Instant coffee is the best option when you need a quick solution for your taste urges, especially when you are in a hurry in the morning. Why wait in a queue while spending money when you can make instant coffee recipes at home effortlessly. It will be an amazing experience to make your joy with your own effort. You can maintain the guaranteed purity of ingredients and rest of the making process. Your hand-picked ingredients will give you the desired flavor, texture and taste for your drink. 

All You Need For Instant Coffee

• Instant coffee 1 tbsp
• Water or milk 6 oz
• Ice (for iced instant coffee)

After gathering all the ingredients for instant coffee, start the making process step-by-step.

Step by Step Guide To Make Instant Coffee Recipe

• Add Instant Coffee

Add 1 tbsp instant coffee in a coffee cup. Change the amount to gain your desired strength of coffee in the drink.

• Boil Water

Boil 6 ounces of water on the stove or oven as per your convenience. Use less amount of water if you want to add milk or creamer afterwards.

• Add water

Pour hot water carefully into the cup over the instant coffee granules/powder. Be careful with the splash. 

• Stir

Stir gently until the granules dissolve completely in hot water/milk. Add your favorite sweetener/sweet syrup as per your taste.

• Add Milk or Creamer

Add milk or creamer to make your drink smooth and creamy (if not added yet).

Your hot instant coffee is ready, enjoy immediately.

Tips: How To Make Instant Coffee Taste Better

• Experiment with the amount of granules a few times to get the desired flavor.
• Always use high quality instant coffee and use filtered water.
• To reduce bitterness, add a pinch of salt after adding water/milk.
• Top with natural spices like cinnamon powder.
• Prefer natural sweeteners like honey.
• Add ice cubes if you want cold instant coffee.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

• Calories: 70-130 kcal
• Carbohydrates: ~10 gm
• Fat: ~6 gm
• Protein: ~6 gm

Important: These values are for an average range of ingredients. These values may vary by using different ingredients such as using whole milk instead of skim milk will result in different nutrition portions.

Some Modern Equipment For Making An Instant Coffee

Elevate the experience of making a recipe at home by equipping your kitchen with relevant modern appliances. For example, if you like to have instant coffee everyday in the morning, you must have some equipment in your kitchen to do the job effortlessly.

High Quality Electric Kettle

A high quality electric kettle works great to boil or heat up water/milk. It is an amazing alternative to an electric or gas stove with more efficiency and accuracy.

USB Powered Coffee Cup Warmer

A lot of coffee drinks are meant to be consumed immediately. To maintain the taste and flavor without burning the essence of the drink, you must have a coffee cup warmer. For more convenience, it must be USB powered. It will be an energy and time saving upgrade to your kitchen.

Auto/Semi-Auto Milk Frother

Adding milk/creamer in an instant coffee can reduce bitterness of the drink. It also helps to make the texture smooth and creamy. In short, instant coffee tastes better with milk/creamer. To get the best out of milk/creamer a milk frother will do the job perfectly. Foamed milk will make the coffee more interesting and tasteful.

Efficient Electric Stirrer

Tired of manual stirring? Get an electric stirrer for speedy work. It will also help you make foam in the milk. There are a number of variants available in the market. It is better to have a rechargeable electric stirrer, you will not need to deal with wires. It will save time instead of finding the cord nearby without hustle.

Conclusion

This is an easy step by step guide to make instant coffee at home. Follow the steps accordingly. Always use high quality ingredients with precise quantity as mentioned in the recipe. If you use low quality coffee beans it will make it taste nothing like coffee. Maintain the temperature of water before pouring into the cup, too hot water will destroy the essential taste factors.

FAQs

How do you make instant coffee?

Add instant coffee granules in a coffee cup/mug. Heat up the water/milk until it boils. Let it sit for a few seconds and pour hot water/milk over the coffee granules. Stir until it dissolves completely. Enjoy your instant coffee.

What are the ingredients in instant coffee?

The key ingredients for instant coffee are instant coffee granules and water/milk.

Why does my instant coffee not taste like coffee?

It happens commonly when you don’t use high quality coffee beans. Sometimes adding milk or creamer can save the real taste of your instant coffee.

How to take the bitterness out of instant coffee?

Add a pinch of salt after adding hot water/milk. It will take the bitterness out of instant coffee.