Starbucks VIA coffee is probably the nicest instant coffee that you can buy. Well at least in my opinion. I would actually be happy enough to drink it all the time as it tastes so good and is almost as nice as making fresh coffee which for an instant brand is pretty good as normally they can't come near to the taste and richness of good fresh filter coffee. I am a bit of a coffee addict and I have found that making a cup of coffee using VIA instant coffee not only satisfies my caffeine craving but it also is an enjoyable experience thanks to the richness of the blend and the aroma that the coffee gives off. VIA coffee is available in a few ...  Read the complete review

I work in a restaurant so I can pretty much have coffee any time I want and that would be great if the coffee there actually tasted decent but I can only compare it to sewer water and the fact that we actually serve the stuff like its going out of style made me realize that either people have no sense of taste or they just have no idea what a good cup of Joe should taste like. I figure it's the later as we actually serve decent food and its taste is quite a different experience from the coffee. As the coffee at my job is horrible I have been trying different types of coffee and trying to find some thing that works with my job so that I can avoid their ...  Read the complete review

Before starting full time work, I was never a coffee drinker. Rarely a cup of tea graced my lips. However, since working full time in an office I have developed a coffee habit which has branched out to a worse habit - takeaway coffee. Takeaway coffee is so expensive but so satisfying. I used to really wonder why people would want to stop for a coffee whilst shopping, now I can't resist the lure of coffee steaming from a cardboard cup. Perhaps a Vanilla latte...mmm...well I digress. I received a present just before Christmas which consisted of a Starbucks mug, alongside a 12 sachet pack of Starbucks Via Ready Brew: Italian Roast, Extra bold variety. ...  Read the complete review

Firstly I'd like to say I was a barista at Starbucks but do not work for them anymore. I left on good terms and I will be unbiased in the review regarding this product. So! == The Product == Starbucks VIA is instant coffee made by Starbucks, it uses 100% arabica beans that are ethically sourced, that does not mean they are Fairtrade certified instead but that they trade fairly with the coffee farms. Starbucks are however slowly bringing their coffee's to be Fairtrade certified so perhaps VIA will become a Fairtrade product in the future. The VIA coffee's available are: Breakfast Blend, French Roast, Columbia, Italian Roast and ...  Read the complete review

When it comes to coffee its one of life little luxuries to me. I love Starbucks though have to admit I find them really expensive and something, sometimes I can't justify to my purse. So you can imagine my total delight when I spotted instant coffees in packs of 3 calling themselves Colombia and having the Starbucks stamp on them costing a mere pound a packet in my local Tesco one evening! (They were on offer at the time by the way!). I scooped up a couple of packets of them and ran home quick smart I can tell you! The Packaging: The Packaging of these is really very minimal. The sachets come in a folded over cardboard sleeve idea you ...  Read the complete review