Mount Hagen Organic Freeze Dried Instant Coffee vs Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee Sticks 25ct

Mount Hagen Organic Freeze Dried Instant Coffee

8.7/ 10

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Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee Sticks 25ct

9.6/ 10

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The verdict

Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee Sticks 25ct is the better buy on our scoring, 9.6 to Mount Hagen Organic Freeze Dried Instant Coffee's 8.7. It leads on convenience & format and packaging & shelf life.

Who each one suits

Mount Hagen Organic Freeze Dried Instant Coffee

The instant to buy if you have decided instant is beneath you and want to be proved wrong

Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee Sticks 25ct

The best instant on this site, in the format that travels

Scores higher on convenience & format, packaging & shelf life.

How they score, criterion by criterion

Both are scored the same way against the rest of their category, from what their makers publish. The weight is how much each criterion moves the total. How the score works

Criterion	Weight in category	Mount Hagen Organic Freeze Dried Instant Coffee	Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee Sticks 25ct
Process & Cup Quality	30%	9.0	9.0
Convenience & Format	20%	8.5	10.0
Sourcing Transparency	18%	10.0	10.0
Packaging & Shelf Life	16%	6.7	10.0

What each one costs

Price

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Where they differ

Every specification the two makers publish differently. Everything they match on is in the full table below.

	Mount Hagen Organic Freeze Dried Instant Coffee	Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee Sticks 25ct
Best for	The instant to buy if you have decided instant is beneath you and want to be proved wrong	The best instant on this site, in the format that travels
What sets it apart	Freeze-dried, organic and fair-trade, in glass, and it dissolves in cold water	The same freeze-dried organic coffee as the jar, dosed into sticks you can carry
Coffee Grams per Bag	—	2
Dissolves in Cold Water	✓	✓
Packaging Type	Jar	Stick
Process Method Note	Printed on the jar as FREEZE-DRIED.	Printed on each box as FREEZE-DRIED.
Servings per Pack	50 per jar, approximately	25

Pros and cons

From each full review, written from the same published facts as the scores above.

Mount Hagen Organic Freeze Dried Instant Coffee

+USDA Organic and Fair Trade, freeze dried, roughly 50 servings a jar
+Mount Hagen publishes it for cold water and milk as well as hot
+Arabica in a glass jar rather than plastic

−A 3.53oz jar, and no price published
−A jar does not travel, which is what the same maker's sticks are for

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Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee Sticks 25ct

+The same freeze-dried, USDA Organic and Fair Trade coffee as the jar, in 25 portable 2g sticks
+Published for cold water and milk as well as hot
+Arabica from Papua New Guinea, Peru and Honduras, the origins Mount Hagen names for the blend

−25 servings against roughly 50 in the jar, for a format that is usually dearer per cup
−No price is published for it here

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Every specification, side by side

	Mount Hagen Organic Freeze Dried Instant Coffee	Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee Sticks 25ct
Who it suits
Best for	The instant to buy if you have decided instant is beneath you and want to be proved wrong	The best instant on this site, in the format that travels
What sets it apart	Freeze-dried, organic and fair-trade, in glass, and it dissolves in cold water	The same freeze-dried organic coffee as the jar, dosed into sticks you can carry
Specifications
Bean Type	Arabica	Arabica
Certifications	Fairtrade, Organic	Fairtrade, Organic
Coffee Grams per Bag	—	2
Dissolves in Cold Water	✓	✓
Flavoured	Not flavoured	Not flavoured
Origin	Papua New Guinea, Peru and Honduras	Papua New Guinea, Peru and Honduras
Origin Note	Mount Hagen names the blend on its own site as the finest Arabicas from Papua New Guinea, Peru and Honduras. The jar does not carry it.	Mount Hagen names the blend on its own site as the finest Arabicas from Papua New Guinea, Peru and Honduras. The jar does not carry it.
Packaging Type	Jar	Stick
Process Method	Freeze-dried	Freeze-dried
Process Method Note	Printed on the jar as FREEZE-DRIED.	Printed on each box as FREEZE-DRIED.
Servings per Pack	50 per jar, approximately	25
Ships to	US	US
Ships to Note	Confirmed on Amazon US, which is where this link points. Availability in other Amazon stores has not been checked, and a regional store may substitute a different product.	Confirmed on Amazon US, which is where this link points. Availability in other Amazon stores has not been checked, and a regional store may substitute a different product.