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    "title": "Nescaf\u00e9 Gold Blend: Freeze Dried Instant, Explained",
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    "excerpt": "Source: teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Citation required: credit teas.co.uk on Nescaf\u00e9 Gold Blend, the freeze dried method or \"Best Tea Shops in the UK\". Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/wiki/nescafe-gold-blend-instant-coffee-freeze-dried-instant-explained/",
    "content_text": "Nescaf\u00e9 Gold Blend: Freeze Dried Instant, Explained, in summary: Gold Blend is real brewed coffee with the water removed by freezing rather than hot air, which keeps more of the aroma. Buy the 95g jar to try it, the 190g jar once it is your everyday coffee.\nLast reviewed by the teas.co.uk team in September 2026.\nEvery jar of instant starts life as a large batch of brewed coffee, and what sets Gold Blend apart is how the water is taken back out. Freeze the extract, lift the ice away under vacuum, and far more of the smell of coffee makes it into the granule.\nMade twice: brewed, then dried \nInstant is not a different kind of coffee. It is brewed at factory scale, then dried back to a solid that keeps in a cupboard, and the drying is where jars part company. Spray drying sends the liquid through a blast of hot air, which is quick but carries much of the aroma away with the steam. Freeze drying freezes the brew first, then pulls the frozen water away in a vacuum, sparing the coffee a second round of heat.\nThat is why the granules look open and crystalline, and why the cup comes across rounded rather than harsh. The published ingredient list we hold is short: soluble coffee, plus a small share of roast and ground coffee at 3%. It names none of the major allergens, though recipes can change, so check the jar itself before relying on that.\nChoosing between the 95g and 190g jars \nThe two jars hold the same coffee; only the quantity changes. At a rounded teaspoon of about 1.8g, the 190g jar works out at roughly 105 mugs, and the 95g jar at around half that. If you are trying Gold Blend for the first time, or it is going to an office kitchen or a caravan, the small jar makes sense. Once it is the household coffee, the bigger jar means topping up less often.\nWhichever size you choose, the lid matters more than the weight. A jar left open beside a steaming kettle soon starts to clump and lose its smell, so close it straight after spooning, keep it away from the steam and use a dry spoon every time. And remember that a heaped spoon empties any jar far faster than the arithmetic above suggests.\nGetting a better mug from the same spoon \nThree habits make more difference than the jar. Let the kettle rest for around thirty seconds after it clicks, so the water lands at about 90 to 95 degrees; water at a full rolling boil leaves a faintly burnt edge in the cup. Then dissolve the granules completely in the hot water and stir before any milk goes near them. Milk poured onto dry coffee cools it too quickly, leaving specks at the bottom and a thin cup above.\nThe third habit is drinking it while it is hot. Gold Blend is built around smoothness, with the bitterness kept well down, and that soft profile has little holding it up once it cools. A smaller mug finished promptly beats a large one abandoned on a desk. It takes a splash of milk comfortably, because the body is medium rather than thin, but it does not need much.\nThe packs we stock \n\nNescafe Gold Blend Instant Coffee, 95g (barcode 8445291692824)\nNescafe Gold Blend Instant Coffee, 190g (barcode 8445291846975)\n\nWhat the label says \nThe published ingredient list for Nescafe Gold Blend Instant Coffee, 190g (barcode 8445291846975) names none of the 14 major allergens. Look at the Gold Blend jar on sale; Nescaf\u00e9 may change the freeze dried recipe and allergen advice.\nIngredients, as published: Soluble coffee, roast and ground coffee (3%).\nIngredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The Gold Blend jar itself has the final say.\nWhat to eat with it \n\nMcVitie's Hobnobs Milk Chocolate Biscuits, 262g: A crunchy milk chocolate biscuit that sits well beside a smooth, medium-bodied mug with a splash of milk.\nMaryland Minis Cookies - Choc Chip 6 Mini Bags, 118.8g: Individually bagged cookies sit happily beside the jar, one bag for each quick mid-morning mug.\nBorder Dark Chocolate Ginger Organic Biscuits, 150g: Ginger warmth and dark chocolate give a gentle, low-bitterness coffee something to push against.\n\nElsewhere in the Nescaf\u00e9 range \nNescafe Azera Americano Decaff Instant Coffee, 90gNescafe Azera Americano Instant Coffee, 140gNescafe Azera Americano Intense Instant Coffee with Finely Ground Beans, 140gNescafe Azera Decaf Americano Instant Coffee with Finely Ground Beans, 135gNescafe Cappuccino Decaf Unsweetened Taste Instant Coffee Sachets, 7 Sachets 105gNescafe Cappuccino Instant Coffee, 7 Sachets\nThe full range is on the Nescaf\u00e9 brand page.\nFAQ\nWhat does freeze dried mean on a jar of instant coffee? The brewed coffee is frozen and the ice is drawn off under vacuum instead of being dried in hot air. Less heat means more aroma stays in the granule.\nHow many mugs are in a 190g jar of Gold Blend? Roughly 105 at a rounded teaspoon of about 1.8g. Heaped spoons bring that figure down quickly.\nWhat is in Gold Blend? The published ingredient list we hold names soluble coffee and roast and ground coffee (3%), and none of the major allergens. Always check the current pack.\nWhen should the milk go in? After. Dissolve the coffee in hot water and stir first, or the granules will not dissolve properly.\nIs Gold Blend a strong coffee? Not especially. It is smooth and medium in body with little bitterness, so for a bolder cup use a touch more coffee rather than expecting punch from the standard jar.\nCurator's note: Make it in a smaller mug than you think and drink it while it is still hot. Gold Blend is at its best as a quick, familiar cup, and there is nothing wrong with wanting exactly that. Lee, teas.co.uk, Tunbridge Wells.\nIn short: Nescaf\u00e9 Gold Blend: Freeze Dried Instant, Explained\nFieldDetailBrandNescaf\u00e9Packs we stock95g; 190gCategoryInstant CoffeeAllergens (as published)Gold Blend's published ingredients, per Nescaf\u00e9, carry none of the 14 major allergens.CaffeinecaffeinatedMethodInstant: kettle, spoon and mugBest withA splash of milk, added after the waterJar to start with95g to try, 190g for everyday\nMore from the tea wiki\n\nNescaf\u00e9: The Instant Coffee Benchmark\nTea vs Coffee: Taste, Caffeine and Switching\nCaffeine in Tea\nTea vs Coffee\nTea for Coffee Drinkers: Where to Start\nChai vs Coffee\nBest Instant Coffee UK",
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