Comments on: Starbucks VIA Ready Brew – A Better Cup Of Instant Coffee?

By: Low Acid Coffee

Low Acid Coffee — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:34:48 +0000

The packaging looks great. I guess this is the most expensive instant coffee.

By: Low Acid Coffee

Low Acid Coffee — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:34:48 +0000

The packaging looks great. I guess this is the most expensive instant coffee.

By: Coffee of the Month Clubs

Coffee of the Month Clubs — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:45:49 +0000

The design of the packaging of this instant coffee looks really great. If this is available in our Starbucks here in my country I will purchase this, drink the coffee then collect the packaging as one of my Starbucks collection.

By: hotcoffee

hotcoffee — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:21:18 +0000

Healthy Coffee? Is it not a requirement by the FDA that all imported raw coffee beans to be fumigated with methyl bromide, a known carcinogen, BEFORE arrival in the USA? (Affecting the health of many coffee workers abroad). http://www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr/qa.html
Human exposure to high concentrations of methyl bromide can result in central nervous system and respiratory system failure, as well as specific and severe deleterious actions on the lungs, eyes and skin.
The FDA does not check what foreign coffee growers/exporters use for pesticides and herbicides to assure that they bring no diseases in the country.
I really don’t know if Starbucks checks on this procedure or use fumigated imported raw coffee beans. Of course the coffee roasters will not tell you on their packaging that your imported coffee has been treated with that stuff.
Fumigating does not apply to Kona Coffee beans grown in Hawaii – USA.
Stick to USA – Hawaiian grown coffee and help the trade deficit disappear (the root of all economic evil). www.instantcoffee.mobi

By: Zeb

Zeb — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:00:44 +0000

Every other instant coffee on the market is freeze-dried to "lock in the flavors".

Starbucks does something new called "micro-grinding" the coffee beans. This hasn't been seen before in the instant coffee world as long as I've been drinking instant coffee. The coffee drinker gets the entire contents of the bean in the drink, and drinks it all. Is that healthy?

In response to this apparently another high quality coffee went instant. www.instantcoffee.mobi and www.mulvadi.mobi are also selling 100% instant kona coffee at roughly 30 cents per cup.

By: calisbuxboy

calisbuxboy — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:17:00 +0000

i am also a starbucks partner and while it is the best instant coffee i have tasted i still think that it comes nowhere close to the taste of a freshly brewed cup of coffee

By: casinotribal

casinotribal — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:57:56 +0000

I liked they coffee already, but better taste is always welcome

By: dmadriano

dmadriano — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:10:01 +0000

As a Starbucks partner I really wanted to hate it. The big-wigs keep talkting about how we are going to focus on coffee but since then we have essentially ignored it. Except for this seemingly backwards step.

After trying it yesterday I tried and tried to find fault but to no avail. Verdict: actually not bad.

By: DENOMOLUS

DENOMOLUS — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:28:06 +0000

I LOVE bacon salt. It adds zip to just about anything.

By: Charlie Flowers

Charlie Flowers — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:38:24 +0000

…interesting! Now, if only Tim Horton's would do something like this, we might have something truly great!