December 2010
Hy-Top Brand Instant Coffee Review
Before I talk about how bad this coffee is, let me walk it back a little ways and explain why I bought it in the first place. Every Sunday I spend a few hours working at an office in town. It's a third-floor walk-up, and it has no coffee maker.
I'm usually there for several hours, long enough to want a cup of coffee halfway through. Options are limited: bringing my own thermos is a huge pain. Walking all the way down and out and around the corner to buy a latte is expensive, in both money and time. So I was excited to discover that Starbucks Via instant coffee is pretty drinkable.
Except that damn, those Via packets are a little on the spendy side. They usually retail for about $1 a cup. That's not too bad, I suppose - it's cheaper than a latte, and I don't have to go to all the trouble to get one.
I'm usually there for several hours, long enough to want a cup of coffee halfway through. Options are limited: bringing my own thermos is a huge pain. Walking all the way down and out and around the corner to buy a latte is expensive, in both money and time. So I was excited to discover that Starbucks Via instant coffee is pretty drinkable.
Except that damn, those Via packets are a little on the spendy side. They usually retail for about $1 a cup. That's not too bad, I suppose - it's cheaper than a latte, and I don't have to go to all the trouble to get one.