I have diabetes and don’t do cream and sugar. I drink black coffee but it has to be pretty good since I don’t have cream and sugar taking all its faults away. That rules out most all instant coffee and I’ve tried a lot of them. Most are awful and none are as good as a cup of even just decent drip coffee. This one is pretty good though. I’ve tried it espresso strength and cup strength. Black it doesn’t really taste like espresso when brewed at that strength but it would work fine in a sugary milky drink, iced mocha or something. Even mixed at a very high ratio of water to coffee it’s not that strong tasting. It’s pretty inoffensive. I also tried Cafe Bustelo espresso recently and that stuff is offensive. Enough cream and sugar can make it okay but black it tastes like when you brew a pot of coffee, drink half of it and leave the rest on the warmer for a long time and come back and microwave a cup of that burnt nasty coffee in the afternoon. That’s what Cafe Bustelo instant espresso tastes like. It’s very offensive and it has this strong nutty taste to go along with the burnt taste I guess from all the Robusta beans in it. It’s not 100% Arabica like this one.
I think I like the Starbucks instants better than this one but this coffee is in that league. The Starbucks instant coffees are pretty good. I always liked the Via packets okay but the price was offensive on those. The medium roast in the newer cans is pretty good black. I don’t hate it. I haven’t tried the Blonde or Dark yet but I have them. Those tins don’t seal well and I know from experience that the micro ground coffee in them will get stale over time especially once you open the package. The stuff in the cans is much cheaper than the Via packets but still kind of expensive. I don’t know that I will buy this Nescafé again because it’s imported and expensive, but it is cheaper than Starbucks instant when you compare the weight. They sell Starbucks at the store though. I do like the finer consistency of this Nescafé Gold Espresso powder. It’s easier to measure than the big airy clumps of freeze dried coffee that vary in size so much. It tastes pretty good too, for instant.
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