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cross-posted from: https://retrofed.com/c/buyfromeu/p/1392377/independent-british-instant-coffee
Honestly pretty good. Nice taste, B-Corp Certified,
vehemently independent, and it keeps me awake without feeling panicky.
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damn climate change be crazy when they can grow coffee in Britain now…
I want to know the definition of “barista grade”
It’s the kind of coffee a barista might serve you at a corporate chain coffee shop.
You know a coffee shoo that serves instant coffee?
There was a trendy foamed coffee drink (“dalgona coffee”, iirc) a few years ago that as far as I know can only be made with instant.
They do sometimes sell tins/bags of their own brand of instant coffee at Starbucks.
Yes, but I’ve never seen one that serves it as a menu item.
Marketing
I was going to say grade 12… but there are probably a fair share of Barista PhDs in this economy.
I heard it’s something related about it being easier to male foam.
Slightly more expensive but can’t tell the difference, at least according to the barista alternative milks.
They don’t drink much coffee in the UK (mostly tea), so their coffee tends to be subpar. This is marketed as Starbucks-like coffee.
There’s lots of fantastic coffee roasters in the UK. But yeah a lot of people also drink instant (gross)
and starbucks is shit anyway
Maybe by your standards, which is fine. But it’s still whole beans, freshly ground and steeped. Better than this:
I don’t think it’s British. I have lived here my whole life, and I still haven’t heard of any UK based coffee plantations! Need a few more years of global warming before that happens.
Feel free to drink whatever you like, but easy of use does not beat quality of result for me when it comes to coffee. I am a lazy person and would be willing to try it, but the chance of me buying it is very close to 0%.
Since there is likely gonna be someone else here with the same opinion, let me introduce you to Moyee Coffee, a Dutch-Ethopean company that sells ‘fairchain’-coffee: instead of paying farmers pennies for a raw product, they pay living wage and roast at origin and also do stuff to protect nature there. Their basic coffee is available at supermarkets (at least here in The Netherlands) but they sell more online. I guess they ship to everywhere in Europe at least, but couldn’t find any details on international shipment weirdly enough.
I usually buy grounds from elsewhere, or just drink energy drinks; but I’m currently at my grandparents’ place, and all of their stuff is decaf.
I also remember someone here (or on the other sub) wanting to know about non-American coffee brands, so I thought I’d post it.
“feel free to drink whatever you like” doesn’t sound as genuine as i intented it maybe, but honestly idc what you drink or for what reason. You definitely got an upvote from me for posting it too.
They sell these one-cup ‘sticks’ over here with instant coffee, they’re not that bad and i take them abroad as like emergency coffee. I’d get any real coffee before using those, but sometimes the best you can get is even worse lol
Ah, I see. It can be difficult to convey sentiment in text.
You also have an upvote.
