I like my coffee like my women – really hot! (Nescafe Hot When You Want)

Member Name: Flibble

Product:	Nescafe Hot When You Want
Date:	08/07/02 (281 review reads)
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Advantages: Coffee on the move, easy to operate

Disadvantages: limited range of cofee at the minute, no control over sugar/milk content

Quite possibly the worst title I have come up with since being on DooYoo, so apologies in advance!

I’m a real sucker for gadgets and cool toys – DVD players, Wide screen telly’s, surround sound systems, coffee makers – if it’s new and makes you go ‘cool’ then I’ll have to give it a go sadly. I’m quite a big coffee drinker and will regularly plough my way through a few cups of the stuff on a daily basis, but for centuries mankind has struggled against all odds to make coffee available to those on the move in an easy, no-nonsense form. Obviously the invention of the vacuum flask somewhat alleviated the problem – but lets be honest, carrying a flask about with you hardly says style and sophistication does it? You have to firstly actually make the coffee yourself (boring) then mess about unscrewing various lids and cups before finally getting a drink. Don’t get me wrong, flasks are great if you’re on a camping trip or something – but then you have to plan in advance that you actually want coffee – it’s just far too inconvenient for words!

Now, the people at Nescafe have obviously thought about this as much as I have (my days really are this shallow and empty, sadly) and have launched the ‘hot when you want’ instant coffee in a can. ‘Gee Flibble, that sounds kinda interesting, what does it do?’ Well friend, let me tell you! Basically what we have here is a can, about the same size as a regular can of coke, which has coffee, milk and sugar inside it. Obviously at the minute the contents are stone cold, so how do you go about warming it up? Faff about with a microwave? Try to find some form of camp-stove? No, it’s much simpler than that:

Firstly you turn the can upside down; here is a little plastic seal, inside of which is a red liquid. You break the plastic seal and give the can a little swirl round. This releases
the red liquid into the inside of the can (the actual coffee is in a can-inside-a-can if you can picture it). Then you simply leave the can to sit for three minutes. Then you just open the can like you would for any other normal drinks can – et voila, coffee served at 20 degrees in three minutes!

Taste wise, well, it tastes like coffee – luckily for me it was exactly the way I like it, not too sweet and not too strong – you get enough coffee for an average mug full and it really tasted great! I bought my can from a petrol service station – so it’s ideal if you suddenly fancy a coffee for everyone whilst you’re on the road. It would also be ideal for going on picnics too! Are there any downsides? Well, I guess if you want coffee that’s a bit sweeter or a bit milkier then you may be out of luck – you get what you are given in the can.

There were other ranges available, I noticed a coffee that came without milk for example and I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before other hot beverages are developed – hot chocolate for example would be great for kids (er, and me) The can cost £1.20 which is probably around the same price you would pay for a coffee at a service station café too.

It’s easy to operate thanks to the clear instructions printed on the label – it’s such a good idea that I’m surprised nobody has come up with it earlier, maybe someone will bring out a tea version in the near future too – highly recommended for when you fancy a quick cuppa on the move

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