It's not the thing you need to make to know how to make it. The number of times you must have watched other people make it.
I found drinking water kept me more awake than coffee (tea>coffee anyway )
1. Get a cup
2. Boil the kettle
3. Add however much sugar you want and a teaspoon of instant coffee
4. Add boiling water just above the half-way mark
5. Add milk
6. Stir
7. Enjoy
Tomorrow we learn how to prepare a pot noodle.
You add mustard.
I do a heaped teaspoon.
Put in the sugar.
Pour in a little milk.
Stir it in all together.
Pour boiled water.
Milk before water?
Fail.
With coffee yep Boiling water damages the flavour.
In terms of flavour I can't imagine it makes the blind bit of difference to cheapo instant coffee. And if the milk is added last it's easier to judge how much to use.
You are kidding?
YOU ARE DOING COURSEWORK AND YOU CAN'T MAKE COFFEE?!