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Instant Coffee - Avalanche 500g Tin at Woolworths - $3 [Selected Stores]

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PVA on 06/01/2015 - 17:09 files.ozbargain.com.au (1661 clicks)
Last edited 08/01/2015 - 13:52 by 2 other users

Super cheap, probably awful, instant coffee only 3 bucks.
Never heard of Avalanche brand before but probably no worse than International Roast or the old time Pablo coffee.
Great for friends you don't like or for crappy takeaway stores selling coffee you can't stomach.
Have one of these and Hungry Jacks coffee will taste fantastic from now on.
Nescafe for the same size tin is around $20.
Did I say it's cheap?

Saw many boxes of them at Woolies Southport. Use by date was start of 2016 but I doubt this will improve with age.

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  • frostman on 06/01/2015 - 17:12
    +21

    Great for friends you don't like or for crappy takeaway stores selling coffee you can't stomach.

    lolll

  • 17833 on 06/01/2015 - 17:17
    +4

    Wow that is amazing. They were a one off item some time ago (about 6 months ago) that followed a hot chocolate special by the same brand. My partner HATES the stuff but I really like it. I bought 3 or so cans of the stuff at $10, it was originally priced at $15 or so. More granulated like nescafe 43 than international roast.

    • GnarlyKnuckles on 06/01/2015 - 22:09
      +4

      "… but I really like it."

      OK I cannae claim that I "really like it", but for anyone that's pretty indifferent re instant coffee brands (like me), I can report that I find this one quite acceptable; you might find you're the same. I bought a can for $5 a few months ago and have been drinking it daily ever since. It's not bitter. It doesn't contain any (visual) impurities. It contains caffeine. That's all I need. As I said, I'm far from a "coffee connoisseur", I just drink a mug of the stuff every morning, to wake myself up. I hope there's some of this at my local WW for 3 clams… if there is, I'll go coffee cra-cra with $6 methinks.

      Then there's yer (coffee) cake-makers. Surely they'd be ALL OVER this post, like an OzBargainer on the scent of a "COTD free-shipping Eneloop deal with an incorporated $10 voucher?"

  • ELH05 on 06/01/2015 - 17:30
    +1

    Blleeerrghhh this coffee is horrible sorry, I know, each to their own. I have a huge tin sitting in my pantry. Id rather drink International Roast :)

    • PVA on 06/01/2015 - 17:43
      +4

      My dad buys International Roast for the guys at Noosa Mens Shed - he must not like them :)

    • ilikeit on 06/01/2015 - 18:21
      +1

      If someone offered me International Roast I would politely decline. I have to pretend to drink my mother's nespresso crap.

      • EVL on 06/01/2015 - 18:30
        +2

        Bugger that I purchased my mum a Nespresso machine for this very reason.

  • terrys on 06/01/2015 - 17:32
    +1

    it makes a reasonable snail repellent. Instant coffee doesn't usually have as much caffeine as brewed, so it is not as likely to kill them, but you can always put on a bit of duff-duff or acid-house and hide the water….

  • mapleice on 06/01/2015 - 17:45
    +17

    I would rather pay $3 for horrible coffee that I can redo, rather than $8 for a Starbucks coffee that I have to live with to keep up with my hipster lifestyle :D

    • PVA on 06/01/2015 - 17:52

      Ah, good point there - and you'd still have an awful Starbucks coffee.

    • toristo on 06/01/2015 - 17:52
      +79

      LIES! If you were a hipster, you'd never drink Starbucks.

      You'd be on a milk crate, sipping your Bonsoy piccolo latte made with ethically-sourced single-origin beans, purchased from a barista at a cafe so cool, it's in a side alley, under a roller door with no name.

      • plmko on 06/01/2015 - 18:14
        +31

        With all the hate Starbucks is receiving, you'd be a hipster to like it these days.

        • PVA on 06/01/2015 - 18:18

          true.

        • altomic on 06/01/2015 - 22:51

          @PVA: would I be hipster if I hated hipsters?

        • cannedhams on 07/01/2015 - 07:21
          +5

          @altomic: No, hating hipsters is what unites the rest of us.

        • altomic on 07/01/2015 - 09:07
          +1

          @paizuri: phew, that is a relief.

        • PVA on 07/01/2015 - 13:25

          @altomic: I could never grow a good enough mustache to be a hipster

      • giventofly on 06/01/2015 - 18:47
        +2

        Perfect description there, toristo.

        • toristo on 06/01/2015 - 18:58

          Actually, I think @plmko is right. I'm out of date and Starbucks probably is hipster-cool again now that decent coffee is mainstream.

        • King Tightarse on 06/01/2015 - 19:27
          +4

          @toristo:
          Only for ironic pretend coffee, not a real coffee, coffee.

        • rodericb on 07/01/2015 - 08:28

          @King Tightarse:
          Avalanche coffee will hit its sharknado moment yet….

        • klownz on 07/01/2015 - 09:42
          +1

          @toristo:

          So instant coffee has fallen out of mainstream with all the crappy capsule systems… it may be hipster again…. buy now and get in before demand pushes up prices…

      • yaziyo on 06/01/2015 - 22:24
        +1

        Out of a jar, of course.

      • cannedhams on 07/01/2015 - 07:21

        Pfft, that was the in-thing months ago. Nowadays, the milk crates aren't faux-ghetto enough so they are sitting on besa-bricks beneath a highway underpass, ordering yerba mate from a homeless guy who lives under a tarp.

      • theraque on 07/01/2015 - 08:00

        You know I would never have thought such a place existed but in Adelaide I happened to find such a place on a side alley with a roller door in an old warehouse. I naturally had to go to check it out. The coffee was ok. I then got others to join me. There was a hippie guitar playing dragon packing up his gear. I convinced him that he'd never get another opportunity to impress us with his music unless he set up again and played us a tune. He was just finished setting up again and tuning his guitar when we ran out of time and left. Poor sap.

        • Diji1 on 14/01/2015 - 22:42

          LEL. It's surprising what you find if ya a local :D

          Years ago me and a coupla mates found a rooftop garden in an abandoned building that was maintained for some reason. Went there all the time, never saw anyone ever. It was like having a secret park 8 stories up on North Terrace. Was truly bizarre because the basement had been taken over by druggies as well yet there's this rooftop garden…

          Forget what the building used to house (newspapaper?) but it's since been demolished. Was white, kinda opposite where the Hyatt Hotel is now.

      • JayM on 07/01/2015 - 09:14

        Don't forget the most important thing, you need the single cog bike painted in mat or trippy colours.

        • cannedhams on 07/01/2015 - 16:21

          The rule is for each spraypainted fixie bike hung above your awning you are allowed to an additional dollar for coffee.

    • ankor on 06/01/2015 - 20:19

      If you're a real hipster, you'd not be drinking starbucks but hanging at the local st ali / five senses / coffee supreme / mecca coffee sipping your $12/cup COE pour-over.

    • frostman on 07/01/2015 - 08:22

      This there, is spot-on

      The last time i had a coffee at Starbucks was 7 years ago, I recall it was horrible.

      Coffee was stale, potentially under-extracted, and the milk was close to boiling.

      • klownz on 07/01/2015 - 09:44

        The brewed coffee from Starbucks I find reasonable.

        Reasonable for $1 US for a venti over in the states. Not reasonable since its practically the same price as espresso here in AU.. :/

  • Benno123 on 06/01/2015 - 17:53

    Their hot chocolate isn't bad, FWIW. No idea about the coffee though! It just seems to be cheaper every time I go to Woolworths.

  • PJC on 06/01/2015 - 18:01

    Any more comments on how it compares with other instant coffees?

    • PVA on 06/01/2015 - 18:17
      +1

      $3, just try it. give it away if it's no good.

      • Click_It on 06/01/2015 - 22:09
        +6

        I remember buying a massive Aldi coffee tin once. Didn't taste that good, I forgot all about it and then discovered it in the cupboard some 9 months later, so I "donated" (left it) it in one of my then-workplaces which deals with long term unemployed people - doing junk employment courses etc.

        Anyway I came back to that workplace a good 5 or 6 months later and found it was still there, barely touched. I asked a random person what the coffee is like and was told it's bloody awful and complained about how they used to supply Nescafe and how things have gone downhill since then… I laughed, perhaps for a little too long. It must have tasted god awful by then.

        This stuff just made me think of that, I'm sure it's lovely though :)

  • strangeloops66 on 06/01/2015 - 18:04
    +3

    Avalanche says it all.

    • tonsta on 07/01/2015 - 00:07
      +2

      good lesson in marketing, best coffee ever made, but with the worst marketing possible. People havent drunk it and they already think its worst than nescafe.

      what if you knew it was from the same factory and same formula as nescafe would that change your mind?

      Its like an award winning Hyundai, car of the year… but still has the damn "made in korea" sticker.

      • King Tightarse on 07/01/2015 - 00:20
        +4

        "made in korea" sticker - will be an asset in no time.
        Early 70's Japanese cars used to be a bad joke. Will take the Koreans far, far less time then that.

      • terrys on 01/02/2015 - 09:26

        "what if you knew it was from the same factory "

        I tried it, once. It isn't. It does have a "thin" taste similar to french press rather than the creamyish mouth affect you get with a Bushels, Nescafe ect [ yes, Nescafe to me is budget brand, merely priced with tickets on itself], and it it certainly preferable to horrors such as Black and Gold, or the thing from the pit - Pablo - but about as bearable as [say] Coles standard brand.

        I think I'd find it more bearable if I'd been drinking budget ground coffee for a while, but it feels a bit "mouth-thin" to me.

  • AMLagonda on 06/01/2015 - 18:14
    +2

    This would be like drinking mud….:p

    • PVA on 06/01/2015 - 18:17
      +1

      mud, mixed with dog poop.

  • lfak on 06/01/2015 - 18:15

    I love international roast.
    Does this one have a similar taste?

    • PVA on 06/01/2015 - 18:16

      for $3 is would guess so, but it isn't powder like Avalanche , it is granulated like Nescafe 43 or Harris Instant

      • lfak on 06/01/2015 - 18:22
        +4

        I will try it if it's at my local for $3. If it's horrible I'll take it to work and claim petty cash. Hahaha

    • ELH05 on 07/01/2015 - 00:18

      No nothing like it !

  • power71 on 06/01/2015 - 18:20
    +2

    I think I saw this being served up in a Qld LNP function recently! Maybe they're off loading stocks now before 31 January!

    • PVA on 06/01/2015 - 18:35

      they wont get votes giving this stuff out.

    • deal seeking missile on 06/01/2015 - 20:47
      +1

      they'll lose the next election in their electorate

  • strangeloops66 on 06/01/2015 - 18:23
    +1

    Great for numismatists - cheaper than Coke.

  • ghostknife on 06/01/2015 - 18:39

    @terrys Instant coffee is mostly made from Robusta beans which contains approximately twice as much caffeine as Arabica beans (most espresso blends), I can't drink Blend 43, gives me instant caffeine headache. I'd buy this just because I'm curious but pretty sure it's going to be floor scrapings and ground up dirt with extra added caffeine to make you think it's coffee.

    • shaybisc on 06/01/2015 - 18:47
      +3

      That's a newy- opposite of everything I've read on caffeine levels.

      • KentT on 06/01/2015 - 19:16
        +2

        Instant coffee has about half the caffeine of brewed coffee - plus people generally make instant coffee weaker than recommended to avoid the extra bitterness you get from drinking what is essentially old reheated coffee.

        Unless you use a heaped tablespoon of the stuff, Blend 43 would have nowhere near the caffeine levels of anything you get at a coffee shop.

        Robusto does have more caffeine than Arabica, but that's largely irrelevant here.

  • redslert on 06/01/2015 - 18:50
    +25

    For a moment there I thought Supercheap Auto was selling coffee.

    • sachz on 07/01/2015 - 11:11

      i actually thought KOGAN started selling coffee myself…

      • rodericb on 07/01/2015 - 16:37

        He soon will

  • foonman on 06/01/2015 - 18:58
    +1

    LOL I haven't heard Pablo mentioned for decades.

      • PVA on 06/01/2015 - 20:17

        1983, it prob wasnt around much longer than that.
        Good ol Youtube… memories.

    • PVA on 06/01/2015 - 20:15
      +1

      My parents still have an old Pablo tin (screw lid), they keep rice in it.

      • cannedhams on 07/01/2015 - 17:06
        +1

        Same, my olds keep bircher muesli in theirs. I think the bircher muesli is as old as the Pablo.

  • meezyy on 06/01/2015 - 18:59

    I have had their chocolate milk powder and it was terrible. didn't mix well, everything that was mixed ended up in the bottom of the mug.

  • Cheeper on 06/01/2015 - 19:04
    -1

    The worst coffee ever was a Woolworths branded 500g can. They don't have it any more, but that stuff was genuine rat poison. Anyone ever try it?

    • iridiumstem on 06/01/2015 - 19:28
      +5

      If it was genuine rat poison, I doubt anyone who tried it will be able to comment. :)

      • sachz on 07/01/2015 - 11:12

        the stuff was so bad, even the melbourne rats avoided it (and kept living)…

    • Bargin Boy on 06/01/2015 - 19:33

      I had the home brand 250gram jar that went straight in the bin.

    • PVA on 06/01/2015 - 20:18

      I did see woolies home brand it's $6.99 a tin, more than double the price of this Avalanche stuff.

  • peterpeterpumpkin on 06/01/2015 - 19:15

    Is the chocolate powder on special too?

    • Matt P on 06/01/2015 - 20:20
      +2

      Yes, even cheaper too, $1 per tin

  • Tech5 on 06/01/2015 - 19:21
    +4

    Avalanche. I suppose that could be describing the bowel movements of anyone game to try this.

  • crazycat on 06/01/2015 - 19:28
    +17

    quick delete this bargain before my boss sees it.

    • me786 on 06/01/2015 - 19:39
      +1

      Too Late! LOL

    • PVA on 06/01/2015 - 20:20
      +2

      :)
      actually our company buys organic trade friendly stuff. Double the price of Blend 43 but so awful I can't drink it (and Blend43 isn't the best either). They wont let you order Blend 43 any more.

  • cycleri3 on 06/01/2015 - 19:38

    I used to drink Avalanche back in NZ, they are a fairly famous roasters that regularly win gold/silvers at coffee awards in NZ. But I didn't know they made instant coffee too.

    http://www.avalanchecoffee.co.nz/

    • PVA on 06/01/2015 - 20:48

      didnt realise it was NZ company. Now I see the map of NZ in the logo.

    • zzymurgy on 07/01/2015 - 09:18

      that makes it sound semi-decent. I wonder if anyone has actually tried this stuff.

  • jaam on 06/01/2015 - 19:39
    +6

    Voted, simply for the price and nice description by OP.

  • lobster on 06/01/2015 - 19:52

    which woolworths is this??

    • PVA on 06/01/2015 - 20:21

      Southport Park.

  • ezza on 06/01/2015 - 19:53
    +1

    +1 for the description lmao!

  • superuser on 06/01/2015 - 20:04
    +2

    I think OP should remove "awful" in the title, everyone has different taste, so yeah…
    I like International Roast but can't beat this price

  • yappyyap on 06/01/2015 - 20:05
    +1

    This would be great for serving the Inlaws. Silent grin when you see them drinking it.

  • 17833 on 06/01/2015 - 20:07

    Went for a trip down to my local Woolworths, still scanning at $10. Eastern suburbs Melbourne :(

  • -.- on 06/01/2015 - 20:07
    +1

    'Premium' coffee mmmm

  • [Deactivated] on 06/01/2015 - 20:17
    +3

    I thought super cheap auto started selling coffee for a sec :|

    • ShortyX on 06/01/2015 - 20:42
      +3

      You can say that again.

      • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 06/01/2015 - 22:39
        +3

        I thought super cheap auto started selling coffee for a sec :|

    • GnarlyKnuckles on 06/01/2015 - 21:55

      "I thought super cheap auto started selling coffee for a sec :|"

      Ah, "River Stix" is too kind/subtle… (sometimes judgment can be made pre-mortally, Rivs), so I'm gonna say it like it is…

      Nice try at a sly "POST STEAL" Fink… and dinnae even try and pretend ya didnae see Redslert's post above… Be warned though, a new offence of "POST STEALING on OzB" has just been passed through both houses, and I can assure you, it has nothin' to do with fences. Or selling stolen goods. See, now your unscrupulous ways have caused me to confuse myself. Anyways, yer on borrowed time, hombre.

      ;-P

      • [Deactivated] on 06/01/2015 - 22:42
        +3

        Your post is too long. Just neg me and move along. No i didn't read all the comments for $3 coffee thread.

        • GnarlyKnuckles on 06/01/2015 - 22:50
          -5

          "Your post is too long."

          Too long? Too long? TOO LONG? TOOOO LOOOONG? TOOOOOOOO LOOOOOOONG?

          Some would say it is NOT LONG ENOUGH, 'Mr light Finkers'.

          Let the jury please note, that the defendant is feigning ignorance, and shows absolutely no remorse.

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