Jot Original Ultra Coffee Concentrate vs Waka Colombian Medium Roast Instant Coffee Singles

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

A pocketable freeze-dried single origin, for a desk drawer or a bag

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

• +$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

• +Single origin Colombia, named, which almost nothing else in this category does
• +Freeze dried, 100% Arabica medium roast, published for hot or iced
• +Pre-measured sachets, so nothing is guessed

• −8 servings a pack, the fewest here
• −No certifications are claimed
• −No price is published for it here