Hot but not boiling water for coffee

[Jean-F]

Yup will make no difference to instant coffee. It will taste awful whatever you do to it.

I’m with you to a degree, but some people must like instant.
I recall buying some individual coffee filters, they had coffee secreted in the porous bottom of what looks like a plastic cup.
This “cup” sits on the rim of a proper cup, and you pour water in and it slowly seeps through the coffee into the real cup.
The saleswoman said, “Remember, water boiling, coffee spoiling, let the water just cool a bit.”

 

[arknor]

I’m with you to a degree, but some people must like instant.
I recall buying some individual coffee filters, they had coffee secreted in the porous bottom of what looks like a plastic cup.
This “cup” sits on the rim of a proper cup, and you pour water in and it slowly seeps through the coffee into the real cup.
The saleswoman said, “Remember, water boiling, coffee spoiling, let the water just cool a bit.”

honestly I settle for instant over cleaning filters, french presses, or tempering coffee.

most instant is absolute trash though.

Kenco rich seems the best for my tastes, nescafe really went down hill tastes like own brand these days

 

[MikeTheNative]

I make a 'proper' coffee on the weekend with either my mokka pot of drip filter but when it's time for instant I've moved to the coffee tea bags now. Tastes much more like actual coffee than any instant, they aren't cheap but I only have one a day so not too bad.

 

[a1ex2001]

I agree with others that it makes no difference to instant coffee. I've got a variable temp kettle now though which is pretty handy.

I can taste the difference if the milk is put in first with instant coffee not sure if it is related to the boiling water or not but milk first definitely tastes better’

 

[Somnambulist]

Taking the Littles instant (Columbian origin) to work tomorrow. Get free instant coffee cups via a big Klix machine in our kitchen but it’s about as good as one would expect (really not good) which was James Hoffman’s favourite supermarket instant when he did a taste test a while back. Make an Aeropress coffee when I get up but cba faffing about at work weighing out beans, grinding etc one cup at a time.

 

[Scam]

Speaking of Hoffman, I was looking to see if he'd done a vid on any of those instant hot water taps, but couldn't find anything. Something like a Quooker (sp?). We're in the planning stages of a new kitchen and wondered if I should even consider it... (For Aeropress, not instant!)

 

[MikeTheNative]

They tend to have a filter built in right? Also depends on how hot/what control of temp you actually have over the taps I suppose.

 

[PapaLazaru]

If you are using instant, put the milk and coffee in first (plus sugar if taking) and mix together before putting in the boiling water.

Tastes so much better as does not 'burn' the coffee.

 

[mattyfez]

I usualy flick the kettle off manually when I hear it start bubbling properly.. As it seems to boil the water unessesarily long. Like to think it saves a bit of electricity too.