Starbucks Premium Instant Medium Roast vs Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee

Buy the Starbucks Premium Instant if you want a medium roast with chocolate and nut notes and a smooth, café-style mouth-feel. Buy Mount Hagen if organic and Fair Trade certification matters to you, or if you want a freeze-dried coffee that reviewers call smooth and full-bodied. Both are medium-roast instant coffees in similar tin sizes. Starbucks is microground, so it keeps some of the body of brewed coffee. Mount Hagen is freeze-dried and certified organic. Owners of Mount Hagen praise its taste and aroma. Starbucks buyers rate it well but expect a milder, more familiar cup.

• Choose the Starbucks Premium Instant if you want microground coffee with chocolate and nut notes and a smooth mouth-feel in hot or iced water.
• Choose the Mount Hagen if organic and Fair Trade certification matter to you and you want a freeze-dried coffee reviewers call smooth and full-bodied.