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I love how you can win a barista championship using very special specialty coffee and still enjoy instant. Wonderful palette!

My husband isn't a huge coffee person, but I made him a dalgona coffee with your brown sugar cinnamon syrup and it is his favorite coffee drink!! It's such a great quick and easy but delicious cup of coffee! Also I love to whip the milk as well so it's super frothy

My Grandma only drank Folgers crystals - 2 spoonfuls (everyone knew which spoon), hot water and a splash of milk while smoking a pack of Virginia slims and reading an Harlequin Romance novel.

I'm shocked you didn't mention the cold water trick. A trick I learned ages ago to make instant coffee (whatever was available/nothing high-end) taste more pleasant is to measure your instant coffee granules into your drinking vessel, and then dissolve them into a tiny bit of cold water in the bottom of the cup before adding in hot water to your desired concentration. Dissolving it in cold water first seemed to mitigate a lot of the harsher unpleasant flavors associated with Nescafe, for example.

Juan Valdez instant coffee is my favorite! Congrats on your Barista Championship achievements, Morgan! (BTW)

when i was a kid, i'd sprinkle some of my grandpas instant coffee onto ice cream.

Granulated instant coffee is a life-saver for my morning commutes. Using a standard "Dalgona" base recipe, I found that cold frothing oat milk with vanilla syrup and combining them together with the dalgona make a cloud of deliciousness that normal milk just can't compete with!

My first experience with instant coffee was a Jello brand cookbook recipe for a dessert using Dream Whip, a powdered whip topping package, a box of pudding mix and instant coffee. It made a bouncy and fluffy coffee dessert that was loved by my entire family. I was always happy to see when my Dad would buy the very specific ingredients and leave them on the counter in a group as an unspoken request for more ❤

I... primarily drink instant coffee. Anthony's Organic is so good and i get more chocolate notes than i do with most other coffee. Korean instant coffee brand Maxim is also absolutely fantastic.

Before I finish watching this, I’ll say i make my coffee by putting instant coffee in milk and microwave until it’s about to boil, then I stir and drink. I’ve been watching this channel for a while and this is finally a video that I can maybe try 😂

Something that has improved my experience with instant coffee is letting the coffee dissolve in a bit of cold water before pouring hot on top. Reduces a lot of the bitterness for me! Not sure why.

I'll admit I drink instant coffee. It works for me and fits my budget. Thank you for acknowledging this aspect of coffee and doing so with out derision or scorn. Thank you as well for some wonderful ideas how to make best use of the instant type!

This third recipe you've shown is essentially how the Greek frappé coffee is made! The technique of mixing the instant coffee (originally "Nescafé classic", now whatever brand one prefers or is available) with cold water is exactly the same (although originally a cocktail shaker was used). The difference is that sugar and milk are optional, i.e. to one's taste. However, if sugar is used, then it's mixed at the first stage, exactly as seen in your video.

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I put a little bit of instant coffee in my overnight oats. The recipe is terimisu overnight oats, it's very good.

Morgan (During the latte preparation): "You know what to do here." Me: *pouring the big latte glass into the small espresso container and flooding the kitchen*

I loved coffee yogurt as a child, but I haven't seen it anywhere in a long time now. Where I live, at least. So now I buy plain yogurt and put decaf instant coffee powder in it with some vanilla and sweetener, and it tastes just like when I was a kid.

I made an instant coffee shaken molasses before watching this

Today I found out that being poor is about to suck less - thank you 😂

We make whisked coffee (frappe) here in Greece since the 50's. Whisk the coffee with water, add ice cubes and fill the rest of the glass with water. Sugar and milk are optional

Dissolve three grams freeze dried with one ounce of cold water. If you have the whisk, use that to give it a frothy texture. If you like milk based use a tablespoon of heavy whipping cream. Water should be no hotter than 180 degrees F. When the little bubbles start, shut the kettle off. If it comes to a boil, let it sit for a minute, two will be better. Pour about a fourth of the hot water into the dissolved cold mixture, then stir. Add another fourth and stir. Then add the remainder of the water. Let it sit for a minute, stir again then drink. I have found three grams with six ounces of water makes a good cup. Not great, but really good. I learned the dissolving in cold water trick when I worked with a crew from Mexico. Their brand of choice was Legal. It has caramelized sugar in it. You would take your spoon and put the coffee in and dissolve it with water from the water can. When the water boiled everyone would add some hot water and sugar then more water. What I like about instant is how you can change the flavor and texture from one cup to the next without any fuss. I occasionally splurge on ground and my Aeropress, but now it is instant. Plus you can try different types from different regions and see if you like the spray dried vs the freeze dried. I once was interested in the specialty freeze dried coffees but the price per cup is too high. I still think properly prepared grocery store instant is just as good. And some of the cheap dollar store instant is really good for the espresso type milk based drinks. I think we should give instant a little more love. It can make a really good cuppa Joe.

Me after buying a coffee pot and trying various coffee brands - still going back to the tried and true Cafe Bustelo

I've been doing this for years! I love making iced lattes with instant coffee, absolutely underrated.

if you ever back anything with chocolate, add a little instant coffee. just a little. you wont taste it, but it enhances the flavor amazingly :D

I like to make a quick and easy mocha by using instant coffee with hot cocoa mix

I recently bought Nescafe Ice Roast instant coffee. It's my first time using instant coffee, I love it!

4:24 With instant coffee, as you know, you aren't brewing it. You're re-hydrating it and adding diluting water. The brewing was done before the freeze/air drying as you said. Really happy to see you continue to promote weighing out the ingredients instead of using volumetric, will definitely help people dial in their preferences and easily replicate them. 8oz is 236.6ml, but not that important. I'd say 240 for rounding instead of 250, but I also prefer brewing about 250, so whatever. I like to remember that 240 is divisible by 8, so 240 and 8 get linked in my head for a quick conversion. This is like the least important thing ever, but maybe someone will find it useful.

Thank you! As someone who can’t really afford a machine (mostly because of space at home) this gives me hope and I’m glad I can have a nice cup although I only have instant coffee.

Our local ice cream biz had an espresso milkshake for a limited time. Once it was gone, we realized ground up instant coffee in a vanilla shake made the exact same treat. Highly recommended.

I spent a couple of months in Asia. I picked up a glass canister of instant coffee at a local grocer and took it back to my hotel room. I also bought a liter of coconut water. I poured the instant coffee into a resealable bag, and use the glass container to make coffee, with the coconut water, every evening. I put the resultant brew into my hotel room fridge overnight, and by morning, I had some amazing iced coffee.

been using instant in this way for my iced lattes for yeaaaaaarssss....so easy and definitely my favorite way to use instant!

Bro finally returned to my FYP, welcome back Morgan

Excited to try the instant coffee as espresso hack!

In Greece a cold frappe is a very popular iced, instant coffee drink

You really should try the Hellenic Nescafe frappe (φραπέ). Whisk/whip/shake the instant coffee with a little bit of cold water and if you want sugar into a thick foam/crema. Fill up a tall glass with ice or just use the same vessel with ice and add the crema. Fill with cold water to the top or almost the top and then add milk to taste. Enjoy sipping slowly for hours. You should also be drinking a glass of water with this.

Congrats on the win! I am disabled with chronic pain so instant had been my coffee of choice for years. I used to make French press and i really loved it but the time of making it and the cleanup got to be too much for me. As well as my son says, "doesn't matter how much milk you add it doesn't dilute the strength of instant".

Hi! I'm not really into coffee, but I love watching your videos. The energy is so good, thank you this :)

Thanks so much for this information! And for brands that you like. I am so happy about this!

My coffee beans just finished yesterday and I missed it. Perfect timing for this!

A friend of mine introduced me to their version of iced coffee using instant and it’s such an accessibility must have. Just add instant coffee with either cold water or oat milk, stir and sweeten. Fast, tasty and amazing!

For the "concoction" of whipped instant coffee with sugar, pouring tonic water makes it a delicious drink! I love it!

It's interesting that I've always been meticulous about weighing beans and water when brewing fresh coffee, but have always just used scoops/eye measure with instant coffee.

Where I come from (kolkata, India), the only coffee we would get while growing up was instant, from which Nescafe was the standard. It wasn't until I was much older when a relative that lived in the US brought us ground coffee. I tried preparing it like instant coffee only to get a nasty surprise 😂😂 I've learnt a lot more about coffee from your videos, even though freshly brewed espresso is something I only get from cafes and instant is the only thing I make at home. So when I saw this video I instantly clicked on it, Thank you!

That was an AMAZING slide!

Instant coffees, especially "instant espresso" types, are great for cooking. I found a BBQ dry rub using it that is fantastic.

Instant coffee is also great just sprinkled over vanilla icecream

It's kinda funny that the world has learned whipping the instant coffee in 2020 when in my country we used to do it in 1990s WITH THE SPOON because we didn't have the equipment 😁 we used to stir it for 15-20 minutes to get the good consistency 😁 but the result was divine

Morgan, before there was Dalgona coffee there was Greek frappé coffee and Indian/Pakistani Pheti hui coffee. All essentially the same thing!

I always have instant coffee in the cupboard, mostly for baking, but if we're out of regular coffee I still enjoy a Dalgona from time to time. It's always given me sort of a reverse cold brew with cold foam vibe, and I'm a fan

My absolute favorite instant is Nestle Ricoré. I drink it cafe au lait style and it is delicious!! So smooth. Do NOT use boiling water. Ever. For any instant. This will burn the coffee. I normally use the lowest temp setting on my kettle used for green teas, 175F. Enjoy! (I have this on repeat delivery lol)

once i started drinking Maxim instant coffee i’ve never went back. it’s just too good for how easy it is

Thank you!! This is very helpful!

I have used the small green jar of instant coffee. My preferred instant is in a bigger yellow jar: Cafe Bustelo Espresso Instant Coffee. I love it iced with sweetener and milk.

Great tips, Morgan!

This is fantastic @Morgan! Thanks for putting this out. Also- my family salts coffee when we're out in the world and the coffee is rough. Love it!

I was totally into the Dalgona coffee trend! Thank you for bringing it back! Definitely makes me want to go whip some up now!

This was an enjoyable episode

0:03 😂I love your slides❤ and the way you feel free to speak about your feelings about stuff. Makes it even cooler

in Greece we use instant coffee to make frappé. it's pretty similar to dalgona coffee but with less or no milk and with or without sugar (instant coffee can froth up fine without sugar too) and more cold water (and usually 2-3 ice cubes)

For some reason, my grandma drank instant coffee exclusively. She had great taste so I never questioned it. She even let me drink it with Cremona creamer. Was delicious to me. I will have to try some of the new stuff.☕️

With the dalgona coffee I usually whisk it until I get soft peaks and then I put it at the bottom of the glass, ice on top and milk as the last step. Makes mixing it easier plus I really enjoy the frothy texture!

This 2020 coffee seems like a variation of the coffee we used to make in the military, known as "auxiliary coffee." Using equal amounts of instant coffee, milk powder, and sugar and shaking/stirring vigorously with a small amount of cold water before topping with hot water.

I add a little instant coffee or instant espresso into my hot chocolate with a pinch of salt :)

I love instant espresso for coffee deserts

"Nasty instant surprises" was my unexpected laugh in this video. Thanks Morgan!

With Starbucks prices going up 30 cents today came on UT for money saving tips. Tried this today so good!

You have no idea how stoked I am to have these tips!

I thought it was interesting when you pointed out that instant coffee is at its best with milk. I learned from a friend of mine from India to make it by mixing the powder directly into hot milk. Sometimes, I make it with frothed milk or steamed milk. Sweeten however you like, if you like. I usually go un-sweetened, but find maple syrup to go really well with instant coffee mixed right into milk. It's great!

How have I never thought to use instant coffee as a sub for espresso based drinks 😭 Genius for travel!

I love using UCC instant coffees! They're surprisingly good

8 ounces US is 237 mL. I have to say "US" there because Imperial (i.e. UK) volume measurements are slightly different, such that 1 quart is exactly 1 liter, but 1 liter is 33.8 oz US. (The other US customary units are identical to Imperial measurements thanks to a 1956 international agreement.)

Thanks for this video! Coming off of a week long trip to Portugal, where I brought along a hand grinder, an aeropress, a scale, and of course beans, I find myself wondering if I should try instant coffee for my next trip. Don't get me wrong: the results from this approach give me close to the same results I enjoy at home. This approach has worked well if I'm in an airbnb, or if there is a kitchenette in my room. It's a little clumsy to pull off in hotel rooms, specially where you have one of those plastic coffee makers rather than a kettle. Folks ask why I don't just get coffee where I'm going. I do enjoy exploring specialty coffee shops if my travel permits (had a lovely pour over at Fabrica Coffee Roasters in Lisbon, and brought some beans back to enjoy), but I like to have coffee early in the morning, before any cafes open. I will give try the Savage instant coffee a try. The cost per serving is quite a bit more than buying beans, but I'm willing to pay more in order to travel lighter if it makes a good cup.

So neat! I'm not much of a coffee drinker (I prefer tea), but I recently got some fairly good instant coffee to have on hand for guests. I'll have to play around with different preparations. Thanks for sharing!

Maybe not the number one however still incredibly proud of being a runner-up Morgan.❤

Thanks for the video!I have been using Starbucks instant coffee for a very long time. Since it originally came out as VIA. Now it comes in a little can. I use the amount that it says for water, which is 2 teaspoons (used to be a sleeve) and add about 8 to 10 ounces of milk and a little bit of vanilla syrup. Sometimes I’ll add some caramel on top to make a “caramel macchiato “. I just heat it in the microwave. My husband loves to take it camping/backpacking. Easy to use with a camp stove.

I actually love the Mount Hagen instant you used in the video. I have tried a ton of different commercial instant brands, and imo it is by far the best. Definitely agree that it really shines with milk. It's so good with Oatly barista edition milk that many days I choose it over brewing a V60 simply because it's tasty, gets the job done, and takes a lot less time (and less cleanup!).

This video was like a coffee course for me lol I LOVE IT

I love an instant coffee for when I'm in the studio and the university cafe is already closed, and it's also good for travelling and camping!

Instant Cafe Bustelo ESPRESSO is my go to for instant coffee...

The Brazil Instant from Perc Coffee is absolutely worth trying

Thanks for the video on instant coffee! We drink Mt. Hagen which is fine, but have been looking for other options. We started drinking instant when our daughter brought home a jar of Nescafe Gold from Turkey at the beginning of the pandemic, and really liked it. We soon discovered that the Nescafe Gold available in the US tasted nothing like what she brought home, and was lacking the strong chocolate notes that you talked about. I occasionally put a little (about 1/5 of a packet) LMNT chocolate raspberry electrolyte in my coffee. It is mostly salt, but the raspberry chocolate flavoring is really nice.

High school me was a big fan of instant coffee when pulling all-nighters. I'd mix 3 or 4 tablespoons of coffee with the same amount of sugar, just enough hot water to blend them together, fill the glass with ice and top iit up with nonfat milk. I'm surprised I wasn't vibrating enough to set off the Big One.

You're right, that *was* a very good slide

Great Video!

I consider myself a Coffee Snob, but recently I been experimenting with instant coffee going back to my roots in my coffee addiction. The different brands, amounts and water temperature and type. Various interesting methods and fell in love with it again and from other coffee lovers was looked like I was crazy when they asked what my favorite coffee was and I said instant coffee. On a side note when enlisted the MRE's came with instant coffee and of course cocoa powder and what a I and a fee others would do was open up the instant coffee and cocoa powder mix pour the instant coffee into the cocoa powder add a tiny amount of water mix into a paste and eat it like that or spread on crackers.

"Truly that was a unique hell I created for myself" thank you Morgan i appreciate you

The video I just needed rn. The coffee machine at work is broken so I brought my little espresso machine to the office but at work I just got "instant caramel cappuccino". It just tastes like weird water sometimes but now I got some ideas to work with, thanks :)

I've been drinking instant for convenience for several years. Just found VitaCup, I'm hooked. It's Organic and Low Acid. 100% Arabica and sooo smooth. Also bout some specialty Black Tea with Cocoa, Coconut, I steeped then added to my coffee with cream. ❤❤❤

Morgan's hair is so perfecto!

This has been so helpful.

I've basically grown up at WDW living 2 hours away and covid changed so much of how you visit now. You have to have your phone for everything. I did Tokyo DL in 2019 and it was by far my favorite park but I lucked out going in January when it was the lowest crowd.

Perfect my friend.

loved the video!

Great Video!! it was super entertaining and well produced. Loved the history behind the instant coffee as well!

I discovered the best way to make instant coffee from a KZfaqr on here. 2 TSP Juan Valdez instant coffee, add your sweetener pour in a bit of cold milk, mix. Than add your hot water. Top it off with vanilla foam . It tastes so GOOD!!

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I'm a genuine fan of instant coffee. I travel with it, I keep it at my workplace as an afternoon treat, I'll use it when I want a certain straightforward richness. Caffeinated, decaffeinated... always with milk. I give instant coffee its flowers.

I usually either make coffee the normal way with a filter or I mix it directly with the water if I want something stronger so this video is gonna be educational for me!