Instant coffee ? Yes or no?

Garylee · 2023-03-14T22:06:35-0400

What do you think about storing lots of instant coffee for the bad times? I gotta have my caffeine fix.

Vinegar Joe · 2023-03-14T22:11:45-0400

Gary,

I'm an avid coffee / espresso consumer.

I still stock some instant coffee for vehicle travel.

Sometimes, even at 3 AM, at a rest area on Interstate, I must keep profile low and instant coffee can be made faster and w/ less fire than an espresso pot of the good stuff. Plus, minimum cleaning and repacking of stuff.

Still, I am traveling with full coffee / espresso rig if conditions are safe - both figuratively and literallly.

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I am now in the mood for a ...........

ForestBeekeeper · 2023-03-14T22:16:24-0400

I do not view the idea of stockpiling as much as possible to be the ideal method of survivalism/prepping/homesteading.

I know that I can not grow coffee beans, so I shifted over to drinking green tea, and growing tea bushes.

4X4 · 2023-03-14T22:18:14-0400

I am one of those people who really enjoy at least two cups of coffee in the morning. I sometimes really enjoy a strong cup of coffee after dinner. I consider coffee a very important morale booster and many medical experts are saying it does have health benefits. Freeze dried coffee can stay good for over 20 years if stored properly so in my opinion it is a good thing to have. Another option you can thinking about is if it will grow in your region growing your own coffee. That way you will have a good amount of fresh coffee beans and can use the freeze dried coffee to supplement in the off season or when the coffee isn't growing well.

Exarmyguy · 2023-03-14T22:22:23-0400

I like it for hiking so I have some stocked up. It is certainly better than having no coffee.

goose3 · 2023-03-14T22:29:06-0400

I hate instant coffee. But I don't hate it as much as having no coffee.

Eagle Scout Survivor · 2023-03-14T22:29:59-0400

The way I understand it Folgers instant coffee crystals are freeze dried and last easily a decade or more. I rotate a years worth of my normal coffee and then have the Folgers instant coffee and franklins finest freeze dried coffee which claims 30 years shelf life.

I have a pretty bad caffeine addiction (my only vice) so storing coffee is very important for me.

emh1701 · 2023-03-14T22:30:35-0400

I buy it now for busy days. Literally all you need is boiling water to drink it, so it could easily be made over a campfire. Just don’t forget to pack a thermos. It would also be a good trade item.

NY Min · 2023-03-14T22:33:31-0400

Exarmyguy said:
It is certainly better than having no coffee.

That about sums it up. It will get no worse than it started for a long time if stored in glass (plastic, not so long). The stuff that has microfine ground coffee in it along with the freeze-dried coffee is a bit better than straight freeze-dried.

I mostly use it for fast iced coffee in the summer, but I do have a stash.

However, I also have green coffee beans in cans with oxygen absorbers as well as a year's supply of roasted coffee.

i could get by fine drinking half what I usually do since I like tea as well. Figure I'm good for 5 years after the world ends and doubt I'll last that long, with odds on that going down every year.

4X4 · 2023-03-14T22:33:37-0400

emh1701 said:
I buy it now for busy days. Literally all you need is boiling water to drink it, so it could easily be made over a campfire. Just don’t forget to pack a thermos. It would also be a good trade item.

You can just mix it in cold water and drink it as is common practice by any garden variety grunt.

Klbsa · 2023-03-14T22:35:32-0400

Garylee said:
What do you think about storing lots of instant coffee for the bad times? I gotta have my caffeine fix.

Yes…… If you keep it dry it has a 30 year shelf life. I figure it will make a VERY valuable trade item too. I buy the dollar store ones in the small glass containers…. have a stack of them.

emh1701 · 2023-03-14T22:37:36-0400

4X4 said:
You can just mix it in cold water and drink it as is common practice by any garden variety grunt.

Not a grunt and I want something that tastes decent. But you make a good point for it’s trade value.

MTShawn · 2023-03-14T22:42:30-0400

NY Min said:
That about sums it up. It will get no worse than it started for a long time if stored in glass (plastic, not so long). The stuff that has microfine ground coffee in it along with the freeze-dried coffee is a bit better than straight freeze-dried.

I mostly use it for fast iced coffee in the summer, but I do have a stash.

However, I also have green coffee beans in cans with oxygen absorbers as well as a year's supply of roasted coffee.

i could get by fine drinking half what I usually do since I like tea as well. Figure I'm good for 5 years after the world ends and doubt I'll last that long, with odds on that going down every year.

Pretty much all of this applies to us. I love coffee and in the PAW, I'll be able to wean myself to more manageable levels and last until tall ships start sailing again.

We have roasted beans and ground in the kitchen.
Ground, instant and green in storage.
We are also tea drinkers and have a nice stash.

Rocky Mountain Beer Man · 2023-03-14T22:50:31-0400

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Cigars · 2023-03-14T22:53:34-0400

I love instant coffee. I usually get mine from Asian grocery stores. If you have one near you, check out their coffee aisle. If you're lucky, you can find some of the coffee in a can varieties from Japan{UCC, The Boss). Walmart carries an instant from Israel that I like called Elite Instant. It's pretty good as well. Instant coffee from the US brands are OK but there's literally a whole world of instant coffees out there.

NLJailer · 2023-03-14T22:55:15-0400

Y’all can have my share of coffee. Love the smell in the morning, especially outside, but the taste? Yuck 🤮. Course, my guy likes it, so we do have quite a bit on hand.

the labyrinth · 2023-03-14T22:59:02-0400

Folgers Instant. Good in the Jar or the single tubes.
Dollar Store: Have you TRIED that crap? NO WAY!!! evil.... go away... bad...

NY Min · 2023-03-14T23:03:19-0400

I like a blend of Vietnamese G7 black and Dutch Mt Hagen instant coffees for my summer iced coffee. If you're going to stock instant coffee, it pays to try a number and figure out what suits your taste best,..or least worst.

The natives added sugar to their guarana, and it's mostly used in highly sweetened soft drinks now. If you haven't got a sugar stash, you probably want it in a capsule. But in that case, just a plain caffeine pill is cheaper.

Rocky Mountain Beer Man · 2023-03-14T23:19:16-0400

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Outpost75 · 2023-03-14T23:20:04-0400

I have not found an instant coffee fit to drink. My normal coffee is Massimo Zanetti Madagascar Arabica in espresso grind prepared with spring water in a French press. I am a coffee snob and like to prepare it the way I drank it in Europe. For camping caffeine fix I prepare good Ceylon BOP black tea of the type served in the mess aboard ships of the British Royal Navy. Spiked with the Pussers Rum after the first dog watch, of course.

I help support an Anglican missionary there and am rewarded each Christmas with a kilogram of the finest tea on the face of the earth.

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