I sometimes buy Muji instant coffee for travel. I believe they have decaf too!
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Sorry, I don't do instant, but I buy whole bean sugarcane processed decaf and do pour over coffee almost all day long. If you ever want to go that route, I'm taste testing different roasters for the best and I'd be happy to share my pick.
I've tried Folger's and Aldi instant decaf and they were pretty similar. If go with whatever is cheapest.
You seemingly have to give up on the concept of fuck nestle for that. I have tried a few store brands but a couple may have been made by nestle behind the scenes. They were all the same or worse. Supposedly other brands exist but I haven't seen them sold anywhere.
I ended up just grinding a whole bag of beans and mixing direct with filtered water in a big jar, leaving it sealed on the counter for a day, then dumping through a cooking oil/soup stock filter into another jar. If the filter clogs I pick it up like a piping bag and put a new one under and just stab the old one with a knife or chopstick to let the pooled up coffee into the new filter. I dilute it generally 50/50 for drinking but it varies by beans. For mixed drinks, ice cream, or other cooking I don't dilute it.
Try vodka: it doesn't have caffeine.
I can't speak to the decaf, but despite being a total coffee snob, instant has a place in my home, usually coffee flavoured drinks and baking.
What is good for you might depend on taste, but I would try Nescafe Espresso Gold Decaf for starters and experiment from there.
Just a heads up for anyone reading, Nescafé is owned by Nestlé, one of the most blatantly comic-book-level evil corporations out there. While Nescafé Gold is very much a standard in the instant world, I would strongly advise everyone against supporting Nestlé.
Fuck Nestlé.
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