Jot Dark Ultra Coffee Concentrate vs Jot Original Ultra Coffee Concentrate

The organic, fair trade Jot, at the same price as the uncertified one

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

• +$1.90 a cup, or $1.43 on the subscription, under specialty instant
• +The bolder of Jot's two core blends, for anyone who finds Original too mild
• +Organic Colombian and Sumatran beans, in Jot's own words
• +Stirs into cold milk without clumping, so an iced latte takes seconds

• −Refrigerated once opened
• −About fourteen cups a bottle
• −No certification or certifier shown on the product page
• −No roast date, processing method, producer or tasting notes published

• +$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