Product Spotlight: Starbucks VIA Instant Pike Place Roast (50)
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Tier: budget-to-mid. The coffee you'll find at most resupply stops.
There are fancier instant coffees, but few are as easy to find. Starbucks VIA is sold in grocery stores and many trail-town shops, which makes it convenient for long hikes.
From the listing
- Pike Place Roast, a medium roast
- 100% arabica
- A blend of Latin American coffees with "subtly rich notes of cocoa and praline"
- A box of 50 single-serve packets
Trail tips
- Stir it into a mug of hot water and it dissolves in seconds.
- It also mixes cold, so you can shake it into a bottle on a hot morning without lighting the stove.
- Hikers often mix in hot chocolate or powdered milk for a backcountry mocha.
Trade-offs: some coffee fans find instant coffee flat. Mount Hagen is an organic freeze-dried alternative, and the Mount Hagen spotlight covers it.
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