Piggy-backing off of Moby's thread, do you think Starbucks will FAIL miserably with the instant coffee products? Americans don't really drink instant coffee. Europeans on the other hand...

I tried a sample of it today (not in Seattle) and it was good.

Instant coffee is only good if you're desperate, IMO. I've never had a GOOD cup of instant, though.

I don't know, I can't get over the cost per pack. If I'm going to pay a dollar for a cup of coffee, I would rather just walk across the street to Starbucks and buy one.

I just got my Trader Joe's coffee. Tasty!

It's "yea" or nay.

And I'm American, and I drink instant coffee all the time. I hate Starbucks though, so I won't be buying their instant stuff.

Actually, its YAY or nay.

And really? Europeans drink more instant coffee? ...hhhmmmm

I'm OK with Starbucks coffee. I'd try their instant. But I've had a damn satisfying cup of coffay from McDonalds.

The coffee here must be see through for the locals to like it. I like mine much stronger. ...and sometimes in an IV.

I know it's from wikipedia, but:

"Yea
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yea or YEA can refer to:

An archaic word meaning "yes", as in the phrase, "yea or nay." Frequently misspelled as "yay"."

Anyway. I hate coffee. I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Starbucks and instant.

How are they going to get that burnt, chemically taste into a crystal? Are they just going to crap in a bag and label it? What's the Italian word for instant?

I just assumed they were trying to market this towards the people who buy their canned double shots and bottled frappucinos and what naught. If that's the case, they've already got buyers, right? Or is this a different crowd?

He hasn't been trained. I'm trying shame instead of treats. - Lizzlee

In England instant coffee is very common. It's one of those war things that never went away, plus they drink more tea. Brewed is more thought of on the continent, but I saw a lot of instant when I was in Germany, too.

And yeah, I think the market is more the yuppie crowd.

That bottled stuff is nasty. I'm not a big fan of Starbuck's to begin with.

I'll drink leftover reheated coffee from home before I pay that much money for bitter coffee.

The bottled stuff is sold at gas stations for a reason, it's driving fuel. A bottle of that and a wad of chew makes driving all night TOTALLY doable.

It also makes running around in circles in a parking lot seem like a good idea though, so - ya know... discretion is advised.

He hasn't been trained. I'm trying shame instead of treats. - Lizzlee

Yay for circles! I just watched Parenthood again this weekend, and that reminded me of a scene:

"He likes to butt things with his head."
"How proud you must be."

Do you mean "Yes for circles!" or "Yahoo for circles!"




I didn't have ANY instant coffee when I was over the pond. That's not to say they don't drink it there, just where ever I went it was always brewed.


(Makes me think of that orhpan/often line from Pirates of Penzance.)

Oh yeah they have brewed - my friend Paul who lives there won't touch instant. But for example, at work, you are much more likely to find instant than brewed coffee like most workplaces here have.

One time a co-worker of mine who worked in my company's Paris office visited our office for a few days. I lost track of the number of times he said, "American coffay is sheet!! I must find real coffay!"

Another memorable quote from that guy was, "All these beautiful American women you have here, and they all wear the miniskirt. You know, they love the miniskirt because it gets the air all up there."





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I will drink Taster's Choice instant if I don't have a Timmie's, Starbucks or SEcond Cup with me.

I don't make full pots of java just for myself, hard to believe I know.

I'd buy the Starbucks shite if I liked the taste.

I don't know if these are any good or not, but I was working on my laptop in a Starbucks yesterday, when a barista girl came up to me and asked me if I drink coffee. I had a cup on the table, that SHE sold me. I said "ummm yea." Then she started telling me all about the new instant stuff and told me I could get a free sample. I said "Okay." She walked away and never got me my free sample.

Darwin bless her!

I've been know to brew single cups of coffee. Yup, Starbucks.

Nay to Starbucks instant.

LOL on the cartoon Tater!!!

Coffee is icky.

A resounding nay. I don't like Starbucks anyway, and when I want a single cup, my aeropress makes coffee of awesomeness
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I've got this little love machine.



Got that for $25. I spend $7 a month buying great coffee at Trader Joe's, and I'm set. You could spend that much at Starbucks in a week, easily.

gneigh!

Coffee makes me poop too much but when I do drink it, I'm not picky about where it comes from.
If the instant stuff is cheap enough, I'll try it.

I do not like instant coffee at all.  I have some instant espresso that I use for baking if I'm baking something chocolatey, but never to drink.

~blink~ Trader Joe's has good coffee? Any suggestions?

This might get me into the Trader Joe's that I've been passing for so many years. I love trying new coffee, just not instant coffee.

I'm such a coffee snob.

I have never had TJ's coffee I didn't like, but their winter blend that comes out this time of year is very good.

Well looks like I'll be making my first visit to Trader Joes tomorrow.

And now that I think about it, I would drink Starbucks instant before I would suffer the brown sewage at work that people refer to as coffee.

I'm a fan of really dark roasts. Their Four Country Blend was awesome. I've only had one I didn't like there - and I don't remember what about it I didn't like.

I have 1 coffee from there every 6 months. Otherwise I never drink coffee.

I bet there are some people who would shell out the extra cash for "green" labeled organic, free range, free trade, sustainable, indigenously massaged instant starbutt coffee. I'm not one of them, however.

David's coffee pot is kinda phallic.


My mom only drinks instant coffee at home. She doesn't like the good stuff.

I've only had starbucks once in the past month.. I'm hoping to rectify that this weekend.

Most of David's things are kind of phallic.

I'm not sure what that says about you.

He's caught Rainy's "talk in 3rd person" disease.

saw the first Canuck ad for this product yesterday which surprises me. Thought it would take ages to get up to us Norvenors.

Gotta get me some next week.

I like to live dangerously

I took their pepsi challenge this morning when I went in for my pumpkin latte (finally feels like fall here, yay. or yea). And got it wrong. Actually they tasted pretty much identical to me. But, I seldom drink black coffee. Everyone else I overheard taking it got it wrong too.

Emokid is throwing slomo dove at my face, I guess that means he flipped me the bird

They probably "accidentally" burnt the fresh brewed version of it - and forgot to brew a new one before having everyone do the taste test.

Actually to me, they tasted almost identical. Not that one tasted bad, they both tasted like starbucks coffee.

Oh, and the fresh brewed version was a little too hot to drink actually. So I think it may have been fresher.

they're doing the same promo up here until Monday.

There are only 2 Starbucks in my city.
That's a curse and a godsend.

Yep, same one. Running until the 5th, which is Monday.

Emokid is throwing slomo dove at my face, I guess that means he flipped me the bird