It’s not the same thing as freshly ground coffee, but as far as instant coffee goes, the Starbucks VIA Ready Brew was the best that I ever tried. I reviewed both the Italian Roast and the Colombian back when this blog was just in it’s infant stages.
I don’t usually feel bad for rich stockbrokers, but when the NYC health department took away their free coffee, the stockbrokers got my support. Having eaten in a few too many dirty New York restaurants, I think there’s much more important things to worry about than a cigar shop that wants to give away free coffee.
In the grand scheme of things coffee and wifi probably aren’t the most important things in the world, but it’s always nice to see big corporations doing something positive.