Nescafe Cappuccino (Unsweetened Taste) (Nescafe Cappucino Unsweetened Taste)

Member Name: chickpea101

Product:	Nescafe Cappucino Unsweetened Taste
Date:	02/07/09 (41 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Nice foam, quick to make. Reasonably priced.

Disadvantages: Bland without sugar. Hard to mix.

Sometimes it's nice to nip into Starbucks for a Grande Latte, but for those of us who are feeling the credit crunch, we have no alternative but to sacrifice our overpriced dose of caffeine and stay at home instead.

Usually, Nescafe Gold blend is my poison. But I have stepped outside of my comfort zone and gone for the Cappucino version. I opted for Nescafe Cafe Menu Cappuccino (unsweetened.)

Like most instant coffees, all you need to do is add hot water and you're in coffee-bean bliss. I liked the fact that the Cappucino had an authentic coffee-shop look- a lovely, thick froth, as opposed to the thin layer of bubbles that most boxed Cappuccinos develop after adding the water.

The froth had a nice, creamy taste. The coffee itself was lovely and had a milky coffee flavour. However, I wouldn't recommend purchasing the unsweetened version if, like myself, you have a sweet tooth, as I found it to be a little too bland. I ended up putting in about three teaspoons of sugar anyway, despite the fact it came with chocolate topping. I also found that even though I stirred the powder for a considerable amount of time, there was quite a lot of dry powder left behind in the foam, which tasted like grated OXO cube.


If you're watching your weight, then you'll be pleased to hear that it only contains 73 calories per mug. And you needn't worry about salt intake- a mug only contains trace.

Overall, I'd say that it was quite good value for money- at Tesco, it costs £2.00 for a box of 10. So, at 20 pence a mug, you're saving a considerable amount of money instead of paying extortionate coffee-house prices.

Ingredients-

Skimmed Milk Powder, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Instant Coffee, Dried Glucose Syrup, Lactose- Whey Permeate, Lactose, Milk Proteins, Stabilisers (E340, E452i, E331) Salt.

Chocco Topping-

Sugar, Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Flavouring (Vanillin), Cinnamon.
Contains cocoa solids.
May contain traces of milk.

Summary: Starbucks? Pah. All you need is a kettle.