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Instant Freeze-Dried Coffee Brand Recommendations - Introduction to SATONIHBAN's Instant Freeze-Dried Coffee Flavor Profile

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee

Last Updated: 2026/01/27, For more professional coffee knowledge and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Since Japan invented pour-over coffee bags, let's discuss what category UCC coffee belongs to. This pour-over bag is not only convenient to drink, but its packaging also strikingly resembles instant noodles, with a retro RGB color scheme...

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In the morning, you've arrived at the office but your soul is still in bed... Drowsiness has become the standard state for modern people. Drinking a cup of coffee has become everyone's most commonly used "soul-returning technique."

In recent years, instant coffee has not only become more compact, cute, and portable in packaging, attracting many office workers and students, but what kind of performance do they have behind their cute packaging?

Nescafé Gold

¥94 2.8g*12 capsules

After one sip (subway elderly person.jpg), I regretted it! I shouldn't have bought the dark roast!!! The initial taste was bitter with a slight herbal flavor, and after swallowing, there was a smoky sensation stuck in my throat... After one sip, I decisively added milk to neutralize it... But! The bitter taste was still very obvious.

This freeze-dried coffee is very suitable for extremely drowsy people - one sip will wake you up!! If it's just for daily "soul-returning," everyone can try the medium roast. Don't easily challenge the dark roast~!

Three Squirrels

¥99 2.8g*12 capsules

Look! There's a flying saucer! Different colored flying saucers correspond to the same coffee~ Yes, it's just that the flying saucer colors are different. The design is quite cute, though it's a bit large and takes up more space.

As cold brew coffee: The flavor is distinct, the taste is relatively balanced and mellow, with an overall gentle feeling.

As latte coffee: The coffee flavor isn't masked by the milk, somewhat resembling café-quality output, though not as intense.

Yongpu

¥89 2.8g*6 capsules + 2.1g*6 capsules

The typist originally wanted to buy the black coffee mixed pack, but it showed as out of stock when ordering! So they ordered the specially blended cold brew coffee mixed pack instead. After trying them all, the typist frowned... Rather than calling this coffee powder, it's more like tea powder~ Drinking it with milk as milk tea is quite good, but it won't "return your soul."

Yunnan small bean variety: Bitter, very bitter, extremely bitter!!

Little Jasmine Tea Coffee: The tea astringency is very heavy, masking the coffee flavor, with a super concentrated jasmine tea feeling..

Colombia Blend: Among the 5 flavors, this is the most normal and has the most coffee-like taste, but the overall flavor is on the lighter side.

Osmanthus Oolong Coffee: Compared to the jasmine flavor, this one allows you to taste the coffee flavor, but the tea flavor still steals the show.

Rose Floral: The taste of rose aromatherapy... The coffee flavor is not obvious, overall quite light.

Saturnbird

¥89 2g*18 capsules

The mini size design is the most portable contender in the entire lineup! The packaging design and colors are very Instagram-style, making people want to keep the empty cans for various DIY projects after drinking!

The red small cup makes a latte that somewhat resembles coffee shop output, but slightly lighter.

The black small cup makes cold brew coffee that is overall balanced and mellow, quite good for morning "soul-returning."

The gray small cup makes oat milk latte, with the gray small cup feeling slightly more intense than the red one. Personally, I think the gray one is more suitable for mixing with milk.

Eagle Collection

¥118 4g*12 capsules

This freeze-dried coffee differs from the previous four - it specializes in espresso-style freeze-dried coffee powder that can only be dissolved in hot water. What caught the typist's eye was that when added to hot water, it restores espresso "crema" and allows for latte art~

But this function seems to be of no use to "soul-returning" people... However, seeing the "crema" floating on the surface can give people a strong sense of ritual.

When made into a latte, it has a rich coffee flavor, relatively mellow and balanced, with soy sauce notes and a salty sensation.

When made into Americano, it has a rich coffee flavor, more distinct than the latte, with fermented black bean notes, and the saltiness still exists...

Hmm? Salty taste?! Just like baking soda mixed with water!! Could the "crema" actually be bubbles produced by baking soda? The typist couldn't resist their curiosity and immediately bought baking soda powder to mix with a random freeze-dried powder for an experiment!

As expected, hahaha, the crema appeared!

After discovering this new continent, the typist set their sights on hot pour-over coffee (dog head.jpg)

Oh, it can make latte art!

(But it's very unpleasant to drink, though it's still good for practice!)

Back to the main topic!

Everyone may have noticed that the typist didn't give scores in this review. The reason is that whenever scores are given, everyone thinks the typist is selling advertising.... However, every time after finishing a review and opening their wallet: 0!!!

So this time! The typist wants to summarize for everyone in a different way!

Freeze-dried coffee is generally much better tasting than traditional instant coffee. It can also create many fancy coffees according to personal preferences. For people who like to drink coffee but don't have professional requirements, it's a very good choice!