The ubiquitous Nescafe original! Found in office pantries island wide and bane to office workers who don't BYO instant coffee or whoever ran out of coffee. Cos this thing is mofo cheapass.
I am, of course, also a cheapass and I swiped one from an office pantry.
*cough* Not my office pantry but an office pantry.
Nescafe Original Instant Coffee
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| Looks like milo |
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| Brews like milo too |
Taste Review
Aroma - 6/10
It's got a pretty standard local kopi coffee aroma. A sweet caramel aroma that says I'm coffee made with a condensed milk base! So yeah it's got a kopitiam kopi smell which is pretty nice except it's not strong enough imho.
Taste - 5/10
The first taste you get is sugary sweetness, then a mild nutty coffee flavor before ending with a very very faint bitterness which then abruptly disappears which is... a bit unsatisfying. It's got a clean taste but it is also sorely lacking in character. The coffee taste just doesn't stay with you and it's really an instant hit.
Cost - 9/10
$5.75 for 35 sticks when there are no promotions. That's $0.164 per stick. It's surprisingly more expensive than Indocafe but will probably be much cheaper when there's some promotional offer though seriously... who buys this?! Just grab a few from your office pantry! Haha
Tasting Notes
Mild in strength, flavor and aroma, this coffee feels like it's trying not to piss off anyone and would be, I guess, a good place to indoctrinate any non-coffee drinker. Seasoned coffee drinkers would scoff at this.
TLDR version
Wussy coffee for people who have never ever drunk local kopi and needs hand holding for their first drink.
Wussy coffee for people who have never ever drunk local kopi and needs hand holding for their first drink.
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