Survival coffee

One year supply my ass... that's about two months for me.
Or two weeks for Uwe

jakematic said:

Or two weeks for Uwe

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Depends how big one of their "Servings" is.

But this makes me wonder what the shelf-life of Nescafe would be, if stored in original un-opened glass jars, kept in a dark place?

Uwe said:

Depends how big one of their "Servings" is.

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Ha! Reminds me of the most common complaint in reviews of the Technivorm I have.
"But it's not 8 cups!" Yes it is... European cups, from a coffee machine made in Europe... dingbats.

Bet you could keep Nescafe for a long long time.
I'm not sure if I'd rather go without coffee than drink instant though...

jakematic said:

I'm not sure if I'd rather go without coffee than drink instant though...

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I'm not that fussy. You see I use milk or cream, and sugar. With enough of those, pretty much anything resembling coffee becomes drinkable.

jakematic said:

Yes it is... European cups, from a coffee machine made in Europe... dingbats.

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Hey, I resemble that remark!

I was on a cruise a few years back, and our suite had some uber-fancy European coffee replicator device that would have looked more at home on the Starship Enterprise than a cruise ship suite. Radical that I am, I smuggled some powdered hot cocoa packets onto the ship, and decided that I wanted a cup one morning. Rip the envelope open, pour the powder into the dry cup, stick the cup under the thing that looked like a hot water outlet, pushed the button, and POOF!!! The powder went flying EVERYWHERE, and my face looked like I had worked a day in a coal mine! What country thought that a coffee pot that dispenses *steam* at high pressures into beverages was a brilliant idea?!?!? Even worse, because the machine was electronic, it wouldn't stop until it had completed its pre-programmed explosion^H^H^H routine. After the cabin steward helped me clean up the mess, he advised me to prevail myself of the butler to fetch a pot of hot water for tea every morning after that.

I say that I was a radical for smuggling hot cocoa onto the ship because probably 75% of the passengers are smuggling alcohol on-board trying to avoid the high bar fees. They X-ray every piece of luggage and person boarding the ship, looking for guns, bombs, Cardboardeaux bladders, and Swiss Miss packets.....

vreihen said:

POOF!!! The powder went flying EVERYWHERE, and my face looked like I had worked a day in a coal mine! What country thought that a coffee pot that dispenses *steam* at high pressures into beverages was a brilliant idea?!?!? Even worse, because the machine was electronic, it wouldn't stop until it had completed its pre-programmed explosion^H^H^H routine. After the cabin steward helped me clean up the mess, he advised me to prevail myself of the butler to fetch a pot of hot water for tea every morning after that.

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In tears laughing so hard.... that story made my day