2 in 1 coffee

[Susco]

 

My senseo pods have run out, due to nobody coming over from Europe, and I don't want to buy the rip off alternative from Boncafe.

 

I drink my coffee usually without sugar, even black, but some milk powder I can tolerate.

 

So now switched to 3 in 1, but they all have too much sugar, especially since you have to use 2 for a large cup.

 

I heard 2 in 1 coffee sticks also exist, only I haven't found them yet.

 

Any suggestions are welcome.

[Dmaxdan]

The Essenso brand make them. Look for the black and gold packaging. Around my way (CM) they are available at Macro and the larger Big C stores. 

 

 

 

 

[Susco]

5 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

The Essenso brand make them. Look for the black and gold packaging. Around my way (CM) they are available at Macro and the larger Big C stores. 

 

 

 

 

Thanks, I actually noticed those packs few times already, but didn't have a close look and thought it was coffee to put in a filter

[Kwasaki]

39 minutes ago, Susco said:

Any suggestions are welcome. 

Drink Tea like proper people do. ????

[Baht Simpson]

Nescafe do a blend and brew that is 2 in 1, no sugar.

https://secure.ap-tescoassets.com/assets/TH/665/8850125091665/ShotType1_540x540.jpg

 

Be careful though as there's one in similar packaging that's 25 % sugar.

 

https://www.nescafe.com/th/en-th/nescafe-blend-brew-less-sugar

[Jack Hna]

I'm not a fan of these nice tasting coffee drinks. Coffee should just be strong and not enjoyable. It's a useful drink keeps me chomping  at the bit but I never yearn for coffee. my body just needs it and that's why I drink the cheapest coffee I can get. 

 

 

 

 

[Andyfez]

If you shop around you will find one or two - 'two in one' sachets.

My favorite normal brand is either Birdy or Nescafe blend and brew.

If you want less sugar I generally use half a sachet and add extra pure coffee from a jar. That way you've got less sugar and less milk powder.

[Andyfez]

6 hours ago, Jack Hna said:

I'm not a fan of these nice tasting coffee drinks. Coffee should just be strong and not enjoyable. It's a useful drink keeps me chomping  at the bit but I never yearn for coffee. my body just needs it and that's why I drink the cheapest coffee I can get. 

 

 

 

 

Noooo......

What's the point of drinking a coffee that's not really tasty?

 

PS I enjoy 0.0% Heineken with sugar-free Sprite also....

 

????

[elgenon]

Why 2 in 1 ? Is it difficult to add milk or other white stuff? Then you get it they way you want it, not the way some corporation thinks it should be. Please educate this farang.

[userabcd]

18 minutes ago, elgenon said:

Why 2 in 1 ? Is it difficult to add milk or other white stuff? Then you get it they way you want it, not the way some corporation thinks it should be. Please educate this farang.

Probably just easier to make a cup of coffee. Take a sachet, tear it open and add water.

 

The 3 in 1 are overly sugared and sweet so it is probably better to have 2 in 1 and then either add or do not add sugar according to ones taste.

[Tony M]

Equal do one, currently being sold at Foodmart on Thappraya Road.  It's on offer at 87 THB for a pack of 10 sachets.  It uses something to make it sweet, so it is probably some artificial additive (the one they use in their "sugar).  The best one (for me) is Essenso. It tastes more like coffee than the others.

[sirocco]

correct, for NESCAFÉ Blend and Brew 2 in 1 coffee, but be careful not to use the wrong bag.
look sideways at the ingredients, and take the one with 81% Coffée.
Suits me very well after a meal or 4 PM.
otherwise, MOCCONA, green box for breakfast.

[Peterw42]

None of the above is coffee, its instant <deleted>.

Coffee comes from Coffee beans, not reconstituted powder.

Would you drink powdered wine, juice, tea etc ?

 

Even the likes of ESSENSO is powdered instant <deleted>. They just add a tiny amount of actual ground coffee beans (1%) so they can put "real coffee" on the label. 

Ingredients

Creamer 57% (Stabilizers (INS340ii, INS451i), Emulsifier (INS471, INS472e, INS481), Anticaking Agent (INS551), Sugar 31%, Instant Coffee 10.80% and Microground Coffee 1.20%

[Susco]

10 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

None of the above is coffee, its instant <deleted>.

Coffee comes from Coffee beans, not reconstituted powder.

Would you drink powdered wine, juice, tea etc ?

 

Even the likes of ESSENSO is powdered instant <deleted>. They just add a tiny amount of actual ground coffee beans (1%) so they can put "real coffee" on the label. 

Ingredients

Creamer 57% (Stabilizers (INS340ii, INS451i), Emulsifier (INS471, INS472e, INS481), Anticaking Agent (INS551), Sugar 31%, Instant Coffee 10.80% and Microground Coffee 1.20%

Thanks for sharing your, as always, superior knowledge. Oh and by the way, 2 in 1 doesn't have sugar, and for sure not 31% as in your ingredients sample

 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-is-instant-coffee_n_57bda1ebe4b00d9c3a1afc74

 

First, the obvious: instant coffee is in fact made from real coffee. Whole beans are roasted, ground and brewed before they start their journey to becoming instant. What makes coffee instant is when all the water is removed from the brewed product, leaving behind dehydrated crystals of coffee. To make it coffee again, you just add water.

 

https://www.mashed.com/213334/the-untold-truth-of-instant-coffee/

 

Instant coffee retains many of the health benefits associated with regular coffee. It contains many antioxidants, potentially even more than regular coffee due to the brewing process (via Healthline). Studies show it also may contribute to improved brain function and increased metabolism.

 

<snip>

 

Whether or not you like instant coffee, it is real coffee and definitely more convenient than brewing coffee from whole beans.

 

[recom273]

That’s easy!

 

None.

[PeachCH]

Agree, there is none! Brew your own coffee fresh. Without a fresh coffee in the morning, my day can't start. I'm addicted to fresh coffee. 

[Wongkitlo]

17 hours ago, Baht Simpson said:

Nescafe do a blend and brew that is 2 in 1, no sugar.

https://secure.ap-tescoassets.com/assets/TH/665/8850125091665/ShotType1_540x540.jpg

 

Be careful though as there's one in similar packaging that's 25 % sugar.

 

https://www.nescafe.com/th/en-th/nescafe-blend-brew-less-sugar

The blue pack claims it has no sugar but I'm sure they have sneaked some in with the milk powder. I hate sugar and can taste even the slightest amount. Essenso has none I am sure.

[peetje]

[Susco]

28 minutes ago, peetje said:

 

 

Thanks Peetje, that is what I was looking for, and they are about half price of the Boncafe alternative

[PGSan]

4 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

Would you drink powdered wine, juice, tea etc ?

I recall, from many decades ago, ‘powdered juice’: equally as bad as ‘powdered coffee’.

 

’powdered wine/beer’ ... hmm, could be a fortune looking to be made there ??? ????

[PGSan]

4 hours ago, Susco said:

Instant coffee retains many of the health benefits associated with regular coffee

But, unfortunately, it retains none of those benefits in the more sensual areas of ‘flavour, texture’ etc.

[Susco]

31 minutes ago, PGSan said:

But, unfortunately, it retains none of those benefits in the more sensual areas of ‘flavour, texture’ etc.

Well yeah, some people lack education.

 

https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/article/110376/freeze-drying-offers-nutrition-with-shelf-life/

Freeze drying also means there is a much-reduced potential for microorganisms existing in such low amounts of water, ensuring that nutraceuticals can stay safe to consume over an extended time period, up to two years.

The result is a 100 percent natural freeze dried product, which retains the flavour, structure and nutritional benefits of the raw product. From there, it can be supplied as a stable supplement or ground down into a powder which can be inserted into tablets.

[digger70]

On 9/25/2020 at 2:38 PM, Susco said:

My senseo pods have run out

 

On 9/25/2020 at 2:38 PM, Susco said:

I drink my coffee usually without sugar, even black, but some milk powder I can tolerate.

I just use Nescafe Gold  No sugar No Milk  Just add water . Once you go Black you never go Back 

[Fairynuff]

2in1, 3in1, instant “coffee”. These are all just coffee flavoured drinks. Are you really so stingy you’ll put up with these foul tasting imposters?

There is no substitute for coffee. There are some excellent locally grown coffees and they’re not expensive. 

[Susco]

23 minutes ago, Fairynuff said:

2in1, 3in1, instant “coffee”. These are all just coffee flavoured drinks. Are you really so stingy you’ll put up with these foul tasting imposters?

There is no substitute for coffee. There are some excellent locally grown coffees and they’re not expensive. 

Maybe you should educate yourself a bit about how instant coffee is produced. I have posted a few links already for people like you, who have a wealth of no idea about things.

 

As for your stingy remark, 2in1 or 3in1 coffees are way more expensive per cup than ground coffee.

 

For my Senseo pods (carrefour home brand) I would pay 3.5 Euro ( 125 Baht ) for 36 pods of 7 gram.

 

Tell me where I can buy 36 sticks of 3in1 coffee ,, which contain much less coffee anyway, for 125 Baht

 

So now, say stingy again, while looking in the mirror.

[wolf81]

Another option to consider and probably better tasting is to buy a moka pot. You can then use grinded coffee. And then add sugar or milk according to taste. Moka pots can be bought very cheap, so money shouldn't be an issue. As long as you have some (electrical) stove in your home you should be able to use the pot to make a decent coffee.

 

In my humble opinion the 3-in-1 or 2-in-1 coffees taste horrible. Moka for me is acceptable.

 

https://shopee.co.th/หม้อต้มกาแฟ-กาต้มกาแฟ-มอคค่าพอท--MOKA-POT--อลูมิเนียม-6-CUP-i.63390364.4250983006?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIj8OKgpqH7AIVCKyWCh0jfg0aEAQYAiABEgIpkPD_BwE

[wolf81]

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[Susco]

8 minutes ago, wolf81 said:

Another option to consider and probably better tasting is to buy a moka pot. You can then use grinded coffee. And then add sugar or milk according to taste. 

 

In my humble opinion the 3-in-1 or 2-in-1 coffees taste horrible. 

 

https://shopee.co.th/หม้อต้มกาแฟ-กาต้มกาแฟ-มอคค่าพอท--MOKA-POT--อลูมิเนียม-6-CUP-i.63390364.4250983006?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIj8OKgpqH7AIVCKyWCh0jfg0aEAQYAiABEgIpkPD_BwE

Thanks for your suggestion, but once you have uses a Senseo, you don't want anything else any more.

 

The comfort and convenience you have from that is unmatchable.

 

So I will place an order with Take-5 coffee, as Peetje suggested, and if the coffee tastes good that will be my go to.

 

I considered the pods from Boncafe, but at 14 Baht a pod, way overpriced in my opinion.

[Tony M]

So, here's one to throw into the mix.  I haven't tried it, nor am I promoting it. I've never even seen it on sale.  It's a 23-in-1 !  They seem to have included everything that claims to be good for you, in very small quantities, of course. But, looking at what has been posted above, this is arabica "instant" coffee (apparently unusual in cheap instant coffee ?), and makes up 27% of the content.

[wolf81]

13 hours ago, Susco said:

Thanks for your suggestion, but once you have uses a Senseo, you don't want anything else any more.

 

The comfort and convenience you have from that is unmatchable.

 

So I will place an order with Take-5 coffee, as Peetje suggested, and if the coffee tastes good that will be my go to.

 

I considered the pods from Boncafe, but at 14 Baht a pod, way overpriced in my opinion.

I respectfully disagree on "not wanting anything else anymore". I used to have a Senseo before back when I lived in The Netherlands and used it for many years, not so much for taste (I generally found the taste acceptable, not great), more out of convenience. 

 

Here in Thailand in our home I use an Ascaso espresso machine that my girlfriend bought second hand for 8000 THB. Previously I bought my coffee beans in a nearby coffee shop (Doi Wiang Café), though recently I've found some very nice beans in the local Makro which I'll probably buy from now on (Zolito High Mountain). I also have an electrical grinder at home to grind the beans according to my taste. Also, I love cappuccinos and the Ascaso machine has a steam wand for frothing the milk, so for me it's the best option. To me this machine using my choice of beans and grinded to my preference provides a vastly superior taste.

 

I do agree the Senseo delivers on convenience by the way. The main reasons I used a Senseo in The Netherlands were: 

- The machine was pretty cheap (40 EUR or so).

- It's very quick to make a cup of coffee in the morning, just before heading out to work. 

 

Here in Thailand I am not in a hurry however (I work from home), so for me the espresso machine is the best option. My Moka pot is mainly used in emergencies when electricity is cut off (I can still make coffee then using our gas stove and the Moka pot).