Instant coffee drinks 2 ways

Instant coffee may just be the solution for days where you don’t want to go out on a hot summer’s day just for a cup of Starbucks! These quick fix of Instant coffee drinks 2 ways in the morning to start your day with a caffeine rush, instant coffee may just be for convenience but this recipe will help you take it to new levels!

Instant coffee history:

Caffeine is one of the things people usually look for right when they wake up, before they start work, when they need to keep themselves awake, and for nights when you need to finish a project and have no time to sleep. Instant Coffee while highly debated of it’s worth especially for some coffee aficionados, have been wildly used especially in the 1970’s made for modern convenience and instant gratification. 

One of the earliest version of instant coffee was invented around 1771, Britain, developed in America in 1853, field-tested during the Civil War. Established in the 1908’s, instant coffee was massed produced to accompany soldiers in the Civil war to give them a caffeine boost. But instant coffee was not the same style of granulated powder we know today, instant coffee made for war had grease like consistency and didn’t live up to the soldier’s palette. It was in 1901, Satori Kato a Japanese American chemist created a successful way to create a soluble coffee. After a few more alterations by different brands, this then became a household item in the 1938 by Nestle, now branded with Nescafe. With more that 5,500 cups of instant coffee consumed per second around the globe. Nestlé started it’s global coffee domination following the Wall Street Crash, with the collapse of the market, unsold coffee were left at their Brazil warehouses. Which they then tried selling these stocks to consumers, by recreating and preserving the aroma and taste, researching and creating a new way to preserve the coffee and produce coffee powders packaged in tin cans to be launched in Switzerland, setting up a large scale production, moving onto the United Kingdom and a few month later in the United States. In 1940, Nescafe had become available in 30 countries worldwide.

The convenience of enjoying the beverage with just hot cup of water without the need for a machine, grinder or brewer, became a worldwide phenomenon that’s enjoyed till this day.

What is a Latte?

American tourists frequented Italy, the creator of this warm milky drink. It was in 1867, that the name ‘café latte’ was credited to William Dean Howells in an essay he entitled ‘Italian Journeys. This form of latte can be found throughout Europe enjoyed in cafes and homes since the 17^thcentury. Aside from the usual Americano drink, lattes are also a great way to jump-start your day, the milky sweet drink called ‘Latte’ or ‘Café Latte’. Though most coffee houses make espresso with coffee and milk, ‘latte’ is just milk, which is why when latte is ordered in Italian or European countries they would serve a steaming hot cup of milk. A café latte is essentially 1 part espresso and 2 parts milk with a thin layer of foam on top.

How to do Instant coffee drinks 2 ways?

Instant coffee is essentially dehydrated coffee extract usually made of Robusta beans. These are a well known alternative to a quick pick me up at home or an option made to prepare as easily and as fast without the need of cleaning coffee grounds with enough satisfactory taste, and longer shelf life. Instant coffee, nowadays have an extensive array of choices as well as packaging that makes it easier to bring wherever and whenever. With a little bit of sugar, milk and cocoa powder you’ll be making a beautiful drink that might just equal your favorite coffee mix!

Take a time to chill and feel like you’re in a café at home with a sip of our instant coffee recipes!

Instant Coffee 2 ways (Tagalog)

Sahog:

Sweet Café Latte

• 2 kutsarang coffee granules/powder
• 1 kustarang condensada o kayumangging asukal
• ¼ tasa ng maiinit na tubig
• 1 tasa ng gatas
• Yelo

Iced Mocha

• 2 kutsarang coffee granules/powder
• 1 kustarang condensada milk o kayumangging asukal
• 1/2 kustarang kakaw
• ¼ tasa ng maiinit na tubig
• 1 tasa ng gatas
• Yelo

Opsyonal na krim

• 1/3 tasa all purpose cream (pinalamig sa ref ng magdamag)

Paano Lutuin:

Sweet Café Latte

1. Para sa krim, ibati hangang magdoble ng laki.
2. Para sa matamis na Cefe Latte; paghaluin ang coffee granules, condensada, at mainit na tubig.
3. Punuin ang baso ng yelo, idagdag ang gatas, at pahinay hinay ilagay anf coffee mix. Lagyan ng krim sa ibabaw.

Iced Mocha

1. Haluin ang coffee granules, condensada o asukal, kakaw, at mainit na tubig.
2. Punuon ang baso ng yelo at gatas. Hinay-hinay ilagay ang coffee mix. Lagyan ng krim at kakaw sa itaas.