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Thanks for posting this! I started using instant coffee in hot chocolate as a quick DIY mocha, mainly because the cost-caffeine ratio was sooooo much better th

Thanks for posting this! I started using instant coffee in hot chocolate as a quick DIY mocha, mainly because the cost-caffeine ratio was sooooo much better than beans (ground or whole) and the mix of ingredients that doesn't trigger any reflux (unlike the 400 mg / serving powdered energy drink I had been guzzling). Which is to say - this is a fun and interesting article about something I had just been taking for granted. It's really neat to learn about the trials and tribulations that folks went through to figure it out. Thanks for posting it! :)

TacticalCoder 5mo ago
> ... and the mix of ingredients that doesn't trigger any reflux Ah reflux! I drink way too much coffee since forever and recently asked my doc about it: he told me that if I had no reflux, then I simply shouldn't worry about it. Some people have reflux with coffee, others don't. I drink more coffee than 99% of the population and I get zero reflux. Since decades. It's a cool article but in a way many coffee became instant coffee: as my coffee machine is often already warm (wife btw she's also a heavy coffee drinker), it's actually more instant to have my full auto coffee machine ground the beans and make a coffee than it'd take to boil water for an instant coffee. Same for the people doing the (very costly compared to beans) capsule coffee thing: it's ultra quick (and one of the reason capsule coffee like Nespresso conquered so many). P.S: I'll try your mocha trick!
- marcellus23 5mo ago
  > I drink more coffee than 99% of the population How much is that?
  - chronogram 5mo ago
    I could only find an article claiming 4% drink 6+ cups per day so a top 1st percentile coffee drinker must go much further beyond that. I'm guessing at least 2 litres per day.
red369 5mo ago
Piggybacking off your comment to advertise my new favourite. Very quick, and gets me having some of the protein powder I'm supposed to be drinking anyway. Does result in having to wash a blender though :) Blend: - Instant coffee (caffeinated or decaf) - 1/2 serve of chocolate flavoured protein powder (unfortunately this is obviously a vague/unhelpful quantity) - Milk - Ice cubes
- MikeTheGreat 5mo ago
  That sounds really good! I'll have to give it a try :)

TacticalCoder 5mo ago

> ... and the mix of ingredients that doesn't trigger any reflux Ah reflux! I drink way too much coffee since forever and recently asked my doc about it: he told me that if I had no reflux, then I simply shouldn't worry about it. Some people have reflux with coffee, others don't. I drink more coffee than 99% of the population and I get zero reflux. Since decades. It's a cool article but in a way many coffee became instant coffee: as my coffee machine is often already warm (wife btw she's also a heavy coffee drinker), it's actually more instant to have my full auto coffee machine ground the beans and make a coffee than it'd take to boil water for an instant coffee. Same for the people doing the (very costly compared to beans) capsule coffee thing: it's ultra quick (and one of the reason capsule coffee like Nespresso conquered so many). P.S: I'll try your mocha trick!

marcellus23 5mo ago
> I drink more coffee than 99% of the population How much is that?
- chronogram 5mo ago
  I could only find an article claiming 4% drink 6+ cups per day so a top 1st percentile coffee drinker must go much further beyond that. I'm guessing at least 2 litres per day.

red369 5mo ago

Piggybacking off your comment to advertise my new favourite. Very quick, and gets me having some of the protein powder I'm supposed to be drinking anyway. Does result in having to wash a blender though :) Blend: - Instant coffee (caffeinated or decaf) - 1/2 serve of chocolate flavoured protein powder (unfortunately this is obviously a vague/unhelpful quantity) - Milk - Ice cubes

MikeTheGreat 5mo ago
That sounds really good! I'll have to give it a try :)