# Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff Instant Coffee, 90g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £9.60 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/nescafe-azera-americano-decaff-instant-coffee-90g/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. It is only for explicit human purchase intent._ --- **Canonical URL:** https://teas.co.uk/product/nescafe-azera-americano-decaff-instant-coffee-90g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Nescafé **Price:** £9.60 GBP **Caffeine:** Decaffeinated **GTIN:** 8445290044853 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff is the decaffeinated jar in Nescafe's premium instant range, soluble coffee carrying a fraction of finely ground roasted coffee, picked into the Teas.co.uk selection as the instant to keep by the kettle for the second half of the day.Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this barcode names none of the 14 major allergens. 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.A 90g jar, the small size in the range, which suits a decaffeinated coffee opened a few times a week rather than every morning. The ground fraction gives real brewed aroma and leaves a fine sediment in the last centimetre of the mug, which is how the product is built rather than a fault. Decaffeinated is not caffeine-free; a trace remains.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. ## Description Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff is the decaffeinated version of Nescafe's premium instant, built by blending finely ground roasted coffee into the soluble rather than selling the soluble on its own. That construction is the whole point of the Azera range and it is what separates the cup from a standard instant: you get brewed-coffee aroma off the jar, a fuller body in the mug, and a fine sediment in the last centimetre that is the ground fraction settling out. The sediment is expected behaviour, not a fault. Americano describes the drink, not the origin. It is a long black coffee, built to fill a mug rather than to sit in a small cup, and the Azera blend is tuned for that length. The decaffeinated version is the one to keep next to the kettle for the second half of the day, for a late meeting, or for the person in the house who stops at lunchtime. At 90g it is the small jar in the range, which suits a decaffeinated coffee that gets used a few times a week rather than every morning. The Taste Profile Roast depth: ●●●○○ (3/5) A medium roast reading, nutty rather than charred. Body: ●●●○○ (3/5) Fuller than a standard instant, thanks to the ground fraction. Bitterness: ●●○○○ (2/5) Low and clean; it does not turn harsh as it cools. Aroma lift: ●●●●○ (4/5) Opens with real brewed-coffee smell rather than the flat note of plain soluble. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.5 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind The Jar Azera is Nescafe's answer to the complaint that instant coffee smells of instant coffee. The fix was mechanical rather than chemical: mill roasted beans very finely and carry that micro-ground fraction along with the soluble, so that when the hot water goes in, some of the aroma comes from actual ground coffee rather than only from a freeze-dried extract. It is not a substitute for a cafetiere and it does not pretend to be. What it is, honestly, is the best cup available from a kettle and a spoon in ninety seconds. The decaffeinated version takes the same construction and removes the great majority of the caffeine. Decaffeinated is not caffeine-free. A trace remains, as it does in all decaffeinated coffee, which matters if you are avoiding caffeine on medical advice rather than for sleep. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Our Commitment To The Planet The pack that arrives is the current UK retail pack rather than a grey import on a different specification. An instant jar has no capsule, no filter paper and no spent puck, which makes it the lowest-waste way to drink a decaffeinated coffee at home. How Does Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff Compare to: Nescafe Azera Decaf Americano, 135g: the same coffee in the bigger jar. If a decaffeinated instant is your daily cup, buy the 135g; the 90g is the size that makes sense when the jar is opened a few times a week and you would rather it stayed fresh. Nescafe Azera Americano Instant Coffee, 140g: the caffeinated original. Side by side, the decaffeinated version reads a little softer through the middle of the cup, which is what decaffeination does to any coffee, and the aroma on the jar is close to identical. Nescafe Gold Blend Decaf Instant Coffee, 190g: the household decaffeinated standard, smoother and lighter, with no ground fraction and no sediment. Gold Blend is the easier everyday jar; the Azera is the one to reach for when you want the cup to taste brewed rather than dissolved. Ideal Brewing Conditions An instant coffee has fewer variables than a filter, which means the few that exist carry more weight. Water temperature, dose and the order you add things in are all of them. The Standard Mug Measure: One rounded teaspoon, roughly 2g, per 200ml mug. Two teaspoons is a different drink, not a stronger version of the same one. Water: Let the kettle stand for thirty seconds off the boil, around 95 degrees. Water straight off a rolling boil scalds the soluble and pushes the cup bitter. Order: Coffee in first, a splash of hot water, stir to a paste, then fill. The paste step dissolves the granules properly and avoids the dry lumps that float. Finish: Drink it black once before you decide on milk. The ground fraction is easier to taste without it. The Cold Build Dissolve: Stir 2g into 30ml of hot water first. Azera will dissolve in cold water, but the micro-ground fraction disperses far better if you wet it hot. Chill: Top the concentrate with 150ml of cold water or cold milk and stir once. Ice: Pour over a glass packed to the top with ice. A half-filled glass melts and dilutes. Result: An iced decaffeinated americano in under two minutes, with no machine and nothing to clean. Brewing Notes For Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff Water temperature: About 95 degrees; thirty seconds off the boil is close enough. Measure: One rounded teaspoon, roughly 2g, per 200ml mug. Method: Paste first with a splash of hot water, then fill. It dissolves cleaner that way. Service: Black shows the roast; a splash of milk rounds it and hides the sediment. Iced version: Dissolve hot in 30ml, top with cold water or milk, pour over a full glass of ice. Caffeine note: Decaffeinated, not caffeine-free; a trace remains, as it does in all decaffeinated coffee. Best with: Plain biscuits, buttered toast, dark chocolate, or on its own after dinner. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: The published ingredient list for this barcode names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Sediment: The fine grounds in the last centimetre of the mug are the micro-ground fraction settling out. That is how this product is built and it is not a sign of a stale jar. Allergen Warning: Read the allergen statement on the current UK pack. Storage: Keep the lid screwed down and the jar somewhere cool and dry. Coffee loses aroma to air and to damp far faster than it loses strength, and a wet spoon in the jar is the quickest way to ruin it. Hot Water: Keep the kettle and the mug out of reach of children while you build the cup. ## Product Questions What makes Azera different from a standard instant?Azera blends finely ground roasted coffee into the soluble instead of selling the soluble alone. That ground fraction is where the brewed-coffee aroma comes from, and it is why the mug carries more body than a plain instant. Why is there grit at the bottom of my mug?That is the micro-ground fraction settling out, and it is expected. Ground coffee does not dissolve, it disperses and then sinks. A jar that leaves no sediment at all is a jar with no ground coffee in it. Leave the last centimetre if it bothers you. Is decaffeinated the same as caffeine free?No. Decaffeinated coffee still contains a trace of caffeine. Most of it is removed, which is plenty for an evening cup, but if you are avoiding caffeine on medical advice then treat decaffeinated as low rather than zero. Does Americano mean the coffee is American?No. Americano is a drink style, a long black coffee built to fill a mug. It tells you the length of the drink, not where the beans grew. The coffee here is a blend and the origin split is not published at jar level. How much should I use per mug?One rounded teaspoon, roughly 2g per 200ml mug. Going to two teaspoons does not give you a stronger version of the same cup, it gives you a different and noticeably drier one. If you want more strength, use less water. How many mugs will the 90g jar make?Roughly forty-five mugs at a 2g measure. That is our own calculation on the jar weight rather than a figure printed on the pack, so treat it as a guide. Should I use boiling water?Let the kettle stand for about thirty seconds first, which puts you near 95 degrees. Water straight off a rolling boil scalds the soluble and pushes the cup bitter. It is the single easiest improvement to any instant coffee. Can I make it with milk instead of water?You can, but dissolve it in a splash of hot water first. Granules dropped straight into milk clump, and the ground fraction never disperses properly. Paste it hot, then top with hot or cold milk. Does it work as an iced coffee?Very well. Dissolve 2g in 30ml of hot water, top with cold water or cold milk, then pour over a glass packed to the top with ice. Skipping the hot dissolve is the usual reason a home iced coffee tastes thin. How should I store the jar?Lid screwed down, somewhere cool and dry, away from the cooker and the kettle steam. Never put a wet spoon into the jar; damp is what turns the granules to a solid block and takes the aroma with it. Should I buy the 90g or the 135g?If decaffeinated is your daily cup, the 135g jar is the one to buy. If it is the jar you open a few times a week, the 90g is the better buy, because an instant coffee that sits open for months loses aroma long before it runs out. ## Ingredients & Nutrition Ingredients and allergens. The published ingredient list for this barcode names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Ingredients, as published for this barcode: decaffeinated soluble coffee, decaffeinated roast and ground coffee (5%).Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.IngredientProportionWhat it bringsDecaffeinated soluble coffeethe baseThe part that dissolves. It carries the strength and does the work in the first second of the pour.Measure per mug~2gOne rounded teaspoon per 200ml, which is roughly forty-five mugs from the 90g jar by our own calculation.Pack: Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff Instant Coffee, 90g; decaffeinated soluble coffee with finely ground roasted coffee. Best before the date printed on the pack, and best within a couple of months of opening.The current UK pack carries the full ingredient, nutrition and allergen statement and is the version to trust at the point of purchase.Sourcing & blend. Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff Instant Coffee, 90g is a Nescafe product from the Azera range, which is the brand's premium instant tier. The coffee is a blend rather than a single origin and the origin split is not published at jar level, so we leave it at that. The jar you receive is the current UK retail pack.What is in Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff Instant Coffee, 90g, and what is not:In: decaffeinated soluble coffee carrying a fraction of finely ground roasted coffee, and nothing else.No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: this is a black coffee, not a flavoured or sweetened mix.Not caffeine-free: decaffeinated coffee retains a trace of caffeine. Treat it as low rather than zero. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff Instant Coffee, 90g is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the cup tastes the way it does from the first lift of steam to the last swallow.The outer layer is aromatic, and it is the layer the ground fraction exists to supply. A plain soluble coffee gives you an aroma that reads as coffee-flavoured; the micro-ground roasted coffee in this jar gives you the smell of coffee that has been brewed. Those compounds come off the surface of the ground particles in the first seconds of contact with hot water, which is why the mug smells strongest the moment you fill it and considerably quieter three minutes later, long before the liquid itself has weakened.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, where the roast carries the weight. What you are tasting here is roast development rather than origin: a medium roast taken far enough to read nutty and gently cocoa-ish rather than fruity, with the decaffeination step softening the middle a little, as it does in any decaffeinated coffee. This is the densest stretch of the cup and the part your dose controls most directly. It is also where the ground fraction shows up as texture, a very slight graininess across the tongue that a plain instant does not have and that most people register as body rather than as grit.The base structure is the lingering finish: clean, low in bitterness and lightly drying, with the sediment settling out as the mug cools. A good instant should not turn harsh at the bottom of the cup, and the test of this one is whether the last mouthful still tastes like the first. Drinking it black at least once is the only way to know, because milk sits directly on top of this layer and smooths over anything happening underneath.Getting it right in the cup. Use one rounded teaspoon, about 2g, per 200ml mug, and add the coffee to the cup before the water. A splash of hot water first, stirred to a smooth paste, then fill: that one extra step dissolves the granules properly and disperses the ground fraction instead of leaving dry lumps floating. Let the kettle stand for about thirty seconds off the boil, around 95 degrees, because water at a rolling boil scalds soluble coffee and drives the cup bitter before you have tasted it. If you want it stronger, use less water rather than more coffee; a second teaspoon changes the drink rather than concentrating it. Keep the lid screwed down between uses and never put a wet spoon in the jar.How water and temperature change it. Water is doing more work here than in almost any other coffee format, because there is no filter bed and no pressure to hide behind. Hard tap water flattens the aroma and pushes the finish chalky; filtered or soft water lets the nutty middle come through and makes the whole cup read cleaner and slightly sweeter. In a hard water area a filter jug will improve this coffee more than any change to the dose. Temperature matters at both ends: too hot going in and the cup is bitter from the start, too cool and the ground fraction never wets properly and the aroma never arrives. Cold builds behave differently again, with the hot-dissolve step doing the aroma work first and the cold water simply lengthening it, which is why an iced cup made this way tastes like coffee and an iced cup made straight from cold water tastes like water that has met coffee. ## Recipe Ideas Six builds below cover the straight mug, the paste method, an iced americano, a decaffeinated latte, a tiramisu soak and an overnight coffee loaf. Recipes, born here first The Paste Method Mug How to make The Paste Method Mug with Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff. 2 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 rounded teaspoon (about 2g) Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff 200ml water at about 95 degrees A splash of milk, optional Method Boil the kettle and let it stand for thirty seconds. Spoon the coffee into a dry mug, add a splash of the hot water and stir to a smooth paste. Fill to 200ml and stir once more. Taste it black before you decide on milk; the ground fraction is easier to read without it. What you'll end up with: A clean decaffeinated americano with no floating lumps and a fine sediment in the last centimetre, which is exactly right. Iced Decaf Americano How to make Iced Decaf Americano with Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff. 3 min 1 glass Easy You'll need 1 rounded teaspoon Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff 30ml hot water, then 150ml cold A tall glass packed with ice A strip of orange peel, optional Method Dissolve the coffee in 30ml of hot water and stir to a smooth concentrate. Top with 150ml of cold water and stir once. Pour over a glass packed to the top with ice. Twist a strip of orange peel over the surface if you have one. What you'll end up with: An iced coffee that tastes brewed rather than diluted, because the aroma work happens in the hot step. Kettle Decaf Latte How to make Kettle Decaf Latte with Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff. 4 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 heaped teaspoon Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff 40ml hot water 160ml whole or oat milk Method Paste the coffee with 40ml of hot water to make a small, dark concentrate. Heat 160ml of milk and whisk or froth it until it thickens slightly. Pour the milk onto the concentrate through the centre. Use a heaped spoon rather than a level one; milk swallows a standard dose whole. What you'll end up with: A decaffeinated milk coffee with the coffee still audible under the milk, made without a machine. Decaf Tiramisu Soak How to make Decaf Tiramisu Soak with Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff. 20 min + chill 6 servings Medium You'll need 4 teaspoons Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff 250ml hot water 500g mascarpone and 300ml double cream Cocoa powder to dust Method Dissolve 4 teaspoons in 250ml of hot water and leave it to go completely cold. Dip sponge fingers one at a time; two seconds each, no longer, or they collapse. Layer with sweetened mascarpone beaten into whipped double cream. Chill for at least six hours and dust with cocoa just before serving. What you'll end up with: A tiramisu you can serve to children and to anyone avoiding caffeine, with the coffee note fully intact. Overnight Coffee Loaf How to make Overnight Coffee Loaf with Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff. 60 min + overnight 1 loaf Medium You'll need 3 teaspoons Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff 200ml hot water •200g mixed dried fruit •250g self raising flour 150g soft brown sugar and 1 large egg Method Dissolve 3 teaspoons in 200ml of hot water and leave to cool. Soak 200g of mixed dried fruit in the cold coffee overnight. Beat in 250g of self raising flour, 150g of soft brown sugar and 1 large egg the next morning. Bake in a lined 2lb loaf tin at 170 degrees for 60 minutes. What you'll end up with: A dark, damp fruit loaf that keeps for four days in a tin and tastes better on day two. Desk Drawer Travel Cup How to make Desk Drawer Travel Cup with Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff. 2 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 rounded teaspoon Nescafe Azera Americano Decaff 250ml hot water from the office tap Long-life milk pots, optional Method Spoon the coffee into a dry travel cup and paste it with a small splash of hot water. Fill to 250ml, which is a slightly longer cup and suits an office hot tap running below 95 degrees. Lid on straight away; the aroma is the first thing to go. Keep a teaspoon in the drawer so the one in the jar stays dry. What you'll end up with: A decaffeinated afternoon coffee anywhere there is hot water, with nothing to plug in and nothing to clean. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._