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Instant coffee isn't even that bad. And that Korean whipped coffee has been making the social media rounds, it doesn't take much in resources or gadgets to make
by qppo 6y ago
Instant coffee isn't even that bad. And that Korean whipped coffee has been making the social media rounds, it doesn't take much in resources or gadgets to make.
I wonder if it's maybe a cultural thing. Where I grew up in the United States it would be almost unheard of not to own a coffee pot. But I've also worked with people (from parts of Asia, in particular) where they didn't know how to operate a drip coffee maker and only kept instant around, despite how much coffee they would drink every day.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoIt's definitely at least a contingent thing. I was completely fine with instant coffee in college, nowadays I can't stand it. (Would I like it if it weren't labeled - I dunno, I haven't done a blinded trial.)
- qppo 6y agoThe best instant coffee tastes like reheated coffee from the previous day, for what it's worth
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoI think you get used to it. I switched to tea years ago but when I accidentally drank a mouthful of my wife's instant coffee recently it tasted foul.
- proggy 6y agoWhen I was an expat in Japan, I was quite taken with the design of the single serve pour over coffee packets that were sold nearly everywhere. Each packet contained a folded origami filter that was itself filled with ready to brew ground coffee. So to make pour over coffee, all you had to do was unfold the filter, place it over a single cup, and pour some boiling water over it. That’s it — no other equipment required, not even a pour over cone! Far better tasting than instant, although it generated a bit more waste. Granted, it assumes the presence of an electric kettle, but nearly every household has one of those. Here’s a video of one in use to better illustrate the concept: https://youtu.be/Q1nkDoNcMRc https://youtu.be/Q1nkDoNcMRc