HERE'S THE SECRET: If you want to remove some of the bitterness of instant coffee and make it more palatable, first pour a tad of COLD water into the cup and mix it with the spoonful of coffee. THEN pour in the hot water. This takes a lot of the bitterness out.

THANK YOU for being quick and to the point!! Most YT'ers like to talk too much.

I'm so glad you picked that one. I'm making my own MRE'S and I purchased 84 sticks of Nescafe Clasico coffee to put into them.

Nescafe was always my favorite instant coffee. To me it tastes the closest to fresh brewed so it is a good substitute if you are in a hurry.

My favorite is "Elite" but I haven't expanded my horizons much, so I'm watching these videos for another to try. Thanks for the review!

I bought a 3 oz jar of Nescafe Clasico a few weeks ago. I used to buy bottled Ice Coffee, (I prefer iced to hot). It is almost as good as the bottled iced coffee that I used to spend seven bucks on.

Best I've found so far is Nescafe Amero Americano, that's pretty good, on short trips though I still pack the Aeropress.

To each his own but I have no problem with Folgers Instant Coffee.

When they do this tests I decide to go for the lowest on their scale turns out im usually right and the worst are the ones that came on top

The ground Cafe Bustelo is actually really really quite nice so when I saw they had an instant option I was so excited but to my suprise it was so awful. I definitely recommend the ground espresso over the instant.

Nescafe Classico is always in my cabinet for when I just need a quick cup. Add a little cold water and mix the grounds before adding the hot water. I think it makes a smoother cup.

Nothing wrong with the Nescafé clasico! I honestly drink it at home when I want something comforting - and I usually otherwise drink fancier pour over coffee

The one I’m about to make a cup of now won

I’m surprised regular Nescafé beat out Tasters Choice. Both made by the same company.

The Folger was rated the best in a barista taste test

For people who are accustom to stronger cups of coffee, I have found with instant, I have to mix it 2-3 times the prescribed mixing quantities on the label... Cafe Bustelo I find better than decent if I mix it 2.5x stronger in boiling water then allow it to cool some. But, I recall Cafe Via packets revolutionizing my coffee while mountaineering life quality back in the day.

My wife and I bought 8 instant coffees to taste test, and after 2 tests on 2 different days, we agreed on a 3-way tie for 1st place between Aldi, Cafe Bustelo and Taster's Choice French Roast. Cafe Bustelo was nutty and bolder than the rest, Taster's Choice was the closest flavor to fresh brewed coffee, and Aldi was the least bitter and least offensive cup, so just a good general-purpose instant coffee. 2nd place was Nescafe Clasico Dark, which was good but tastes kind of ashy, and 3rd was Folgers Classic, which just reminds me of cheap dinner coffee (because it is). Clover Valley (Dollar General) didn't qualify because it tastes just like Cafe Bustelo, but at 1 level tsp per 6oz water, it tasted weaker than Cafe Bustelo at the same concentration. Trader Joe's Columbian also didn't qualify because it was relatively mild and kind of bland.

I'm furious because I just now found out that Cafe Bustelo has sugar and carbohydrates when it should be 0g. And by not having a nutrition value label on the product that literally says it all.

Your top pick is my go to instant coffee. Definitely not to bad black.

I keep a jar of Cafe Bustelo instant coffee in my office. It's alright for a quick cup of afternoon coffee. Serviceable but not great.

Rinse with water between tasting

Oh my God I can't believe you said the coffee that I absolutely love is the worst That classic roast I call that my sparkly coffee because it has the sparkly crystals that coffee is great and delicious and it's just perfect I make it with two teaspoons ❤ I also drink the nes Cafe classico

Maxim is a Korean brand and is one of my favorites if you can find it. South Korea makes better instant coffee because they are a new coffee market and instant is less of a barrier of entry because you don't need to purchase some type of brewing method to try it. Jacobs is also good.

I’ve had the regular Bustelo with an expresso pot and the instant. They taste the same to me. Cafe La llave expresso is the best

yeah in my opinion instant coffee takes just a tea spoon of coffee to 6 to 8 oz cup of water stir till desulved then nuke the cup add flavoring to taste and walla your done , regular coffee cost way more and you need a coffee maker and it takes up alot of time . when instant coffee taste just as good if not better just sayin

The answer is a titanium French press (ultra lightweight and you get your brewed coffee on the trail)

I am blending three different instants to achieve an acceptable cold brew taste.

Thanks for doing this so I don't have to 😄 I also take my daily, freshly ground coffee black because I enjoy the flavor. I had the exact same reaction to Folgers when I was away from home 😖; if that's all thats around, I'd opt for tea.

Thanks for the great video. I’ve never tried any of the Bustelo coffees but I thought they used robusta coffee beans and not arabica. Maybe that’s why the tea is different. Not sure since I have never tried robusta coffee.

Caffeine content>>Flavor. ALL instant tastes bad. Which WORKS the best?

Yummy 😋😊 I can't wait to try them all 😊

Plot twist: Fine/Espresso grounds Do Not Need To Be Filtered. They sink to the bottom of the cup. No need for freeze dried instant

I have had Nescafe. . . If that's the best instant around, drink tea from bags. OR. You CAN make real coffee backpacking or camping. You need an Aeropress or a stainless steel french press of some kind. You can get double walled or vacuum insulated or Stanley makes the single wall Stanley Adventure All-In-One Boil + Brew French Press which is actually backpacking good because you boil water in the same pot you make the french press in and it's cheaper than the double wall french presses.

I am a coffee addict. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

Starbucks Pike Place is what you used in this test. That's their middle of the road general blend which I despise. You might try one of the other Starbucks instant packs as a potential contender. Thanks for a great video.

Great video. I like the Tasters Choice.. I will have to try the brand you like for cold coffee

Great Value over Bustello?? I'm out

I use instant coffee to make coffee ice cream and use cafe bustelo bcuz it’s best smelling coffee I ever whiffed, and makes superb coffee ice cream. No coffee taste all that different from others that I can tell.

The dark roast star buck is better

How can you not pronounce Nescafe correctly? I would think on the trail the individual packets would have an advantage over even a plastic jar just in terms of packability.

Good review

Is the Nescafé Classico a dark roast ???

Nice presentation

Thanks 👍🏾

Beautiful ❤

Great info, you better not waste any of those no matter how bad they are!

too me all coffees taste like sh*t but i fix the flavor by adding creamers of many flavers , all i need is the caffeine boost and great flavored enouph said just sayin

Dammit!!! I just purchased instant coffee for the first time in my life just so I had a backup coffee. And what do I buy? Folgers. 😠

Nice video. Question: have you ever made cowboy coffee?

You shared nice video

Just ditch the instant and take an Aeropress. Problem solved.

Who rates 1-6? Crazy lady!🤭

dirty water = 0/5 😅

Since Americans have trouble getting along due to fake news, is there such a thing as white coffee along with black coffee...lol