I’m cheap. . and I only have one 8 oz. cup a day. I just
sip on it all day; reheat it in the microwave. - When I
first started making instant coffee; the kind I was using
was insipid as swamp water. (Some organic brand or other
& Taster’s Choice, then another brand.) Settled on NESCAFE
hearty brew. None of it is “perfect”; but it’s okay.
Just saw that drought in Brazil has impacted the Robusta crop, and that's the bean used for instant coffee. On the other side of the globe, both Vietnam's and Indonesia's Robusta crops aren't faring much, if any, better.