In article <jl0k10m2chnl$.qubd3sxz3lau$.dlg@40tude.net>,
b.scott@csuohio.edu says...
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:27:27 GMT, Dorothy J Heydt
> <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote in <news:Jt1xxr.1EC@kithrup.com>
> in rec.arts.sf.composition:
>
> [...]
>
> > But typically we have a jar of instant in the freezer, in
> > case someone should show up who actually drinks coffee.
>
> Someone who actually drinks *coffee* probably wouldn't
> bother, unless truly desperate.

I prefer instant - 'real' coffee is too bitter for me, unless it has
whipped cream on top.

Not all instants are made alike, though. I like some (currently one
sold as 'Kenco Really Smooth', and in the past I drank Maxwell House
powdered) much more than others.

- Gerry Quinn

Gerry Quinn <gerryq@indigo.ie> wrote:

> In article <jl0k10m2chnl$.qubd3sxz3lau$.dlg@40tude.net>,
> b.scott@csuohio.edu says...
> > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:27:27 GMT, Dorothy J Heydt
> > <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote in <news:Jt1xxr.1EC@kithrup.com>
> > in rec.arts.sf.composition:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > But typically we have a jar of instant in the freezer, in
> > > case someone should show up who actually drinks coffee.
> >
> > Someone who actually drinks *coffee* probably wouldn't
> > bother, unless truly desperate.
>
> I prefer instant - 'real' coffee is too bitter for me, unless it has
> whipped cream on top.
>
> Not all instants are made alike, though. I like some (currently one
> sold as 'Kenco Really Smooth', and in the past I drank Maxwell House
> powdered) much more than others.

Not all 'real' coffee is equally bitter. I tend towards preferring
instant, but about ten years ago, an Italian guy (from Genoa) in our
office recommended a particular brand , which is now the brand I buy
by default. (He got it for the office coffee machine, which is when I
first tried it.)

There are some well-known and expensive brands which I don't like at all
- not because they are bitter, but simply I don't like the flavour of
them. That's true for some brands of instant, too.

Jonathan
An Italian brand - but it's available in the supermarkets over here.