Waka Decaf Instant Coffee Packets, Medium Roast, Single Serve, 8 ct

I've been off caffeine for a month now for wellness reasons, but I just so missed my morning coffee ritual. So I eventually stumbled upon a website that said the caffeine that's actually in things, and it said that Waka Decaf only had about 4mb of caffeine, and it was naturally decaffeinated. I decided to try it and it tastes AMAZING to me. SO delish. I feel good about having my ritual back in the morning, which helps me enjoy my mornings so much more and starts the day off right, and I don't have to sacrifice my health goals by bogging my system down with caffeine or weird chemicals. I bought again after my first cup and put it on a subscription! I'm a happy gal.

I may not be the best person to comment on the qualities of WAKA Instant Coffee due to how I prefer to drink it, but I can tell you I am a huge fan. I heat 10 to 12 ounces of skim and 1% milk. I add it to my mug in which I have placed approximately 2 teaspoons of the coffee. Sometimes I add a bit of half and half, but it really is not necessary. My method results in a creamy, smooth, just sweet-enough coffee beverage. I drink mostly decaf but I have tried the regular as well. Both of them are medium roast 100% Arabica Colombian coffee. Recently I ordered more of the decaf. I received caffeinated coffee that had been mislabelled "decaffeinated" by Amazon. I sent a message to WAKA. They apologized, refunded the money I had spent, and sent me the correct coffee, straight from WAKA! Great customer service! I am completely satisfied with the product and the service. I will definitely purchase more WAKA coffee when I run out.

I'm not sure this is really any different than nescafe or something like that. I got this to have an instant option for evenings or another time that I didn't want caffeine but I wanted coffee flavor. It seems to have good flavor and stirs/mixes smoothly with hot water. I do wonder if it's just repackaged nescafe in little travel packets. Presentation is nice though and it's not too expensive for the added travel utility.

When my heart started having palpitations from drinking caffeine I thought my coffee drinking days were over. The caffeine withdrawals, the headaches and body aches were horrible. Glad I got that out of my system but let me tell you - I missed the smell and taste. So I started drinking decaf. As many of you could attest - most decaf coffees are pathetically distasteful. Being that I only drink one cup a day I didn’t want to invest in a machine. So my quest for a good cup of instant decaf began. It took two years for me to find Waka Instant Decaf & I feel like I’ve struck coffee gold! The taste is perfectly smooth with body and a wonderful aroma. Try it! You won’t be sorry. Oh & don’t forget to visit them online for recipes like dolgana coffee. There’s life after caffeine!

Bottom line is that this coffee is no better tasting than Nescafe or Taster's Choice. It's your run of the mill instant coffee that doesn't really taste like coffee. Despite all the claims otherwise, it doesn't taste like coffee any more than lower priced coffees do. You can't screw up the making since it's just, 1) pour coffee granules into cup. 2) pour hot water into cup. 3) stir coffee around in cup. Since it's that simple, the product speaks for itself. Firstly, I noticed the frothy stuff on top just like the lower priced instant coffees. The second thing I noticed was the non-coffee-like taste. It's better than no coffee at all I suppose, but it doesn't even taste like coffee really. So, it's an overpriced coffee substitute essentially.

Honestly, ever since I tried WAKA's original blend of freeze dried instant coffee I was hooked. I'm was so happy to see that they were offering a decaf version because sometimes late afternoon I'm craving a coffee but know that a full test coffee would keep me up longer than I want at night. There is absolutely no loss in flavor from the original and if you haven't tried either I would say you can purchase these without hesitation. They taste as good as a cup of coffee brewed in a coffee shop if you as me. I have tried a lot of instant coffee and this one is by far the best tasting I have ever had.

This product is fantastic. I didn't have high expectations for an instant coffee, but I clearly remember my first taste. It tasted fantastic and was a more complex flavor than I expected. I don't travel without it now.

I like coffee that tastes like coffee beans, not like emaciated grocery store brands from the Fifties. I’ve always thought Starbucks fresh coffee tastes “burnt” so I stopped going there in favor of “The Human Bean” in Phoenix. And after reading about the owner of Starbucks, I did this subjective taste test to try and find an instant I could live with to “instantly” move away from giving my money to Starbucks Via. In my comparison of five brands, I used one teaspoon of instant and ¾ cup of hot water in each brand, kept it just black, and tasted it hot. Next, I added one teaspoon of heavy cream and 10 drops of Sweet Leaf brand vanilla-flavored extract and tasted it hot. Then, I waited until it cooled to room temp and tasted it again. Here are my personal findings with 5 being “worst”: 5. Waka Decaf – Slightly sour and brackish, tastes “instant” and gets worse as it cools. An absolute “no.” (1 packet per 8-10 oz.) 4. Jacobs Espresso – Watery, thin, and so “smooth” as to be tasteless, and they have the nerve to call this “espresso”? (No English instructions I could find—I guess they didn’t think it was worth the bother—and they’re probably right.) 3. Mt. Hagen Espresso – Also too smooth and lacking in taste, but has a wee more grunt and flavour than Jacobs. (1 packet per cup—I assume they mean 8 oz.) 2. Café Bustelo Espresso – Definitely better than the others but still “middle of the road” when it comes to true bean flavour. At least it tastes like coffee, even when cool. 1. Via Decaf Italian – IF you mix as instructed (1 packet per 8 oz.), it's too strong and has a slightly burnt taste . However, you can make a perfect travel mug of coffee by adding 16-20 ounces of hot water instead and just one packet of this very robust, powerful instant that actually tastes brewed. You also get two times more coffee for the money, via Via, because the packet makes such strong coffee. My tastebuds have failed to escape the Starbucks czar with this test, so maybe I should give those Fifties store brands another go.