Nescafe Kit Kat Latte Sachets, 7 Sachets 147g
Somebody in the house will ask for this and nobody else will. Milk chocolate leads, sweet and milky through the middle, with the coffee sitting behind the chocolate rather than in front of it. It belongs to the afternoon, standing in for a biscuit rather than sitting alongside one, and it goes down well after a school run or at the end of a long drive. Anyone wanting a coffee that tastes of coffee is simply not the buyer here.
Nescafe Kit Kat Latte Sachets, in brief.
Nescafe Kit Kat Latte is a sweetened chocolate instant milk coffee sold under the KitKat name, seven 21g sachets to the box, picked into the teas.co.uk curator selection as the afternoon drink that stands in for a biscuit rather than as a cup of coffee.
Seven single-serve mugs, milk powder included so the box needs no fridge, made up on hot water in about thirty seconds. Chocolate leads, the coffee sits behind it, and the sugar is set in the sachet rather than left to you, which is the one thing to know before buying a box of seven. Caffeinated, and despite the confectionery name it is not a children's drink.
Nescafe Kit Kat Latte is a chocolate-flavoured instant milk coffee sold under the KitKat name, seven single-serve sachets to the box at 21g each. The licence is less of a stretch than it looks. KitKat and Nescafe are both Nestle brands in the UK, so putting the wafer bar's flavour on the coffee brand's sachet is an in-house decision rather than a deal struck between rivals, and it explains why the pairing appears here rather than on somebody else's shelf.
What lands in the mug is a sweetened, milky, chocolate-led drink with coffee underneath it. That ordering matters, because it decides who the box is for. If you want a coffee that happens to taste faintly of chocolate, this is the wrong sachet and a plain latte or a jar of instant will serve you better. If you want the four o'clock drink that stands in for a biscuit, arrives in thirty seconds, and needs no milk in the fridge, this is precisely the sachet that was designed for the job.
Curator notes: we scored chocolate, sweetness, coffee and milkiness ourselves, using the box as sold and what Nescafé says about it. We usually post Kit Kat Latte boxes within 1 to 2 working days. Below, the questions tab covers sweetness, milk, water temperature, iced versions and taking it travelling.
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The Story Behind Nescafe
Nescafe is the instant coffee brand that made the category ordinary, and for most of its life the range has been about the jar. The sachet mixes are a later and quite different proposition: single-serve, milk included, sweetened, and aimed at the break rather than the breakfast. Borrowing a confectionery name for one of them is the logical end of that thinking, because the drink is competing with a chocolate bar as much as with a cup of coffee.
Packaging: Carton and used sachets probably part ways at recycling time; the box and your council will say how.
What You Are Actually Buying
- Count: seven sachets at 21g each, one mug apiece, so seven drinks from the box and 147g of powder in total.
- Sweetened: the sugar is in the sachet. This is a finished recipe, not a base you season, and that is the single biggest difference between this and an unsweetened cappuccino sachet.
- Milk included: skimmed milk powder is part of each sachet, which is why the box can skip the fridge and lie flat in a bag. The same milk powder means the drink cannot go on a vegan or dairy free menu.
- Water only: made up with hot water. Milk is optional and changes it considerably, as below.
- What it is not: not a KitKat in liquid form, not a barista mocha, and not a children's drink despite the branding. It is a caffeinated coffee drink wearing a confectionery label, and that distinction is worth making out loud in a household with children in it.
Ideal Serving Conditions
Chocolate milk drinks made from powder go wrong in two predictable ways, and both are avoidable. The first is water straight off a rolling boil, which scalds powdered milk and gives the cup a faintly cooked, tinny edge that no amount of stirring fixes. The second is over-stirring, which flattens the foam that the pour has just built. Neither problem costs anything to solve.
The Standard Mug
- Measure: one sachet to 180 to 200ml. Any more water and the chocolate thins into something watery and the foam gives up.
- Water: hold off for roughly a minute once the kettle clicks; that takes the pour down to about 90 degrees Celsius from 100.
- Pour: tip the powder into a dry mug, then bring the water down onto it from a decent height at a fair pace. The drop is what makes the head.
- Stir once, briefly: chocolate powder needs slightly more help dissolving than a plain latte does, so one proper stir from the bottom, then leave it alone.
Making It Richer or Lighter
- Half milk: make it with 100ml hot water and 100ml hot milk and it becomes noticeably closer to a proper mocha. This is the single best change you can make to the box.
- Cutting the sweetness: you cannot remove sugar that is already in the sachet, but you can dilute its effect. A teaspoon of plain cocoa in the dry mug adds bitterness and depth and pulls the drink back towards coffee.
- Iced: make it on 80ml of hot water first so the powder dissolves properly, then top with cold milk and ice. Cold water alone will leave lumps, because this is a hot-mix sachet rather than a dual hot-and-cold one.
Getting It Right in the Cup
- Water temperature: about 90 degrees Celsius, so never a rolling boil.
- Measure: one 21g sachet for each mug of 180 to 200ml. Use a mug, not a large cup.
- Method: dry mug, powder first, water from a height, one stir from the bottom.
- Storage: keep the sachets sealed and dry in their box. A split sachet in a damp cupboard sets into a solid lump and is not worth rescuing.
- Travelling: the real practical argument for the format. No jar, no milk, no fridge, and seven drinks that pack flat.
- Best with: a break in the middle of the afternoon, a long drive, a hotel kettle, or any moment that would otherwise have ended in a biscuit.
Source: teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Nescafe Kit Kat Latte Sachets, 7 Sachets 147g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Nescafé
Nescafé invented mass-market instant coffee in 1938 and has been refining it ever since. The Azera range brings cafe-quality micro-ground instant coffee; Gold Blend is the premium freeze-dried; the Original is the everyday standard.
Packaging: Carton and used sachets probably part ways at recycling time; the box and your council will say how.
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
Nescafe Kit Kat Latte Sachets, 7 Sachets 147g is a finished recipe rather than a base, so the useful builds are the ones that change its balance rather than its flavour. Six below cover the standard mug, a richer version made on milk, an iced one, a grown-up version with the coffee put back, an affogato and a batch for a crowd.
Made with this tea
The Standard Mug
How to make The Standard Mug with Nescafe Kit Kat Latte.
- 1 sachet Nescafe Kit Kat Latte
- 180ml water at about 90 degrees Celsius
- Boil the kettle and give it a minute's rest, because milk powder and a rolling boil do not get on.
- Empty the sachet into a dry mug. A damp mug clumps the Kit Kat powder before any water lands.
- Pour from up high and briskly; a long fall is what whips up the foam.
- Stir once from the bottom to lift the cocoa off the base, then leave it alone.
What you'll end up with: A sweet milk chocolate coffee with a head on it. If it looks flat and tastes thin, you either used too much water or stirred it more than once.
Made on Hot Milk
How to make Made on Hot Milk with Nescafe Kit Kat Latte.
- 1 sachet Nescafe Kit Kat Latte
- 60ml hot water
- 140ml hot milk, dairy or oat
- Dissolve the sachet in 60ml of hot water first, stirring to a smooth paste with no dry powder left.
- Heat 140ml of milk to steaming, short of a boil.
- Pour the milk in from a height to build a head on top.
- Finish with a dusting of cocoa if you have it.
What you'll end up with: The single best version of this sachet. Real milk gives it the weight the powder alone cannot, and it stops tasting like a convenience drink.
Iced Chocolate Latte
How to make Iced Chocolate Latte with Nescafe Kit Kat Latte.
- 1 sachet Nescafe Kit Kat Latte
- 80ml hot water
- 120ml cold milk
- A glass of ice
- Dissolve the sachet in 80ml of hot water, stirring out every lump. This step is not optional: cold water alone leaves lumps.
- Cool the mix for two minutes so it does not melt all the ice on contact.
- Pour it over the ice, then fill up with the cold milk.
- Stir briefly and drink straight away, before the ice dilutes it.
What you'll end up with: A cold chocolate coffee that works because the powder was dissolved hot first. Skip that step and you will be chewing it.
The Grown-Up Version
How to make The Grown-Up Version with Nescafe Kit Kat Latte.
- 1 sachet Nescafe Kit Kat Latte
- Half a teaspoon plain instant coffee
- A teaspoon of plain cocoa powder
- 180ml water at about 90 degrees Celsius
- Combine the sachet, the instant coffee and the cocoa in a dry mug and mix the dry powders together first.
- Pour in the water from high up, then give one stir that reaches the base.
- Taste before you add anything else. The cocoa has added bitterness and the coffee has moved forward.
What you'll end up with: The same sweetness, but rebalanced. You cannot take sugar out of a sachet, so the workaround is to add a little bitterness alongside.
Chocolate Latte Affogato
How to make Chocolate Latte Affogato with Nescafe Kit Kat Latte.
- 1 sachet Nescafe Kit Kat Latte
- 70ml hot water
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- Mix the sachet with only 70ml of hot water to make a thick, concentrated chocolate coffee.
- Scoop both scoops of vanilla into a bowl or glass you have chilled.
- Pour the hot mix straight over the top and serve immediately.
What you'll end up with: A pudding made from a coffee sachet. The sweetness that makes it hard to drink twice in a row is exactly what makes it work poured over ice cream.
A Jug for the Table
How to make A Jug for the Table with Nescafe Kit Kat Latte.
- 4 sachets Nescafe Kit Kat Latte
- 250ml hot water
- 500ml hot milk
- Empty four sachets into a warmed jug and add 250ml of hot water.
- Whisk to a completely smooth paste before any milk goes near it.
- Add 500ml of hot milk and whisk again to raise a little foam.
- Pour at the table into four mugs.
What you'll end up with: Four mugs at once without four separate pours, which is the only sensible way to serve sachets to more than two people.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Typical values per 100g, as published | Per 100g |
|---|---|
| Energy | 400 kcal |
| Fat | 10g |
| of which saturates | 8.1g |
| Carbohydrate | 63.8g |
| of which sugars | 48.6g |
| Fibre | 10.5g |
| Protein | 7.6g |
| Salt | 1.2g |
Ingredients and allergens. This barcode's ingredients, as published, name milk twice over. Nestlé can tweak this recipe, so take the allergy panel on the box in your hand as final.
Ingredients, as published for this barcode: sugar, skimmed MILK powder (18%), glucose syrup, coconut oil, inulin, fat-reduced cocoa powder (3.7%), instant coffee (2.9%), flavourings, lactose (MILK), acidity regulators (sodium bicarbonate, citric acid), salt.
Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. Where this page and the box differ, the box is right.
| Component | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Milk component (powder) | a large part of the sachet | Body, softness and the foam. It is also why the box needs no fridge, and why the drink is not dairy-free. |
| Added sugar | present, quantity not stated to us | Set in the factory rather than at your table. You can add to it but you cannot take it away, which is the main thing to know before buying a box of seven. |
| Format | 7 single-serve sachets at 21g | One mug each, sealed until used, 147g of powder in the box. No jar, no measuring and nothing to keep cold. |
Pack: Seven Kit Kat Latte sachets in a 147g box, one sachet to a mug, topped up from the kettle. The 147g total is worked out from the stated seven sachets at 21g, not read off the carton. The current UK box is where to read the ingredients, the nutrition figures and the best before date.
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Sourcing & blend. Nescafe Kit Kat Latte Sachets, 7 Sachets 147g is made by Nescafe, the instant coffee brand that turned the category into an everyday one. KitKat and Nescafe are both Nestle brands in the UK, so the licence is an in-house arrangement rather than a deal between competing companies, which is why this particular pairing appears at all. The sachet mixes sit apart from the jars in intent: single-serve, milk included, sweetened, and aimed squarely at the afternoon break rather than at breakfast. What is being sold here is a finished recipe, not a base you build on, and judging it against a jar of black instant misses what it was designed to do.
What's in Nescafe Kit Kat Latte Sachets, 7 Sachets 147g, and what isn't:
- In: a chocolate-flavoured instant coffee mix with a milk component and added sugar, in a single-serve sachet made up with hot water.
- Sweetened in the sachet: this is not a base you season. The sweetness is decided before you open it, and that is the defining difference between this and an unsweetened cappuccino sachet.
- Not dairy-free: milk is mixed into the powder itself and cannot be separated out. It suits neither vegans nor dairy free households, and must not go to anyone allergic to milk.
- No wafer and no chocolate bar: the KitKat name describes the flavour direction, not an inclusion in the sachet.
- Packaging: the box and the sachet wrappers rarely go in the same bin, so check the carton's guidance against your council's collections.
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Source: teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Nescafe Kit Kat Latte Sachets, 7 Sachets 147g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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