Waka Premium Instant Coffee Pouches — 100% Arabica Freeze Dried Beans — For Hot or Iced Coffee

smells good, and tastes just like cold brewed coffee from TJs. Very easy to mix and cheaper too.

So convenient running to and from work. Such a good value for price.

The look, feel, and taste are very good and unlike any instant I have ever tried. I only rated 4 out of 5 stars for a single reason. As someone deeply concerned about what I put in my body, I was not comfortable with the ingredients list. Yes, it states 100% pure Arabica beans, but it follows with the statement, "natural flavors" That is too general a statement and I'd prefer to know what "exactly" those purported natural flavors consist of ingredients wise.

I don't understand all the hype about this coffee. It's so incredibly bitter. I usually drink my coffee black but I just couldn't stomach this. It didn't even taste like coffee. It's disappointing because it smelled so wonderful in the bag....

I have not purchased instant coffee in a long while mainly because I never could drink up an entire jar before it went stale. Recently, I decided to try individually wrapped packets because I was confident that they would stay fresh a lot longer. I did an on-line search for best instant coffees, and Waka was one of them. Waka was even at the top of a couple of lists. I wanted a sample before I ordered, but seller does not provide samples. I ordered the 8 pack and had my first cup this morning. My impressions follow.It was fresh. It tastes good but not exceptionally good. I honestly cannot tell the difference between the Waka and other instants I have used such as Folgers and Taster's Choice. The latter was my go-to instant for many years before they changed the container size. In short, you can get as good a cup of coffee from Folgers, Taster's Choice, and I presume a few others. The Waka is not worth the extra cost in my opinion, which was why I wanted to sample before I purchased. Still, I have seven more good cups of coffee left over, and I am not worried about the packets going stale before I can use them up. I am just glad I did not take the hype to heart to the extent that I purchased the 3 box size.Re strength, one packet to 8 oz of hot water makes a quite strong cup of coffee---too strong for me. I like my coffee a bit weaker. 8 oz is far less than a full size beaker, which is what I use, so I just added more water to top it up and then added a bit of half 'n half and of course a little sugar. It made a good cup of instant coffee. It would probably work well to turn into a liquid topping for desserts, too. However, if you are on a budget, just know that you can do just as well with some other brands. If you live for good morning coffee, then either brew the best you can find, or better still, if you have the freedom to do so, then go to a good coffee shop and have your morning coffee there.One aside I would mention is that the BEST coffee I have ever tasted in my life---smooth as silk, smelt heavenly, not bitter, and packed an unsuspecting wallop of caffeine, was coffee my spouse brought back from Colombia in the 1980s. We shared several of the coffee bricks with friends, and without exception, everyone and his dog absolutely raved about this coffee (it was the kind you brew in a drip coffee maker) and wanted to buy it. It was no exaggeration to say it was simply divine coffee. However, I have never seen it for sale anywhere in the U.S. in all of these years. I have no idea why. All I can tell you is if that coffee were made available here, they could sell it for several times the price of the Waka, and it would put Waka and every other coffee seller out of business. I think it could even have converted people who generally did not especially like coffee.The upshot is you can keep searching, but I doubt you are going to find anything better than the brands I listed. By all means, try Waka, but keep your expectations within a normal range. I could serve Waka blind to friends and family, and I do not think anyone of them would find it any better than most other "good" instant coffees.

This coffee is awesome!!! As soon as you open the package, you can smell the wonderful butterscotch aroma and the taste is out of this world. I will definitely purchase more. Thank you also for the free tea samples, I'm excited to taste that as well.

I love Columbian coffee. Got this to try out while camping. Tastes great, but at $10/8 packets, it's a bit expensive. I think I'll stick with the Mount Hagen single serve packets, $10/25 which, if I'm being honest, tastes a bit better IMO.

Pretty dang good