recommend me a good but reasonably priced instant coffee

terra_ferma

I can't see what's wrong with an act of kindness toward a sibling. For all we know he could have helped out the OP in times of trouble, might be paying good money for rent/food, or simply had done/would do the same if he was the host. But it's not always about counting each penny and making sure you get the same value in return. Maybe in some families that's how it is, and I feel sorry for them.

shandyclover

Thanks for all the suggestions, I will be trying them out and seeing which one he likes best. I'd originally bought Nescafe original for £7.50 for 300gms. He went through that pretty fast so on the way home from work I picked up Aldi's Alcafe Gold refill and refilled the original jar, he hasn't complained!

To be fair baby bro does contribute to food budget while he's staying with us. We are a household of mostly tea drinking, dairy hating vegan/vegetarians, and he loves coffee, meat and mayonnaise! While he lived in Germany he had my youngest DD stay with him over the summer while she practised her German, and had to source soya milk and vegan products for her in a land of meat and dairy. Eventually he is moving to the California with work, where we will then be welcome to visit him, so it's all good.

merzal

I don't drink coffee but my OH does and he's happy with Tesco Value (50p a jar) so I'm happy! However his mum always drinks Nescafe Gold Blend§, she came round here and I made her a coffee (Tesco Value) and she said it was one of the best cups of coffee she'd had, she was shocked when I told her what it was!

aggypanthus

Cheap coffee is nasty!

I use nescafe esspresso, can be found on offer 2 for a fiver, its strong and good.

terra_ferma

I think that nescafe is over priced, £5 for 200g is very expensive, their coffee is pretty average but you just pay for the brand.
There's cheap and nasty, and there's reasonably priced and still making a good cup of coffee... £2.50 for S's freeze dried coffee makes a pretty decent cup of coffee for half the price... Ground coffee is just nasty, whatever brand, 47p at Asda or £4 for 200g for Nescafe, I find it is still rubbish compared to freeze dried.
If I was buying just for taste it would be kenko colombian it's still £5 for 200g but it makes a nice strong cup of coffee.

Feral_Moon

Have you actually thought to ask him which coffee he prefers? I'd have thought that would be the obvious answer rather than waste money second guessing him.

chesky

I like either Nescaf! Blend 37 (never reduced) or Nescaf! Cafe Parisienne. At the moment (or yesterday anyway) it's reduced in Sainsburys.

gunsandbanjos

terra_ferma wrote: »

Sains' own brand Gold Roast is even better, and it's on offer right now.
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/sainsburys-price-comparison/Instant_Coffee/Sainsburys_Gold_Roast_Freeze_Dried_Coffee_200g.html

This is what I buy, it's very drinkable. I like Nescafe gold blend but not the original granules. The sainsburys one is just as good as gold blend.