# Nescafe Latte Instant Coffee, 7 Sachets 126g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £2.60 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/nescafe-latte-instant-coffee-7-sachets-126g/` _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-latte-instant-coffee-7-sachets-126g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Nescafé **Price:** £2.60 GBP **Servings:** 7 cups **Price per cup:** 37.14p **Caffeine:** Caffeinated **Brew temperature:** 92-96C **Brew time:** 4 min **GTIN:** 7613287074638 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Nescafé Latte is the plain, unflavoured milk coffee sachet that every flavoured variant in the range is built on top of, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection because an aisle full of caramel and toffee has made the straightforward version the hard one to find.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.Seven sachets of 18g, 126g in the carton, one mug each, milk powder already in the sachet so no fridge is needed. With no flavouring competing, the coffee reads better here than in any flavoured sachet at the same price, and it takes your own vanilla, cocoa or caramel far better than a pre-flavoured one would. 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. ## Description Nescafé Latte is the plain one. No vanilla, no caramel, no toffee and no chocolate: coffee and milk powder in a sachet, made up with hot water, and nothing else asking for your attention. In an aisle that has drifted steadily towards flavoured drinks, an unflavoured latte sachet has become the harder thing to find, and it is the one most people are actually looking for. Seven sachets of 18g, 126g in the carton, one mug each. The drink it makes is not a barista latte and does not pretend to be; it is the mug you make where there is a kettle and nothing else. The Taste Profile Milkiness: ●●●●○ (4/5) The dominant character by design. Soft and coating, with a light head from the pour rather than a machine. Coffee: ●●●○○ (3/5) Clearly present underneath. With no flavouring competing, the roast reads better here than in any flavoured sachet at the same price. Sweetness: ●●○○○ (2/5) Light in our assessment, and much lighter than the flavoured sachets in the same range. Cleanness: ●●●●○ (4/5) Short finish, nothing lingering. This is the quality that lets you drink two in a morning. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating 4.5 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Nescafé Nescafé is Nestlé's instant coffee name and has been the default in British cupboards for generations. The sachet range is a later development, and the plain latte is its foundation: the version every flavoured variant is built on top of. Toffee nut, caramel and the rest are this drink with a flavour system added, which is worth knowing because it tells you what you are really paying the extra for. The engineering in a latte sachet is in the milk powder rather than the coffee. None of that is glamorous and all of it is what makes the format work. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying Count: seven single-serve sachets of 18g, 126g in the carton, one mug each. Unflavoured: the reason to pick this box. Nothing has been added to disguise the coffee, so what you taste is milk and roast. Milk included: the milk component is in the sachet in powder form, which is why the carton needs no fridge and travels flat. That also means it is not suitable for a dairy-free diet. Cheap per mug: For comparison, the flavoured sachets in the same family generally cost more per serving for the same coffee with a flavour system on top. What it is not: not a decaf, not a cappuccino with a big head on it, and not a barista latte. It is a plain milky instant coffee. How Does Nescafé Latte Instant Coffee, 7 Sachets 126g Compare to: Starbucks Vanilla Latte, 5 Sachets 107.5g: the flavoured version of the same idea from a premium brand. Sweeter, heavier and more of an occasion drink. Pick the Starbucks when you want the mug to be an event and this one when you want it to be a habit. Costa Creamy Cappuccino, 6 Sachets 102g: a cappuccino rather than a latte, so more foam and less liquid body. The difference is real in the mug: this one drinks smoother, that one drinks lighter and airier. Ideal Serving Conditions A plain latte sachet has nowhere to hide. There is no flavouring covering the milk powder, so the two things that spoil it are immediately obvious: water at a rolling boil, which gives powdered milk a cooked, faintly tinny edge, and too much water, which leaves it thin and grey. Both are easy to avoid. The Proper Mug Measure: one sachet to 180ml, and be strict about it. This sachet is smaller than a cappuccino sachet and does not stretch to a large cup. Water: let the kettle stand a minute after it clicks; around 90 degrees Celsius is right. Pour: powder into a dry mug, water in from a height. The drop does the mixing and raises what head there is. Stir once: from the bottom, briefly. More than that flattens it. Building On It Stronger: half a teaspoon of plain instant in the dry powder lifts the coffee and adds nothing sweet. With an unflavoured base this works better than it does in any flavoured sachet. Your own flavour: a drop of vanilla extract, a teaspoon of cocoa or a spoon of caramel sauce turns this into the flavoured version at your own strength rather than the factory's. Iced: dissolve in 50ml of hot water first, then pour over ice and cold milk. Never tip dry powder into cold milk. Getting It Right in the Cup Water temperature: around 90 degrees Celsius, not straight off the boil. Measure: one sachet per 180ml. Stretching it is the most common mistake with this pack. Method: dry mug, pour from a height, one brief stir. Storage: sealed and dry in the carton. Milk powder takes up moisture and a damp sachet never dissolves cleanly again. Travelling: the format's real advantage. No jar, no milk, no fridge, seven mugs flat in a bag. Best with: breakfast, a mid-morning break, a hotel kettle, or as the base for your own flavouring. Safety And Purity Dairy note: this is a milk drink. The milk component is in the sachet, so the carton 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. Caffeine note: this is a caffeinated coffee drink. Child safety: a caffeinated drink and not a children's drink. Keep out of reach. ## Product Questions Is this flavoured?No, and that is the point of it. This is the plain latte: coffee and milk powder with no vanilla, caramel, toffee or chocolate added. The flavoured sachets in the same family are this drink with a flavour system on top, which is useful to know when you are deciding what the extra money is buying. How many mugs are in the carton?Seven. The carton holds 7 sachets of 18g, 126g in total, one mug from each. That is a week of one a day, which is roughly how the pack size is pitched. Do I need to add milk?No. The milk component is already in the sachet in powder form, so hot water alone finishes the drink. That is what makes the format work in an office, a hotel room or a caravan. It also means the carton is not suitable for a dairy-free diet. What water temperature should I use?Let the kettle stand for about a minute so you are pouring at roughly 90 degrees Celsius. A plain sachet has no flavouring to hide behind, so the cooked, faintly tinny taste that boiling water gives milk powder is more obvious here than in a caramel or toffee version. How much water per sachet?About 180ml, and be strict about it. At 18g this sachet is smaller than a typical cappuccino sachet and it does not stretch to a large cup. Overfilling is the single most common complaint about this pack and it is entirely self-inflicted. Can I make the coffee stronger?Yes, and it works better here than in any flavoured sachet, because there is nothing competing. Stir half a teaspoon of plain instant coffee into the dry powder before the water goes in. Nothing sweet is added, so the drink simply gets more coffee-forward. Can I flavour it myself?That is the best argument for buying the plain one. A drop of vanilla extract, a teaspoon of cocoa or a spoonful of caramel sauce gives you the flavoured version at your own strength rather than the factory's, usually with less sugar, and you can change your mind the next day. Will it work iced?It will, with one rule. Dissolve the sachet in about 50ml of hot water first, stir until completely smooth, then pour over ice and cold milk. This sachet is not formulated for cold liquid, so dry powder tipped into cold milk will leave lumps however hard you stir. How much caffeine is in a mug?It is a caffeinated drink with a modest coffee dose in a milky mug, so we place it at the low end of the scale. That placement is our own editorial judgement, not a measurement. Why does it go lumpy?Milk powder clumps when it meets a full mug of water at once, and a damp mug makes it worse. Tip the sachet into a dry mug first, then pour from a height. If you are making it cold, paste it with a splash of hot water before anything cold arrives. How should I store the carton?Cool, dry and sealed in its own box. Milk powder draws in moisture and a split sachet left in a damp cupboard sets solid. Use the best-before date printed on the current pack rather than any figure quoted online. ## Ingredients & Nutrition 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.Ingredients, as published for this barcode: Skimmed MILK Powder (47%), Glucose Syrup, Coffee (12%) [Instant Coffee (11%), Roast and Ground Coffee], Coconut Oil, LACTOSE, Acidity Regulators (Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid), Salt, Natural Flavouring.Typical values per 100g, as publishedPer 100gEnergy385 kcalFat10.8gof which saturates9.1gCarbohydrate50.8gof which sugars33.4gProtein18.3gSalt1.7gIngredient 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 and softness, and the reason hot water alone finishes the drink. Also the reason the carton is not dairy-free.Instant coffeeSee current packThe roast character. With no flavouring competing, it reads more clearly here than in any flavoured sachet at the same price.SugarPrinted on the current packLight sweetness in our assessment, and noticeably lighter than the flavoured sachets in the same family.Added flavouringNoneThe defining absence. This is the base drink the toffee, caramel and chocolate versions are built on top of.Format7 sachets of 18gOne mug each, 126g in the carton, sealed until used and flat enough to travel.Pack: Nescafé Latte Instant Coffee, 7 Sachets 126g; seven mugs, one sachet each, made with hot water only. Read the ingredient list, allergen advice and best-before date off the current UK carton.Characterising components shown; proportions are printed on the pack and are not quoted here.Sourcing & blend. Nescafé Latte Instant Coffee, 7 Sachets 126g is made by Nescafé, Nestlé's instant coffee name and the default in British cupboards for generations. The plain latte is the foundation of the sachet range rather than a variant of it: the flavoured versions are this drink with a flavour system added. None of that is glamorous, and all of it is what makes the format worth keeping in a drawer.What's in Nescafé Latte Instant Coffee, 7 Sachets 126g, and what isn't: In: instant coffee with a milk component in powder form and sugar, in a single-serve sachet made up with hot water. No added flavouring: no vanilla, caramel, toffee or chocolate. What you taste is milk and roast, which is why it takes your own flavouring so well. Not 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. Packaging: follow the current UK pack and your local-authority guidance; the outer carton and the sachet film usually take different disposal routes. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Nescafé Latte Instant Coffee, 7 Sachets 126g is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the mug tastes the way it does from the first lift of steam to the last swallow.The outer layer is aromatic and, with no flavouring in the sachet, it is only two things: warm milk powder and freeze-dried coffee. That makes this pack unusually revealing. In a caramel or toffee sachet the flavour system dominates the top layer and covers any cooked note in the milk; here there is nothing to cover it, so the way you treat the water is audible in the first sniff. A mug made with water off a rolling boil smells faintly of tinned milk. The same sachet made a minute later smells of coffee.The flavour spike arrives mid palate and belongs to the milk solids, which coat the tongue and carry the roast notes with them. The sugar in the sachet sits lightly across this stretch, and because there is much less of it than in the flavoured versions, the coffee gets further forward. Sugar and roast bitterness occupy the same part of the palate, so every gram of sugar removed from a milk sachet is a gram of roast character made audible. That is the whole reason a plain latte tastes more like coffee than a toffee latte built on the same base does.The base structure is the finish, and it is short and clean. The milk fades, a low roast bitterness closes the mug and the palate resets, with nothing sticky left behind. That cleanness is what lets you have a second one an hour later, and it is the quality most often lost when a sachet range is reformulated sweeter. If your mug finishes chalky instead, it was made too concentrated or the water was too hot.Getting it right in the cup. Use one sachet to 180ml of water at around 90 degrees Celsius, powder into a dry mug, water poured in from a height and fairly fast, then one brief stir from the bottom. Be strict about the volume: at 18g this is a smaller sachet than a typical cappuccino sachet and it does not stretch to a large cup, and overfilling is the most common reason people call this pack weak. Keep the sachets sealed, dry and in their carton, since milk powder takes up moisture readily and a damp sachet never dissolves cleanly again.How water and temperature change it. The same sachet gives a measurably different mug depending on how you treat the water. Hotter water and a smaller volume push the body and sweetness forward for a thicker, rounder cup, at the cost of a cooked note in the milk that this unflavoured version cannot hide. Cooler water and a larger volume keep it lighter and let the roast show, but below about 80 degrees Celsius the powder stops dissolving properly and you get grit rather than body. Made on hot milk instead of water the drink becomes heavier and quieter, closer to a flat white in weight. Made cold, dissolve it in 50ml of hot water first and then build over ice; it was not formulated to disperse cold, so the hot step is essential. None of this is a fault in the sachet; it is the same powder responding to the mug you build around it, and once you know which way you like it the result is repeatable every time. ## Recipe Ideas Nescafé Latte Instant Coffee, 7 Sachets 126g is a finished drink on its own, but because nothing has been flavoured for you it is also the most useful base in the sachet aisle. Five builds below cover the proper mug, a stronger one, your own vanilla latte, an iced glass and a mocha. Serving ideas, born here first The Proper Mug How to make The Proper Mug with Nescafé Latte. 2 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 sachet Nescafé Latte 180ml water at about 90 degrees Celsius Method Boil the kettle and let it stand a minute. With nothing flavoured in the sachet, boiling water shows up in the taste. Empty the sachet into a dry mug. Pour 180ml in from a height, and resist the urge to fill the mug to the top. Stir once from the bottom. What you'll end up with: A clean milky coffee with the roast still readable. If it tastes weak, you used too much water, not too little powder. The Stronger Mug How to make The Stronger Mug with Nescafé Latte. 3 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 sachet Nescafé Latte Half a teaspoon of plain instant coffee 180ml water at about 90 degrees Celsius Method Tip the sachet into a dry mug and add the plain instant on top. Pour from a height as usual and stir once. What you'll end up with: A properly coffee-forward milky mug. Because there is no flavouring in the way, the added coffee reads cleanly rather than muddying it. Your Own Vanilla Latte How to make Your Own Vanilla Latte with Nescafé Latte. 3 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 sachet Nescafé Latte 2 drops vanilla extract 180ml water at about 90 degrees Celsius Method Make the mug as normal. Add two drops of vanilla extract at the end, not the beginning; heat drives it off. Taste before adding a third drop. Two is usually plenty. What you'll end up with: The flavoured version at your own strength and usually with less sugar than a factory-flavoured sachet, and you can change your mind tomorrow. Iced Latte How to make Iced Latte with Nescafé Latte. 4 min 1 tall glass Easy You'll need 1 sachet Nescafé Latte 50ml hot water A glass of ice 120ml cold milk Method Dissolve the sachet completely in 50ml of hot water. This one is not built for cold liquid, so do not skip it. Fill a glass with ice and cold milk. Pour the concentrate down the inside of the glass and stir once. What you'll end up with: A plain iced latte with no syrup in it, which is genuinely hard to buy ready-made. Kettle Mocha How to make Kettle Mocha with Nescafé Latte. 3 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 sachet Nescafé Latte 1 teaspoon cocoa powder Sugar to taste, optional 180ml water at about 90 degrees Celsius Method Combine the sachet and the cocoa in a dry mug. Paste with a splash of hot water; cocoa clumps worse than milk powder. Top up and taste before deciding whether it needs sugar. It usually needs a little. What you'll end up with: A mocha you control. Starting from the plain latte rather than a sweetened one means the cocoa bitterness stays in the drink instead of being buried. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._