Every day ’round here, we start our day by wakin’ my Lady up. She really does love her sleep, but we know the secret to wakin’ her up! All us pups take turns snugglin’ our snouts in her neck! With 7 of us demandin’ her to wake up, she can’t ignore us long WOOF! Once we get her eyes open, she rolls outta the bed and heads straight for the kitchen. She fumbles ’round, with eyes barely open, and makes up some kind of brew she calls coffee. Use to, we had to wait on a machine to moan and groan, like it was in horrible pain. Eventually, it would spit out the brew for my half asleep Lady. However, lately she has been takin’ some kind of challenge and drinkin’ somethin’ called NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® Coffee.
Us pups are lovin’ it! We no longer have to wait on the grumpy coffee machine – just a quick zap of the microwave, a stir in her cup and out the the door we go! Obviously I’m just a dog, so what do I know ’bout coffee? Dogs can’t have coffee! WOOF! I don’t know if I would like it or not, but someday I might just slip me a taste! Shoosh! Don’t tell my Lady! Meanwhile, let me fetch her so she can tell ya ’bout this new coffee she has been drinkin’!
Here’s my Lady’s Take on NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® Coffee!
Miss Molly sure is a pistol isn’t she?! However, she does have me pegged! I wake up each day with a passel of cold noses nuzzling my face and throat. The pups are always anxious to start a new day! My first thought is how anyone, or anything, can be so bright eyed and bushy tailed so early in the morning! I am not a morning person! My next immediate thought is COFFEE! Got to get coffee! Coffee is my morning savior! Getting my morning fix has been quicker these days, as I was recently challenged to switch my regular morning coffee for NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® Coffee.
I will admit to having my doubts about NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® Coffee, as it is an instant coffee. My biggest doubt was on the taste of instant coffee, compared to my beloved brewed coffee. But, I thought, why not do the #TastersChoiceChallenge and find out if it would pass the test! The pups were all in for the challenge as they could be out playing quicker. I always get my coffee and sit on the deck, trying to wake up, while they run and romp.
#CraftEachDay with NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice®!
What makes NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® different from other coffees? NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® is a delicious well-crafted instant coffee. I respect the fact that it is made from responsibly sourced beans. The beans are carefully brewed and roasted, then flash frozen to lock in freshness. It is so simple to enjoy a cup of delicious coffee! Just add the coffee to your cup and add hot water. The aroma is great and the flavor is rich and smooth!
Morning Coffee to Start My Day!
Is there really any other way to start the day other than coffee? I’m a coffee lover and coffee is how I begin my days. I am especially loving the NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® Columbian blend for mornings – straight up and black for me! It is made of 100% Colombian Arabica beans and has a bold flavor with a hint of fruity notes.
I love to enjoy my morning coffee out on the deck, while the pups go on the morning run. While I am sipping my coffee, I jot down notes and plans for the day. I keep running list of things that I need to do, grocery list, errands, etc. Morning coffee time is the perfect time to jot down all my thoughts before it has time to escape my forgetful mind. I’m not saying we will complete the list, but it is the daily plan and keeps me from forgetting important things!
Afternoon Delight with NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® for a Quick Pick-Me-Up!
By the time afternoon rolls around, I am usually feeling a slump in energy. A fresh cup of coffee is the answer to pepping me back up. It’s also time for the pups to head outside for the afternoon play time. Since I have been enjoying the NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice®, I decided to check out their recipes. I found this yummy Creamy Caramel Latte recipe on their website and it sounded delicious. So, I just had to try it for myself!
The other day, when the pups afternoon playtime came around, I mixed up the ingredients for the Creamy Caramel Latte and enjoyed it’s creamy deliciousness on the deck while they played. Oh my goodness! It’s the perfect afternoon pick-me-up! This recipe was so good, with the great taste of coffee I love, along with creamy delicious caramel sweetness was yummy perfection! Now, I can’t wait to try their other recipes on their website under Coffee 101!
Want to try the Creamy Caramel Latte for yourself? Here’s the easy recipe! And it makes enough for 3 servings, so you can share with a friend if you are willing to share 🙂
Creamy Caramel Latte Recipe
Yields: 3 servings
Ingredients:
4 tsp NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® House Blend
1 can (12 fl. oz.) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Lowfat 2% Milk (I used regular, as I didn’t have 2% on hand)
2 to 4 tsp. caramel topping plus additional for drizzle
1 cup piping hot water
Instructions:
Combine evaporated milk and caramel topping in microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH (100%) power for 2 minutes or until piping hot. Whisk vigorously until frothy on top.
Combine water and coffee granules in small pitcher; stir to dissolve. Divide between 3 mugs.
Gently pour milk mixture evenly into each mug, spooning foam on top. Thinly drizzle foam with additional caramel topping, if desired.
- 4 tsp NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® House Blend
- 1 can (12 fl. oz.) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Lowfat 2% Milk
- 2 to 4 tsp. caramel topping plus additional for drizzle
- 1 cup piping hot water
- Combine evaporated milk and caramel topping in microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH (100%) power for 2 minutes or until piping hot. Whisk vigorously until frothy on top.
- Combine water and coffee granules in small pitcher; stir to dissolve. Divide between 3 mugs.
- Gently pour milk mixture evenly into each mug, spooning foam on top. Thinly drizzle foam with additional caramel topping, if desired.
NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® Coffee has 6 Varieties of Roast and Flavors!
There are 6 different varieties of roast and flavors of NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® to choose from. I love the House Blend for it’s smooth taste and it is great for making all the different coffee drinks I love so much! Another of my favorites for morning is the Columbian, with it’s bold taste. In the afternoons, I usually stick with the House Blend and add in caramels, syrups, powders for a different taste. Oh, and did I mention it is perfect for iced coffee?! And, I can’t fail to mention the aromatic and yummy Hazelnut blend!
NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® Coffee comes in these Roast Blends:
- House Blend – which is a mild roasted, well-balanced and smooth coffee. It is great for most people and does well in coffee recipes!
- Decaf Blend – If you are looking for a smooth and well-balanced coffee without the caffeine, this is the one for you.
- French Roast – is a bolder coffee. It has complex flavors and gives you a full-bodied cup of rich flavors with a slight hint of smoky overtones.
- Colombian – has a bold and well-rounded flavor. It is made from 100% Colombian Arabica beans and has a hint of fruity notes. I must say this is another of my very favorites!
NEW Upgraded Container!
NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® recently changed and upgraded their 7 oz containers. They use to plastic, but are now glass. YAY! I love glass so much more! Glass helps lock in freshness better and is a much better option. You can see the rich granules and it looks delicious!
On the Go? NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® has you Covered!
NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® also has individual stick packs of coffee and these just recently had an upgrade too! They use to be for a 6 oz cup, but are now made for a larger 8 oz cup. I believe most of us coffee drinkers love the larger cups right?! With more coffee in each of the stick packs, it makes for the perfect cup of coffee. Oh, and the best part!!! Even though the stick packs have more coffee (meaning more coffee in the carton), they kept the price the same!
I have to agree that NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® has done it right this time! The coffee is delicious and the recipes are yummy! From a die hard coffee drinker, that means a lot! Of course, the pups love how quick it is. They no longer have to wait on the brewing of the coffee machine to go for their play times. So, what is the final verdict? Well, let’s put it this way. My coffee machine has now moved to a shelf in the closet, poor thing 🙂 NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® has mine and the pups vote – all thumbs and paws up!
What is your favorite way to start each day? Will you join me in trying the #TastersChoiceChallenge? We would love for you to give it a try and let us know what you think in the comments!
To help out, NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® is offering TEN of our lucky readers a chance to try it free!
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TEN lucky winners will win a
1.7oz NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® House Blend Glass Jar of Coffee!
Giveaway ends 10/6/16 at 11:59 pm ET! Open to US residents 18+ and older.
Click HERE to check out NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® and then tell us something new you learned, or which you would love to try, in the comments below!
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Good Luck Y’all!
Brings back memories of my mom in the mornings! She always used to drink Taster’s Choice!!
This is a great challenge. I would love to partake in this, and do good for this fine cause. Thank you so much for the great recipe as well, as I can hardly wait to make this.
I cant wait to try making this recipe we are big coffee drinkers in our house so I know we would enjoy it.
I like my Irish Breakfast tea in the morning, and my coffee after dinner at night. That’s usually cause I throw something tasty in there, like amaretto or whiskey for an Irish coffee.
I enjoyed reading your review. I will definitely check out NESCAFÉ Taster’s Choice coffee.
I am going to give this a try. I am used to brewing coffee every morning but sometimes in a rush
I don’t like coffee, but I could go for the caramel latte.
I enjoy the smell of coffee but somehow I have never become a coffee drinker, I stick with tea.
I love Nescafe! I liked the individual portion, so practical. Thank you for the recipes! Yum!
The caramel latte recipe sounds and looks yummy. Thanks!
Thanks for the recipe. Really helps that we can make our own favorite drink of coffee at home and save on the expense of buying it out side of the home. I like the packets of coffee they can be carried with me any where I go.
I’ve tried Tasters Choice, but my preferred coffee is ground drip coffee. I will have to try the Caramel Coffee Latte. It looks yummy
I have never seen this coffee before. Its looks delicious! I will have to give it a try.
Individual packets keep it fresh!
Want to try this brand now!
I love trying different types of coffee!
Different beans require different roasting times
I would love to try the french roast. thanks for the chance.
I learned that the origins of NESCAFÉ hark back to the year 1929, when Nestle was challenged to help preserve the surplus coffee beans in Brazil that resulted from the Wall Street Crash.
I learned that different beans require different roasting procedures. I thought coffee was coffee, but apparently it is an art.
I’d choose the House Blend & enjoy iced coffee (my favorite!)! Thanks!
I like that I can make fancy drinks with this
The caramel latte recipe sounds yummy!! 🙂
I would love to try the Caramel Coffee Latte.
I would love the Caramel Latte flavor.
I learned different beans require different roasting times.
Taster’s Choice is named right because it really is my favorite! I’m new to all these blends and roast as I drink the original and decaf now, but I would love to try the 100% Columbian next. They all sound yummy to this coffee lover!! 🙂
I’d like to try the French Roast, I always liked a darker roast.
My husband would like the French Roast.
I didnt know 14million cups of coffee are drank every day in the world. I learned that on Nescafe’s site.
I would love to try the caramel latte!
Ooh, cool! Nescafe has been the house top choice for some time. Get them when on sale, and the Home Blend is new, and looking forward to trying it out. Good that you can see it in the container too.
I’d like to try the NESCAFÉ Taster’s Choice French Roast 🙂
I would love to try the House Blend.
Love a hot cup of coffee and a good book or show!
I love Nescafe it’s so delicious and flavorful
I would like to try the Colombian Roast soon.
I would really like to try the caramel latte.
I wanna try columbian
thank you for the review and recipe.
i’ve only had this brand once before and i loved it! 🙂
wow
such a great challenge
Love thos! Remember having NescFe with my Mom. Would be THRILLED to win. Great review
The recipe looks delicious. I am going to try it!
I would love to try the 100% Columbian
I love this coffee!
To insure we are never without coffee with travel with instant in our bags. You never know what others consider to be coffee!
My favorite way to start my day is arriving at work early, closing my door and enjoying my coffee while I map out my personal goals for the day. I can be more productive with my coffee and a little quiet time.
We love Taster’s Choice. I carry the sticks when we travel and keep some on hand for cooking and baking, too.
I would love to try the single serve vanilla packets. This would be great for on the go.
I’d like to try the Iced Mochaccino recipe.
This is a great review. I like the NESCAFÉ Taster’s Choice coffee.
I learned that the US Armed Forces were NESCAFÉ brand ambassadors during WWII as NESCAFÉ was part of their rations.
i’ve never tried any of the coffee type drinks like caramel latte etc… i enjoy bold type coffees!
I`d like to try the Vanilla Single Serve Packets. Thx for the chance!!!
I’d like to try NESCAFÉ’s Taster’s Choice House Blend. I learned that it was “made from 100% pure responsibly sourced coffee beans” and that it had a 4.7 rating on the Nescafe website. I like that they’ve switched to glass jars. I hate everything always coming in plastic.
The Latte sounds delicious! I think I would like to try the House Blend.
Thanks for sharing the recipe.
i would love to try the hazelnut flavor…and the Creamy Caramel Latte recipe sounds yummy.i’ll have to try that too.
I would like to try the cafe de olla
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I would like to try the Single Serve Vanilla packets. I love vanilla anything!
would love to try caramel latte
i really like this http://www.nescafeusa.com/our-coffees/nescafetasterschoice/french-roast-stick-pack
Nescafe Classico is a bold flavor! I always knew there was something very good about Classico and I love it!
I would love to try the 100% Columbian coffee.
they all sound amazing but i cant wait to try the house blend
I want to try NESCAFÉ Clásico Single Serve Packets!!.thanks for the chance to win!
I want to try the single serve packets!
The French Roast sounds delicious. Gotta have coffee.
I would most like to try the House Blend – sounds perfect for me!
I would love to try the Tasters Choice vanilla single serve packets.
Love all the new flavors, look great!
I would love to try the NESCAFÉ Café con Leche
I would like to try House Blend.
I am so glad to see they are sourcing their beans responsibly and ethically! I want to try the Taster’s Choice Hazelnut Single Serve Packets.
This sounds good! I would love to try the Colombian roast.
I definitely would love to try the House Blend! Love Taster’s Choice coffee.
I want to try the Clasico decaf.
I would like to try the House Blend.
Thank goodness for coffee! 100% Colombian is wonderful and always my favorite. Taster’s Choice is a great brand.
I visited their site and learned that they have some wonderful recipes posted there! Can’t wait to try their Pumpkin Spice Café Latte. Sounds amazing!!!
I would definitely try that house blend to make that caramel latte
My mom was a loyal Tasters Choice drinker! She loved the convenience and flavor. I love it too. I really enjoy all of the different flavors!
Yum!!!I need to pick some up the next time I am at the store!
I would like to try Columbian blend .
I drink this coffe daily already. I like the Columbian Blend.
I would love to try the NESCAFÉ Taster’s Choice Vanilla flavor.
I would love to try the French Roast from Nescafe’.
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I would like to try the house blend.
Would like to try french roast
The Caramel Coffee Latte sounds real good !
I learned that they offer vanilla in stick form now.
I’d like to try the Colombian single serve packets! How convenient!
I would like the Colombian Roast.
I’d like to try the French Roast .
I would like the House Blend.
I am not a fan of spending the time to brew if I am the only one having coffee, this is a great way to avoid that
I don’t like any kind of coffee.
The vanilla instant coffee looks great too… I’d love to try any instant coffee really. But a fancy glass jar of real coffee would make a great kitchen counter decoration! Can’t live without coffee…!
I want to try the NESCAFÉ® Taster’s Choice® Columbian blend.
I would love the try the colombian roast and the Hazelnut flavor.
I am most interested in trying out the 100% Colombian Roast Coffee blend first and foremost.
I think the House Blend would be best for our own house!
I like to keep this on hand for people who stop by. I think it is the quickest result to a coffee experience.
house blend
Sorry forgot to put I would love to try the house blend
I would love to try the NESCAFÉ Dolca. Thanks for the chance!
I need to buy some more coffee because I now need Decaf Blend. I will try the recipe. I am taking care of my granddaughter’s dogs for a time and one is a rescue dog. They are good company.
My hubby would like to try the NESCAFÉ Taster’s Choice French Roast Single Serve Packets.
I would love to try the hazelnut Nescafe!
I learned the name NESCAFÉ is a combination of the NES in ‘Nestlé’ and the word ‘café’.
The Vanilla Single Serve
I would like to try the Taster’s Choice French Roast.
The team worked hard to find a way to make an instant coffee that would retain the coffee’s natural flavour. In 1938, they found the answer, and NESCAFÉ was born. They have hazelnut coffee!
French roast sounds good.
I learned different beans require different roasting times
I think the Carmel would taste good an I like the single packs they would be good for me as I am not a everyday coffee drinker so they would stay fresh longer.
I didn’t know they had so many different varieties for me to try. I really want to try the vanilla.
I’d love to try the challenge. I feel so much better when I start the am with a cup pf coffee.
I learned that Taster’s Choice has SIX Single serve blends. These are so easy and taste really good so I want to try the flavored ones now.
I would love to try the NESCAFÉ Taster’s Choice Hazelnut Single Serve Packets.
I would love to try the NESCAFÉ Taster’s Choice Hazelnut Single Serve Packets
I like the single on the go packets that you can use virtually anywhere.
I’d like to try the NESCAFÉ Taster’s Choice Vanilla Single Serve Packets. I didn’t know they had single serve packets.
The Creamy Caramel Latte with the House Blend looks so good!
The hazelnut single serve packets sound good.
I would love to try Tasters Choice House Blend and the French Roast coffees. They both sound really really good.
Huge coffe drinkers here and instant coffe is great for when you are in a hjrry and just want a single serving. I had no idea Nescafe had been around since 1929, wow.
I would love to try the NESCAFÉ Taster’s Choice 100% Colombian Single Serve Packets.
I would like to try the French Roast Single Serve Packets. I love the darker coffees.
I need to get some NESCAFÉ Taster’s Choice House Blend Decaf for when you want coffee at night but know it will keep you up. This is perfect!
I would love to try the caramel latte!
tasters choice was my grandma and grandpa’s choice when i was little i love learning about how they roast the beans and wow would i love to work in that place mmmmm the smell has to be amazing