Intelligentsia Instant Espresso Black Cat Classic vs Jot Original Ultra Coffee Concentrate

people who want specialty coffee from a direct trade roaster

Scores higher on process & cup quality, convenience & format, packaging & shelf life.

Iced coffee and milk drinks without equipment, cheaper per cup than specialty instant

Scores higher on sourcing transparency.

• +Freeze dried from Intelligentsia's Black Cat espresso blend, with published notes of dark chocolate, raw sugar and marshmallow
• +Single-serve sachets with a subscription available

• −$2.60 a serving, dearer per cup than any other instant here
• −Five servings a pack
• −Not resealable, and Intelligentsia claims no certifications and no direct trade for it

• +$1.90 a cup, against $2.60 for Intelligentsia's specialty instant
• +Mixes into cold milk without clumping, which instant does not, iced coffee in seconds
• +One tablespoon, no equipment, and the strength is yours to set
• +Origins named: Peruvian, with Colombian and Honduran

• −Refrigerated once opened, where a jar of instant keeps in a cupboard for a year
• −Fourteen cups a bottle, so a light drinker buys a fortnight at a time
• −A glass bottle does not travel the way a sachet does
• −Far more expensive than supermarket instant, which is cents a cup