A hot drink can offer comfort, especially on a chilly day. It can act as a salve for a troubled mind, and can make us feel closer to other people. It can even help us cool down in hot weather.

Before visiting Greece, I always associated instant coffee with my friend’s dad’s fishing boat. Shelf-stable and easily prepared, it was the beverage of choice when sailing the northern end of the Salish Sea. Stirred straight into a mug filled with hot water, it smelled as much of coffee as it did diesel fumes. Certainly, it was a means to a jittery, caffeinated end, and that in itself makes it worthy of appreciation.

If you’re not a black coffee drinker, you might be struggling just a little right now, especially if you’re not a fan of non-dairy powdered creamer. After all, not only are you stuck at home, but you could be stuck at home with another person, and that person might be using all the half & half.

The voice of influential brands in every industry must be respected. When they predict trends, you should trust their word, especially if they supply 13% of the wine on-trade market. We’re talking about one of the leading British beverage distributors Bibendum, based in London, England, who has revealed 10 new trends to be practiced in bars and restaurants across Europe this year.

As stores and restaurants close and many of us are stuck inside amid the global coronavirus outbreak, a new at-home coffee recipe has taken the Internet by storm. On TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, social media users have started making dalgona coffee, a creamy iced-coffee drink that combines a mixture of instant coffee, sugar, and hot water with cold milk.

Boost your spirits during quarantine with a boozy coffee concoction from Don Papa Rum

The perfect serve is not as easy as two teaspoons of your favourite instant coffee and water.

[Takes huge bong rip] What if, like, we grew coffee… in space?

We are no doubt in the middle of an instant coffee renaissance. The once-maligned product created solely for times of necessity and convenience has seen an unprecedented interest by the specialty coffee community in bringing to the table quality where it hasn’t historically been. There are single-use pour-over kits, coffee bags a la tea satchels from Steeped and Counter Culture, K-Cup style pods from April and Volcano Coffee Works, and brands like Verve, Black & White, ReAnimator, and specialty instant godfathers Sudden have all created rather tasty expressions of coffee in dehydrated form.

Turn those cold dregs in the bottom of the coffee pot into something delicious.