Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, 50g
Hazelnut is the aromatic that survives a coffee base best, because nut and roast are already neighbours - praline is only sugar, heat and the same chemistry the roaster has been doing all along. That is why this reads as one drink rather than coffee with something added, and why the people who buy it score it as highly as they do. Where it earns its place is after dinner, in a cup standing in for a pudding, or poured long over ice with cold milk when it is warm, where the nuttiness reads sweeter than the cup actually is. Fifty grams is the right amount of it to own, which is rarely a sentence worth writing about a pack size, and it is true here because a flavour you reach for now and then should never be bought by the kilo.
Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, in brief.
Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, 50g is instant coffee with the hazelnut carried in the granules rather than poured over the top: one spoon, hot water, stir, and nothing else needed. Picked into the Teas.co.uk selection as the second pack on the shelf, the afternoon one rather than the one that gets you out of the door.
Nut allergy note: this is a hazelnut product. The allergen statement on the current UK pack is the only source we will point you to, and it should be read before ordering.
Nutty and low in bitterness, with the coffee still readable underneath. About twenty-five mugs at a rounded teaspoon, and small on purpose: a flavoured coffee bought in bulk goes flat at the back of a cupboard.
Fifty grams is a small pack by the standards of the instant coffee shelf, and that is deliberate rather than mean. A flavoured coffee is not usually somebody's whole coffee supply; it is the second jar, the one you reach for in the afternoon or when you want the cup to feel like something other than work. Fifty grams is about twenty-five mugs at a standard instant dose, which is roughly a month of occasional use. Buying a large pack of a flavoured coffee is how a large pack of flavoured coffee ends up at the back of a cupboard.
Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind Little's
Little's is a British coffee brand built around flavour-infused instant coffee in small, brightly labelled packs, and the range is the point rather than any single line in it. Hazelnut, vanilla and a rotating cast of others sit side by side, sized so that keeping two or three on the shelf is a reasonable thing to do. It is a different shopping proposition from the big instant jars: less a weekly staple, more a small collection.
Whether that appeals depends entirely on how you drink coffee. If one jar of one thing gets you through the year, this is not for you. If you already own a shelf of teas you rotate by mood and time of day, the logic will be immediately familiar, and this is the coffee equivalent of that habit.
Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains nuts (hazelnuts). Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
What Flavour Infused Means In Practice
There are three common ways to get a flavoured coffee, and they behave differently in the cup. A syrup added afterwards gives you the most control and the most sugar, and it dilutes the coffee slightly with every pump. A flavoured sachet mix usually arrives with milk powder and sweetener already in it, so you are buying a whole drink rather than a coffee. An infused coffee sits between the two: the flavour is carried by the coffee itself, nothing is added to the cup, and you decide separately whether to add milk or sugar.
The practical consequence is that this one keeps its options open. You can drink it black and taste the hazelnut clearly. You can add milk and get something closer to a nut latte. You can sweeten it if you want to, rather than having that decision made for you at the factory. For anyone trying to cut sugar out of a coffee habit without drinking something joyless, that last point is usually the whole reason to try an infused coffee at all.
Getting A Consistent Cup
- Keep it sealed: an aromatic coffee loses its flavour to the air faster than a plain one. Close it properly every time.
- Keep it away from the kettle: steam is the enemy of any instant coffee, and it will clump this one.
- Dry spoon: a damp spoon returned to the pack seeds a lump that never goes away.
- Do not boil it: the single commonest way to waste a flavoured instant is water straight off a rolling boil.
- Iced: dissolve in a little hot water first, cool it, then pour over ice. Cold water will not dissolve instant granules properly.
- Caffeine note: this is a regular caffeinated coffee, not a decaf. Flavoured does not mean weaker.
- Best with: shortbread, chocolate biscuits, a mid-afternoon break, or as the after-dinner coffee for people who do not want an espresso at nine at night.
Ingredients And Suitability
What is in it:instant coffee infused with hazelnut flavour. The full ingredient declaration, including the exact description of the flavouring and whether anything is sweetened, is printed on the current UK pack.
Allergen note:this is a hazelnut-flavoured product.
Caffeine:contains caffeine. Not one for late in the evening if you are sensitive, and worth moderating during pregnancy in line with current NHS guidance.
Child Safety:Keep hot drinks out of reach of children.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, 50g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Little's
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
The taste profile
How does it compare
To get the best out of Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, treat the flavour as the fragile part, because it is.
The Standard Mug
The Milk Version
Made with this tea
The Everyday Hazelnut Mug
How to make The Everyday Hazelnut Mug with Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee.
- 1 rounded teaspoon Little's Rich Hazelnut
- 200ml water at about 90°C
- A dry spoon
- A saucer
- Boil the kettle and let it stand for a minute so the water drops to around 90°C.
- Spoon one rounded teaspoon of Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, 50g into a 200ml mug, using a dry spoon.
- Pour and stir for ten seconds.
- Cover with a saucer for the first minute if you are not drinking it straight away.
What you'll end up with: A nutty, low-bitterness black coffee. Try it before you reach for sugar; the hazelnut already reads as sweet.
Hazelnut Flat White Style Mug
How to make Hazelnut Flat White Style Mug with Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee.
- 1 heaped teaspoon Little's Rich Hazelnut
- 60ml water at about 90°C
- 140ml whole or oat milk
- A pinch of cocoa to finish
- Dissolve a heaped teaspoon of Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, 50g in 60ml of hot water and stir until it is completely smooth.
- Warm 140ml of milk to steaming but not boiling, then froth it if you have the means.
- Pour the milk into the coffee base.
- Dust with a pinch of cocoa.
What you'll end up with: The heaped spoon matters. Milk mutes aromatics faster than it mutes coffee, so a standard dose in a milky mug tastes thin.
Iced Hazelnut Latte
How to make Iced Hazelnut Latte with Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee.
- 2 teaspoons Little's Rich Hazelnut
- 50ml hot water
- A tall glass of ice
- 150ml cold milk or oat milk
- Dissolve 2 teaspoons of Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, 50g in 50ml of hot water. Do not skip this step; instant will not dissolve properly in cold liquid.
- Cool the concentrate for a few minutes, or stand the cup in cold water to speed it up.
- Pour over a tall glass of ice.
- Top with 150ml of cold milk and stir once.
What you'll end up with: A clean iced coffee with the nuttiness intact. Cold mutes flavour, which is why the dose is doubled.
Hazelnut Mocha
How to make Hazelnut Mocha with Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee.
- 1 heaped teaspoon Little's Rich Hazelnut
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
- 60ml hot water
- 140ml warm milk
- Mix a heaped teaspoon of Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, 50g with 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder in the dry mug first, so the cocoa does not clump.
- Add 60ml of hot water and work it into a smooth paste.
- Pour in 140ml of warm milk and stir.
- Sweeten only if you need to; cocoa is the bitter element here, not the coffee.
What you'll end up with: Hazelnut and chocolate is a pairing that needs no defending. The dry mix first is the only technical step.
Hazelnut Coffee Over Ice Cream
How to make Hazelnut Coffee Over Ice Cream with Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee.
- 2 teaspoons Little's Rich Hazelnut
- 60ml hot water
- 4 scoops vanilla ice cream
- Grated dark chocolate
- Dissolve 2 teaspoons of Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, 50g in 60ml of hot water to make a strong, syrupy shot.
- Scoop the ice cream into two cold bowls.
- Pour the hot coffee over at the table, so it is still hot when it hits the ice cream.
- Finish with grated dark chocolate.
What you'll end up with: A thirty-second pudding. The hazelnut makes an instant coffee behave like a nut liqueur without the alcohol.
Hazelnut Coffee Overnight Oats
How to make Hazelnut Coffee Overnight Oats with Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee.
- 2 teaspoons Little's Rich Hazelnut
- 40ml hot water
- 100g rolled oats
- 250ml milk or oat milk
- Dissolve 2 teaspoons of Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, 50g in 40ml of hot water and let it cool.
- Stir the cooled coffee through 250ml of milk.
- Divide 100g of rolled oats between two jars and pour the coffee milk over.
- Refrigerate overnight and stir before eating.
What you'll end up with: Breakfast that tastes of hazelnut coffee without needing a separate cup alongside it.
Brewing the perfect cup
Inside the pack
| Component | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Instant coffee | stated on the current pack | The base and the bulk of the pack. Kept mild rather than sharp, because a bitter base would fight the nuttiness instead of carrying it. |
| Hazelnut flavouring | stated on the current pack | The character the pack is named for. It is infused into the granules rather than added to the cup, which is why the aroma arrives with the coffee instead of sitting on top of it. |
| Pack weight | 50g | About twenty-five mugs at a rounded teaspoon of roughly 2g. That is our arithmetic on the weight, not a serving count printed on the label. |
Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains nuts (hazelnuts). Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.
Ingredients, as published for this barcode: Freeze-dried Arabica coffee, Rich Hazelnut flavouring.
Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.
Pack: Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, 50g; caffeinated flavour-infused instant coffee. Go by the best before date printed on the pack.
Composition shown as function rather than percentage.
Sourcing & blend. Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, 50g is put together by Little's, a British coffee brand built around flavour-infused instant coffee in small, brightly labelled packs. The range rather than any single line is the proposition: hazelnut, vanilla and a rotating cast of others sit alongside each other, sized so that keeping two or three on the shelf is a reasonable thing to do. It is a different shopping habit from the large instant jar, and closer to the way a tea drinker keeps several boxes and picks by mood and time of day.
What's in Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, 50g, and what isn't:
- In: instant coffee infused with hazelnut flavour, made up with hot water alone.
- No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar claimed by us: a flavoured coffee can be built in several different ways and we will not tell you which way this one falls. The ingredient list on the current UK pack settles it.
- Not a syrup and not a latte sachet: nothing is added to the cup, so the milk and sugar decisions stay yours rather than being made at the factory.
- Not decaffeinated: flavoured does not mean weaker. This is a normally caffeinated coffee.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Little's Rich Hazelnut Flavour Infused Instant Coffee, 50g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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