I’ve recently been doing some instant coffee with milk and it is really fucking good. Around February I wanted a bit of a classic snack the way my grandparents would, some sweet bread with instant coffee. So I got myself some. I had forgotten the powdered creamer, so I used milk. I was pleasantly surprised.
There are still plenty of mediocre and meh instant coffees out there though, e.g. Dollar store instant, supermarket house brands, I hated Bustelo instant, (Israeli) Elite.
I didn’t like the much-ballyhooed Dutch Douwe Egberts, nor the Japanese UCC and Blendy instants either.
Nescafe Clasico and Tasters Choice taste good, but are offset by Nestle being a classic evil corporation
My favorite least harmful choice wound up being Colcafe Instant from Colombia. Smooth and flavorful.
Well, all that was before I started drinking brewed coffee…