I havenβt tried that and canβt imagine that it would work as well or taste as good as with instant coffee!
So this is another great use for instant coffee. I personally wouldnβt make Dalgona coffee all the time but I think itβs very enjoyable to make on occasion!
There We Go!
Even though instant coffee may not have a reputation of being the best stuff around, you can most certainly find some good instant coffees on the market!
Iβm sure thereβs at least one from this list that can tickle your fancy. Thereβs at least a few that really tickle mine.
And feel free to let me know if thereβs an instant coffee you enjoy that you think should be included on this list!
Coffee cheers!
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Comments
Tammy
Very interesting. Hmmmm. So youβre saying Deathwish has instant coffee too. Well you should know Iβll be the proud owner of that very soon. I dig instant coffee. However, I never really appreciated the quality or flavor of what I was actually drinking until I found this blog. So the bar has been raised. Thank you for this.
Danny
Iβm sure youβll enjoy it! The Death Wish instant coffee is low acid so I really like that about it. And thank you very much for saying that Iβm so glad to hear!
Anderson
I was searching instant coffee for me when I Came Across on your post, Awesome youβve reviewed all the Best instant coffee in details and your post helped me a lot.
Danny
Thanks so much Anderson! Iβm glad it helped you!