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I certainly like instant coffee and prefer it over many other types I have tried. It took a few tries to find a good one, however. Perhaps it's because I mostly

by xioxox 4y ago

I certainly like instant coffee and prefer it over many other types I have tried. It took a few tries to find a good one, however. Perhaps it's because I mostly like coffee quite milky, which might cover over any quality issues. Developing a taste for good coffee (or wine, etc) doesn't seem attractive to me. You end up needing more and more equipment. You need expensive high quality beans. It's typically messy, time consuming, takes up valuable kitchen space and expensive. I'd rather something ok, which is quick, cheap and convenient.

Existenceblinks 4y ago
Same, it's the same virtue signal as other fields like audiophile. Good smell is pretty wide range. "Ok" sometimes is actually "good". There is a cappuccino chocolate milk in my local 7-11 (asia) that is about 50 cent. When I walked pass someone who drank it, i was accidentally breathing smell from their exhalation and surprised its smell is so good. I feel fresh coffee beans is as good as ok-ish product in different way (excluding healthy ingredient aspect).
rayiner 4y ago
I’ve settled on this German coffee (Dallmayr Prodomo): https://enjoybettercoffee.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/coffee-review-dallmayr-prodomo/ https://enjoybettercoffee.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/coffee-re... It’s coffee for people who don’t like flavor. “A taste without creamer or sugar has an initial bitterness that immediately becomes smooth and gentle. With sugar and milk, it is the mildest coffee you may ever taste. In fact, the coffee is specially processed in order to remove any bitterness yet still keep the flavor of a fine European coffee.”
wahnfrieden 4y ago
it's easy to learn by paying your local expert professional without the personal work, if you can afford it
matwood 4y ago
I’m lazy and like coffee. The best middle ground I have found was a paper filter pour over with grocery store beans that I grind right before brewing. Whole beans ground at brew time is, for me, the biggest change.
rjh29 4y ago
I'm not a snob, but instant coffee is fairly rough when drunk black, it's best with milk as you say. Personally I have a moka pot / aeropress and a cheap manual grinder. The total cost is about $50 and it takes up no space at all. I don't have the desire to invest more effort than that, but for the people who do it's obviously a good value proposition for them.
jerlam 4y ago
I was actually pretty relieved when I realized I couldn't tell (or was indifferent to) the difference between good coffee and merely average coffee. Another hobby I didn't need to spend any more of my limited time/effort. It's like when I tried on some audiophile headphones and discovered that they sounded the same as my $20 cheap ones. Saved myself months of "research" and hundreds of dollars, and marketing/ads bounce right off me.
- juve1996 4y ago
  Yea, I think delta matters more than just being objectively better. Going from those crappy iPhone default headphones to even a cheap pair of Sony earbuds made a huge difference. Going to the next level, our expectations say it should be a similar jump, which doesn't come, and we feel let down. The hype doesn't match.
bufordtwain 4y ago
I drink instant coffee now and have settled on this one: https://smile.amazon.com/Moccona-Coffee-Freeze-Dried-Medium-Roast/dp/B003TI4FCO https://smile.amazon.com/Moccona-Coffee-Freeze-Dried-Medium-... Unfortunately it's expensive. It's good though.
twangist 4y ago
No, you just need to be able to discern features and appreciate desirable ones.

by xioxox 4y ago

Existenceblinks 4y ago

Same, it's the same virtue signal as other fields like audiophile. Good smell is pretty wide range. "Ok" sometimes is actually "good". There is a cappuccino chocolate milk in my local 7-11 (asia) that is about 50 cent. When I walked pass someone who drank it, i was accidentally breathing smell from their exhalation and surprised its smell is so good. I feel fresh coffee beans is as good as ok-ish product in different way (excluding healthy ingredient aspect).

rayiner 4y ago

I’ve settled on this German coffee (Dallmayr Prodomo): https://enjoybettercoffee.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/coffee-review-dallmayr-prodomo/ https://enjoybettercoffee.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/coffee-re... It’s coffee for people who don’t like flavor. “A taste without creamer or sugar has an initial bitterness that immediately becomes smooth and gentle. With sugar and milk, it is the mildest coffee you may ever taste. In fact, the coffee is specially processed in order to remove any bitterness yet still keep the flavor of a fine European coffee.”

wahnfrieden 4y ago

it's easy to learn by paying your local expert professional without the personal work, if you can afford it

matwood 4y ago

I’m lazy and like coffee. The best middle ground I have found was a paper filter pour over with grocery store beans that I grind right before brewing. Whole beans ground at brew time is, for me, the biggest change.

rjh29 4y ago

I'm not a snob, but instant coffee is fairly rough when drunk black, it's best with milk as you say. Personally I have a moka pot / aeropress and a cheap manual grinder. The total cost is about $50 and it takes up no space at all. I don't have the desire to invest more effort than that, but for the people who do it's obviously a good value proposition for them.

jerlam 4y ago

I was actually pretty relieved when I realized I couldn't tell (or was indifferent to) the difference between good coffee and merely average coffee. Another hobby I didn't need to spend any more of my limited time/effort. It's like when I tried on some audiophile headphones and discovered that they sounded the same as my $20 cheap ones. Saved myself months of "research" and hundreds of dollars, and marketing/ads bounce right off me.

juve1996 4y ago
Yea, I think delta matters more than just being objectively better. Going from those crappy iPhone default headphones to even a cheap pair of Sony earbuds made a huge difference. Going to the next level, our expectations say it should be a similar jump, which doesn't come, and we feel let down. The hype doesn't match.

bufordtwain 4y ago

I drink instant coffee now and have settled on this one: https://smile.amazon.com/Moccona-Coffee-Freeze-Dried-Medium-Roast/dp/B003TI4FCO https://smile.amazon.com/Moccona-Coffee-Freeze-Dried-Medium-... Unfortunately it's expensive. It's good though.

twangist 4y ago

No, you just need to be able to discern features and appreciate desirable ones.