Our editors were given scoring sheets and took notes after sampling each coffee. We then analyzed our notes in discussions to arrive at a top 10. Rating Criteria Why aren't Quorn creating their own vegetarian coffee by the way… Quoffee? It would be no dafter than their “ham free slices” 😉 – which could be goat for all we know or HAMster. Actually, no it couldn't be hamster, Quorn ham is square, and hamsters are oval.

Mount Hagen Instant Coffee Fairtrade Organic Mount Hagen Instant Coffee Fairtrade Organic

Voila, are one of a very small number of companies freeze-drying speciality coffee, to make speciality instant.

I did have a Tassimo for a while, and a very good friend of mine swears by Nespresso, so I've had many of these while round at his. Coffee grows in warm climates, in over 50 countries, the top ten producers by volume being Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, Indonesia, Ethiopia, India, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru and Honduras. Coffee Cherries Growing. The Red ones are the more ripe ones, they're a deep red colour when ripe. Photo Credit: Joe Driscoll. Mount Hagen is 100% Arabica, from the high altitude regions of Papua New Guinea. It's also organic & fair trade.

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Nescafe Gold Blend does deserve some respect, I think. You may not expect this coming from a speciality coffee lover who hasn't stepped foot near a cup of instant coffee for quite a few years – but I was brought up on instant coffee, and if you'd have asked me at any point during my teenage years up until probably my mid 20's what was the best instant coffee, I'd probably have replied Nescafe Gold Blend. Speciality coffee isn't all that expensive though, in my humble opinion. Speciality coffee freshly brewed at home will cost you somewhere in the region of 20p to 60p per cup, depending on the cost of your beans. I really don't think this is a lot to pay for a lovely cup of energising satisfying and tasty coffee. Taste is a subjective thing, but in my opinion, there is just no comparison, but then again it depends on what you're comparing.

How is Mount Hagen coffee decaffeinated?

When it comes to espresso machines, you can go for a manual or semi automatic machine similar to the kind of machine you'd see in a coffee shop, or you can go bean to cup, which is where you put the beans in the top, press a button, and you get whatever coffee you've selected. If you’re looking to consume as little caffeine as possible, then decaf instant coffee is the best choice. Also, look out for the more expensive arabica decaf as that will contain around half the caffeine content of other cheaper decaf coffees. Is it OK to drink instant coffee everyday?