Previous entries: [ The Coffee Wars | Part One | Part Two ]
I’ve acquired quite the taste for coffee and tea recently. I’m a bit of a late starter in this regard, but now I’ve made the switch, I don’t regret it in the least.
Apart from Costa and Starbucks, I tend to drink instant coffee at home. We have a coffee machine at work, but to be honest – it’s a lot of kerfuffle to get a decent cup of coffee.
In terms of home instant coffee, I’ve recent started trying newer blends from Nescafé.
This one, Alta Rica®, is really quite superb. It’s definitely bold and intense as stated, but it’s also very smooth. Add a dash of milk and a single click from the Stevia dispenser (which seems to be the lesser of artificial sweetener evils), and you’ve got yourself a very nice cup of coffee.
Before this, however, I bought Nescafé’s Gold Crema. This is a very smooth coffee and again, adding milk and Stevia makes for a great drink. But even without milk or sweetener it works wonders. As you can see, I’m nearly out.
But it’s not all about coffee. Oh no. I also love my tea. Green tea in particular. And especially green tea with lemon. Clipper’s Green Tea with Lemon is a particular favourite of mine. Drunk straight without milk or sweetener, it’s incredibly refreshing.
Like Nescafé’s range of new coffees, I’ve also began to explore Twinings flavoured teas – especially as the local Tesco has them at reduced prices.
The Strawberry & Raspberry blend is something quite special. I find it works best with Stevia, but you can definitely taste the strawberries (it’s not a strong taste, but it sure is there).
The Mango & Strawberry seems to have a weaker flavour than the Strawberry & Raspberry.
I can just about taste the mango, but the strawberries seem to have taken a seat right at the back and can’t be coaxed out.
I’m still buying new flavour teas and coffees as and when I replenish existing stock.
I have a huge box of PG Tips tea that’ll probably take me the rest of the year to finish (although I do drink regular tea quite a bit too).
It’s very odd that once upon a time you’d probably never find a single teabag or coffee jar in my home. It was almost always Diet Coke. But since switching over to tea and coffee (even though it’s instant), I’ve not only felt a lot better, but I’m enjoying the experience a lot more too.
