I don't mind instant coffee and there are so many options. I get hired if I drink the same thing all the time. So some weeks I drink cold brew, some weeks I drink instant coffee, some week I drink iced and some weeks I drink tea. I alternate between different sources of caffeine pretty much every other week.

I keep it to make dalgona

At night when the espresso machine is too loud

I use instant coffee for baking. And I had instant coffee as part of the tea-making facilities in British B&Bs (but I definitely prefer the tea there).

$8 buys a container of instant coffee and a single cappuccino is $6.

I’d love Starbucks everyday.I drink instant coffee, because money.

Sort of like asking with restaurants around everywhere does anyone bother to cook. It’s awesome but cup noodles will hit the spot as well.

In the army we used to get a pack of instant coffee with the afternoon meal. We rarely wanted to shit ourselves later in the bush, so, no. We'd save it for whomever was fucked with guard shift that night.

Please understand there is no hot water at night; no real water supply at all. We do not traipse about the boonies looking for a stream, nor do we make a fire so it can be seen for miles. We even hide the pips on our wristwatch.

Not since bush coffee have I had instant coffee. And if I die without having instant coffee again - even properly prepared - it will be too soon.

I like it just fine. Used to drink it all the time at my old job. My current job actually has coffee in the break room as a perk, so now I drink that. It's still basic Folgers or whatever, but it's fine. Not every coffee needs to be fancy. Sometimes I just want a cup of joe.

I only use it to make Dalgona coffee. Basically a tablespoon of crystals, tablespoon of sugar, tablespoon of boiling water. Whip it until its a really thick foam, almost like shaving cream, then you put it over some milk, ideally also lightly sweetened as the foam ends up really bitter without a shitton of sugar which I don't prefer to use.

Me

My wife prefers it. It's fine with sweet creamer.

I drink instant cappuccino, a habit I picked up from my wife. It's much less "coffee" than it is "vaguely coffee-flavored drink."

I think it still represents something like 5-10% of the US coffee market.

Better doesn’t always drive out cheaper.

Freeze dried Colombian is fantastic. A jar of Juan Valdez keeps in your cabinet for ages of you're not a coffee drinker.

You can make a very nice (and strong) Dalgona with Cafe Bustelo instant coffee

Isn't that basically what a Keurig pod is? I think more people use instant coffee now than they did before those things existed. As much as Starbucks is popular, I still think most people make their own coffee at home.

I don't drink coffee at all but I do live outside of the US. I have noticed that in MANY places in the world, instant coffee is the norm. It's not normal to see coffee beans in the grocery store at all really where I am now. I would have to go to a more upscale place or to a specialty spot to find whole or ground coffee.

I'm finishing my cup right now. People say it's shit but I don't mind it.

I do occasionally. I'm mindful of my caffeine intake, so if I really want a hot beverage and herbal tea doesn't cut it I can make up a light cup of coffee, or a mix of coffee and cocoa. I usually do this after I've had my coffee for the day or when I'm planning on having my regular coffee later than normal.

My parents in law do it.

At least instant coffee makes sense in an economical way: it saves steps and time. what i don't get are filter coffee machines, the coffee they make is always horrendous.

Drinking some right now, try medaglia d'oro Espresso Instant Coffee. I also enjoy a few other brands, it's literally pre brewed coffee and then dehydrated, you can have shitty regular coffee and shitty instant.

Personally, not very much. I’m aware my personal experience doesn’t translate to universal truth, but I only know what it know.

I have a little bit of instant coffee around but it’s mostly for camping.

Day to day, I either drink homemade iced coffee, or regular coffee made in a pour over. Getting the iced coffee ready is as fast as putting some ice in a bottle and pouring the coffee. Even the pour over, which takes maybe 15 minutes total is still faster than the time spent going to a Starbucks, waiting in line, ordering, and waiting for it to be made.

To me, buying coffee is really only going to happen when I’m traveling.