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    "excerpt": "Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte in the twelve-sachet box is a flavoured milk coffee sold in a supply size rather than a treat size, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection because caramel is the one flavour in this aisle with a backbone: browning sugar makes bitterness as well as sweetness, and that edge keeps the cup from going flat.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains milk. 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.Twelve single-serve sachets of 17g, 204g across the box, one mug each, milk powder included so nothing needs a fridge. A pinch of salt in the dry powder makes it a salted caramel latte for nothing. Being a milk drink, it is not dairy-free. 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.",
    "content_text": "Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte in the twelve-sachet box is an unusual thing in this aisle: a flavoured milk coffee sold in a supply size rather than a treat size. Flavoured sachets almost always come in fives, sixes and sevens, because the trade assumes you want one occasionally. Twelve says something different. It says caramel is not a novelty in your house, it is the flavour you actually drink. Caramel earns that position better than most flavours do. Caramelisation is the browning of sugar, and browning always produces a trace of bitterness alongside the sweetness. That is why a caramel drink has a backbone where a vanilla one often does not: there is something at the back of the cup pulling against the sugar. It is the same reason toast tastes of more than bread. The Taste Profile\n\nCaramel: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) The headline. Buttery and browned rather than simply sugary.\nMilkiness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Soft, rounded and foamed, and the reason the caramel reads as a latte rather than a syrup.\nSweetness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Properly sweet, though the browned note keeps it from going flat.\nCoffee: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb\u25cb (2/5) A background player. This is a milk drink with coffee in it, not a coffee with milk.\n Teas.co.uk Curator Rating\n4.9 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind The Flavour Caramel is the most-bought flavour in the instant milk aisle and has been for years, which is why it is the one that gets the large boxes while the seasonal flavours stay small. There is a technical reason it holds up better than its rivals as well as a commercial one: the browned compounds that make caramel taste of caramel rather than of sugar also give it a faint savoury edge, and that edge survives dilution better than a delicate top note does. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying \nCount: twelve single-serve sachets of 17g each, one mug per sachet, so twelve drinks from the box and 204g in total.\nMilk included: the milk component is in the sachet as a powder, which is why the box needs no fridge and travels. That also means it is not suitable for a dairy-free diet.\nSweet by design: a caramel latte is a sweet drink and this one is built as such. If you want to set the sweetness yourself, an unsweetened cappuccino is the product for that job and this is not.\nWater only: no milk to add, no frother needed, no machine. A kettle and a mug is the whole kit.\n\nWhat it is not: not a coffee-shop caramel latte, which is espresso, steamed milk and a syrup pump. This is the kettle version of the same idea.\n How Does Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte, 12 Sachets Compare to: \nCosta Salted Caramel Latte, 6 Sachets 102g: the salted version of the same flavour, and the more interesting cup for it, because salt sharpens caramel the way it sharpens toffee. Half the count, though, so roughly twice the price per mug.\nCosta Maple Hazel Latte, 5 Sachets 85g: maple and nut rather than caramel, and a heavier, more autumnal drink. A seasonal box next to an everyday one.\nCosta Creamy Cappuccino, 6 Sachets 102g: the plain milky alternative with no flavour laid over it. Buy that one if you want to drink several a day; this one carries more sweetness than that suits.\n Ideal Serving Conditions Instant milk drinks are usually made badly and the two habits that do the damage are always the same: water at a rolling boil, which gives milk powder a cooked, faintly tinny taste, and stirring the finished mug, which destroys the foam the pour has just built. On a caramel drink the boiling-water fault is particularly costly, because a cooked note and a browned caramel note sit in the same part of the palate and the first muddies the second. The Proper Mug \nMeasure: one sachet to 180 to 200ml. More water than that and the milk thins out and the caramel is left as plain sweetness.\nWater: let the kettle stand for a minute after it clicks, so you are pouring at around 90 degrees Celsius.\nPour: empty the sachet into a dry mug first, then pour the water in from a height and fairly fast. The drop is what creates the foam.\nDo not stir: or stir once, briefly, from the bottom. Every extra stir is foam you have just knocked flat.\n Making Caramel Behave \nSalt: the smallest pinch in the dry powder turns it into a salted caramel latte for nothing. Salt is the classic partner to caramel precisely because it sharpens the browned notes.\nTwo sachets, one cup: use two in 250ml rather than one in 180ml for a genuinely rich drink. With twelve in the box that is still cheap.\n\nPair dry: shortbread or a plain oatcake rather than another sweet biscuit. Sweet next to sweet cancels out.\n Getting It Right in the Cup \nWater temperature: around 90 degrees Celsius, not straight off the boil.\nMeasure: one sachet per 180 to 200ml mug, and use a mug rather than a large cup.\nMethod: powder in the dry mug, water poured from a height, minimal stirring.\nStorage: keep the sachets dry and sealed in their box. A split sachet in a damp cupboard sets solid.\nTravelling: the format's real advantage. No jar, no milk, no fridge, and twelve mugs that fit flat in a bag.\nBest with: shortbread, a mid-afternoon break, or over ice on a warm afternoon.\n Safety And Purity Dairy note: this is a milk drink. The milk component is in the sachet, so the box is not suitable for a dairy-free or vegan diet, and it is not a drink to hand to someone with a milk allergy. The exact declaration is on the current UK pack. Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains milk. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Sweetness note: we describe this drink as sweet because that is how it tastes and how it is sold, not because we have read a nutrition panel. The panel on the box is the only source. Caffeine note: a caffeinated coffee drink. Child safety: a sweet caramel flavour on a caffeinated drink is an easy thing for a child to reach for, and twelve sachets are easier to get into than a jar. This is not a children's drink. Keep out of reach.",
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                "content": "How many mugs are in the box?Twelve, at 17g each, one mug per sachet, which comes to 204g across the box. Twelve is unusual for a flavoured latte, which normally arrives in fives and sixes, and it is the main reason to buy this one. Why does caramel work better than other flavours in a sachet?Because caramelisation is browning, and browning makes a trace of bitterness as well as sweetness. That gives a caramel drink something at the back pulling against the sugar, where a vanilla drink often has nothing. It is the same reason toast tastes of more than bread does. Can I make it a salted caramel latte?Yes, and it costs nothing. Add the smallest pinch of fine salt to the dry powder before the water goes in. Salt is the classic partner to caramel because it sharpens the browned notes, and the drink will not taste salty. How sweet is it?Properly sweet, as a caramel latte is meant to be, though the browned note stops it reading as flat sugar. Do I need to add milk?No. The milk component is in the sachet as a powder, which is why the box needs no fridge. Add hot water only. Making it on hot milk gives a richer mug, but that is an upgrade rather than a requirement. What water temperature should I use?Around 90 degrees Celsius, so let the kettle stand for a minute after it clicks. Boiling water gives milk powder a cooked, tinny edge, and on a caramel drink that matters doubly because a cooked note and a browned note sit in the same part of the palate. Why has my mug no foam?Two usual causes. Pouring gently, when the foam is actually created by the drop of the water hitting the powder, so pour from a height and fairly fast. And stirring: every stir after the pour knocks the foam flat. Stir once from the bottom, or not at all. Is it good iced?Better than any other flavour in this aisle. Caramel holds its shape when cold where delicate top notes disappear. Mix the sachet with about half the usual water until completely smooth, then pour over ice and top with cold milk. Is it the same as a coffee-shop caramel latte?No. A shop version is espresso, steamed fresh milk and a pump of syrup, built in front of you. This is the kettle version of the same idea, and judged on those terms it does well. Use two sachets in 250ml if you want to close some of the gap. How should I store it?Dry and sealed, in the box, in a cupboard. Damp rather than air is the enemy with milk-powder sachets: a split sachet in a steamy kitchen sets solid and will not dissolve properly afterwards. Can I drink it every day?A twelve-sachet box invites you to, and caramel holds up better to repetition than most flavours. It is still a sweet drink, though, so if you want the mug you can have three of in a day, a plain or unsweetened cappuccino is the better everyday box."
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                "content": "Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains milk. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.ComponentProportionWhat it bringsMilk component (powder)the dominant part of the sachetBody, softness and the foam. Also the reason the box needs no fridge, and the reason it is not dairy-free.Caramel flavour and sweeteningPrinted on the current packThe headline. Buttery and browned rather than simply sugary, with a faint savoury edge that survives dilution.Instant coffeePrinted on the current packA background player rather than the lead, keeping the drink savoury underneath the sweetness.Format12 sachets of 17g, 204g in totalOne mug each, sealed until used, flat enough to travel. Twelve is a supply size rather than a treat size.Pack: Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte Instant Coffee Sachets, 12 x 17g, 204g in total; twelve mugs, one sachet each, made with hot water only. The ingredient list, nutrition panel, allergen advice and best-before date are printed on the current UK box and should be read there.Characterising components shown. Where this page calls the drink sweet, that is a description of how it tastes and how it is sold, not a reading of a panel.Sourcing & blend. Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte Instant Coffee Sachets, 12 x 17g is made by Nescaf\u00e9, and caramel is the flavour that has held the top of this aisle longest. Part of that is habit and part of it is chemistry: caramelisation is the browning of sugar, and browning produces bitter and faintly savoury compounds alongside the sweet ones. Those compounds survive dilution better than a delicate top note does, which is why a caramel sachet still tastes of caramel in a big mug when a floral or fruit flavour would have vanished. It is also why caramel is the only flavour here we would recommend making iced without reservation.What's in Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte Instant Coffee Sachets, 12 x 17g, and what isn't:\nIn: a milk component in powder form, instant coffee and a sweetened caramel flavouring, in a single-serve sachet made up with hot water.\nNot the salted version: this is the plain caramel line rather than a salted caramel, which is why a pinch of salt in the dry powder is the single change worth making.\nNot dairy-free: the milk component is intrinsic to the drink. Not suitable for a vegan or dairy-free diet, and not a drink for anyone with a milk allergy.\nPackaging: follow the current UK pack and your local-authority guidance; the outer carton and the sachet film usually take different disposal routes."
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                "title": "Flavour Science",
                "content": "The flavour of Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte Instant Coffee Sachets, 12 x 17g 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 caramel from the first second. Browned sugar produces a family of volatile compounds with a buttery, slightly toasted character, and they are heavier than the vanillin that leads most flavoured sachets, so they linger in the mug a little longer than a vanilla aroma would. That is worth knowing because it means a caramel drink does not need to be rushed the way a vanilla one does. Pour into a dry mug rather than a wet one and you keep more of the layer anyway, because a wet mug makes the powder clump and traps the aromatics inside the lumps.The flavour spike arrives on the mid palate, and here caramel does something no other flavour in this aisle manages. Caramelisation is browning, and browning always produces bitter and faintly savoury compounds alongside the sweet ones. That means the flavouring itself carries a counterweight to its own sugar. A vanilla sachet has to rely on the coffee underneath to provide that contrast, and the coffee in a milk sachet is quiet; a caramel sachet supplies it from within. This is why the cup reads as buttery and browned rather than simply sweet, and why it holds its shape in a larger mug when a more delicate flavour would thin into nothing.The base structure is the finish, and it is longer than a plain cappuccino's. Sugar and milk fat both coat the palate, so the drink clears slowly, but the browned note arrives at the very end and cuts through some of that film. The result is a finish that tastes of toffee rather than of residue. A pinch of salt exaggerates the effect sharply, which is why salted caramel became a fixture rather than a fashion: salt suppresses the perception of bitterness slightly and raises the perception of sweetness elsewhere, so it makes the browned notes read cleaner without adding anything.Getting it right in the cup. Use one sachet to 180 to 200ml and water at around 90 degrees Celsius, which means letting the kettle stand for a minute after it clicks. Boiling water is the standard mistake with any milk-powder drink, and it costs more here than on most: it gives the milk solids a cooked, faintly tinny edge that sits in the same part of the palate as the browned caramel note, so the fault muddies the very thing you bought the box for. Put the powder into a dry mug, pour from a height and fairly fast so the drop builds the foam, then leave it alone; every stir after the pour is foam knocked flat. If you want a richer drink, use two sachets in 250ml rather than one in 180ml, because both the body and the foam come from the powder. Stored sealed and dry the sachets hold well; damp rather than air is the enemy, and a split sachet in a steamy kitchen sets solid and never dissolves cleanly again.How water and temperature change it. The same sachet gives a measurably different drink depending on how you treat the water. Hotter water dissolves the powder faster but cooks the milk solids and flattens the toasted notes; cooler water keeps the caramel clean but leaves undissolved powder at the bottom, so around 90 degrees is the working compromise rather than a rule of thumb. Volume matters more than temperature and it is where most people go wrong: at 180ml the buttery browned character is clear, at 300ml the milk has thinned and what is left reads as sweetened water with a caramel hint. Temperature also changes how sweet the drink tastes rather than merely how hot it is, because cold suppresses sugar perception, and caramel is the one flavour in this aisle that gains rather than loses from that: iced, the browned notes come forward and the drink reads drier and more grown-up. Hard tap water flattens the buttery notes, so in a hard-water area the pinch of salt earns its place twice over. None of this is a fault in the sachet, it is a sweet milk drink responding honestly to the mug you build around it."
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                "content": "Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte Instant Coffee Sachets, 12 x 17g is a sweet base with a browned backbone, and with twelve mugs in the box it is the one worth experimenting with. Six builds below cover the proper mug, the salted version, an iced caramel, a two-sachet cup, an affogato and a caramel buttercream.\nServing ideas, born here first\n\n \n The Proper Mug\n \n How to make The Proper Mug with Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte sachets.\n \n 2 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 sachet Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte\n 180ml water at 90 degrees Celsius\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Boil the kettle and let it stand for a minute so you are not pouring at a rolling boil.\n Empty the sachet into a dry mug. A wet mug makes the powder clump before the water arrives.\n Pour from a height and fairly fast; the drop is what builds the foam.\n Leave it alone. One short stir from the bottom at most.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A foamed milky mug with a buttery browned caramel note rather than flat sweetness. This is the reference cup; judge the rest against it.\n\n \n Salted Caramel Latte, For Nothing\n \n How to make Salted Caramel Latte with Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte sachets.\n \n 2 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 sachet Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte\n The smallest pinch of fine salt\n 180ml water at 90 degrees Celsius\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Tip the sachet into a dry mug and add a pinch of salt so small you would struggle to see it on a spoon.\n Stir the dry powders together with the back of a teaspoon.\n Pour the water from a height and do not stir afterwards.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The salted version of a drink you already own, at no extra cost. Salt sharpens the browned notes, which is why salted caramel became a fixture rather than a fashion.\n\n \n Iced Caramel Latte\n \n How to make Iced Caramel Latte with Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte sachets.\n \n 5 min\n 1 glass\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 sachet Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte\n 80ml hot water\n 120ml cold milk\n A tall glass of ice\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Mix the sachet with only 80ml of hot water and stir until completely smooth.\n Pour the concentrate over a tall glass of ice.\n Top with cold milk and stir once.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The one flavour in this aisle that gains from being iced. Cold suppresses sweetness, so the browned notes step forward and the drink reads drier.\n\n \n The Two-Sachet Cup\n \n How to make The Two-Sachet Cup with Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte sachets.\n \n 3 min\n 1 large cup\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 sachets Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte\n 250ml water at 90 degrees Celsius\n A pinch of salt\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Tip both sachets and the salt into a dry cup and mix the powders together.\n Pour 250ml of water from a height in one go.\n Wait thirty seconds for the head to build before drinking.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The closest this format gets to a coffee-shop drink. More powder rather than more water is the trick, and with twelve in the box it is still cheap.\n\n \n Caramel Affogato\n \n How to make Caramel Affogato with Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte sachets.\n \n 4 min\n 2 bowls\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 sachet Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte\n 80ml hot water\n 4 scoops vanilla ice cream\n A few flakes of sea salt\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Mix the sachet with 80ml of hot water into a thick, smooth concentrate.\n Scoop two scoops of vanilla ice cream into each cold bowl.\n Pour the hot concentrate over the top and finish with a few flakes of sea salt.\n Eat straight away, while half of it is still hot.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A salted caramel pudding for two out of one sachet. The concentrate rather than a full mug is what stops the ice cream collapsing into soup.\n\n \n Caramel Coffee Buttercream\n \n How to make Caramel Coffee Buttercream with Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte sachets.\n \n 10 min\n 1 cake\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 sachet Nescaf\u00e9 Caramel Latte\n 2 tablespoons hot water\n 100g soft butter\n 180g icing sugar\n A pinch of salt\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Mix the sachet with 2 tablespoons of hot water and a pinch of salt into a thick paste, then leave it to go cold.\n Beat 100g of soft butter with 180g of icing sugar until pale.\n Add the cold caramel paste a spoonful at a time so the buttercream does not split.\n Spread over a cooled sponge and leave it somewhere cool to firm up.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A salted caramel coffee icing with the milk already in it, which is why it tastes rounder than one made with black instant. Let the paste go cold or the butter will melt."
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