Continuing the discussion from Sochi’s black-market Starbucks, courtesy of NBC:
I have come to learn that starting a new thread, like this, is is the way to avoid totally derailing a conversation, like the one on the coffee shop at the overseas location.
in my coffee snob experience, K cups are the best sort of instant coffee that is readily available. I have found that cupping (swishing a few time back and forth between cups) to aerate the coffee after adding whatever you add, really assists the flavor and texture of coffee made on those machines.