Q&A for How to Make Instant Coffee

My research says that cold brew/iced coffee is better for you. Feel free to Google it.

Coffee has a bad reputation as an unhealthy drink, but it has lots of interesting attributes which help improve your health by: -acting as a painkiller after workouts, or to ease hangovers -increasing your fiber intake -protecting your liver against unhealthy alcohol intake -lowering your risk of type-2 diabetes, Alzheimers, suicide and depression -strengthening your DNA, and -reducing your risk of cancer.

It does -- you actually need to get lessons or workshops for that, as it is considered a form of art.

I would recommend using cold milk.

You will need a shot of espresso or strongly brewed coffee, a cup of steamed milk (250 g), sugar to taste, and a tablespoon (15 ml) of cocoa powder or chocolate syrup. Add the cocoa/chocolate syrup to the warm coffee and stir to avoid lumps. Add in milk and sugar and mix it together. If you want it iced, just add a handful of ice and put it into a blender.

You always add cold milk to instant coffee because the water you add is boiling hot so it easily warms the milk. Unlike tea, when you can add milk before or after, you always add the milk after the water. If you're adding milk to decrease the strength, you can also try adding less instant coffee to the water to get the same result.

As much or as little as you like. Mostly it's just a small amount at the base of the cup but there are also versions with half a cup of milk and all milk. Try different ways to see what you like the best.

Coffee is related to lower rates of diabetes, dementia, Parkinson's, and certain cancers and heart problems. It also contains high amounts of magnesium, chromium, and antioxidants, all important nutrients for your body.

Yes, if you mean Nescafé instant coffee. If so, simply follow the instructions above. However, ground coffee (not instant) intended for use with a coffee machine or French press will not work.

This depends on you as a person. For most people, sweetening coffee occasionally is not harmful - using sugar to sweeten coffee is a very bad idea if you're diabetic, but otherwise there is little practical difference between coffee with and without sugar. However, some people have heart or blood pressure conditions that making drinking coffee inadvisable. If you are worried about this, ask your doctor if you need to be careful about your coffee intake.

Get used to drinking it once it's cooled down! Drinking burning hot liquids is not only painful, as you have discovered, but can also increase the risk of mouth and throat cancer (especially when you are repeatedly burning yourself). If you can't swallow or stomach it cool, try adding milk or sugar, or waiting until you have eaten at least a few bites of food first.

WikiHow articles are (almost) always written by a number of different contributors, who most likely all use different brands of instant coffee. However, Nescafe is the biggest brand of instant coffee globally, so there's a good chance that most of the authors have used Nescafe at least once. Folgers is another popular choice in the US (be careful not to confuse Folgers instant with Folgers ground coffee, which must be brewed in a machine or French press).

You could add dry powdered milk to the instant coffee prior to mixing with hot water and it will probably mix well. A level tablespoon of dry powdered milk would be a good start. You can experiment a bit until a satisfactory result is reached.

Yes, that's fine. If you have health concerns, just remember that coffee mate has added sugar.

Coffee will always be bitter (especially if you're specifying "black coffee" because you don't want sugar or milk). The main thing is to use the correct amount of instant coffee, 1 to 2 tsp per cup of water - more than that and it will taste bitterer. Non-instant coffee also tends to taste better - along with the bitterness it might taste sweet, fruity, or chocolatey.