<p>There's an answer to this question at <a href="https://cooking.stackexchange.com/">Seasoned Advice</a>: see <a href="https://cooking.stackexchange.com/q/36290/25286">What water temperature should be used for instant coffee?</a></p>

<p>A brief summary, taken from <a href="https://cooking.stackexchange.com/a/36356/25286">@PatrickSebastien's answer</a>:</p>

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<li>Use water at whatever temperature you like to drink your coffee at, or</li>
<li>Use water just below boiling, around 95-99 degrees Celsius (~205-210 F). </li>
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<p>Other articles <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Better-Tasting-Instant-Coffee" rel="nofollow noreferrer">like this one from WikiHow</a> also recommend using filtered water that is just off the boil.</p>

<p>See also that same SA answer, and <a href="https://coffee.stackexchange.com/q/411/262">this question</a>, for a discussion and additional context about how instant coffee powder is produced.</p>

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Good find; thanks for finding and posting that SA question and the other link. Your WikiHow link was broken, and some other things weren't clear; I took the liberty of trimming your answer down to the essentials. I hope you don't mind. +1 for the good find.
hoc_age
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Personal experience - Using _just_ off the boil led to bitterness with a new style of instant coffee (https://www.suddencoffee.com), which is prepared differently than traditional instant coffee.  The combination of dissolving the instant grounds in a few tsp of cold water, then adding hot water _1 minute_ off the boil was much better.
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Anthony Pham
<p>Sometimes I find myself in situations where instant coffee is the only thing available. How hot should the water be when I make it? I'm in Britain, so boil water with an electric kettle. Should I pour just off the boil, or let it wait a bit to cool down?</p>

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# How hot should the water be for instant coffee?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-02-20)

Sometimes I find myself in situations where instant coffee is the only thing available. How hot should the water be when I make it? I'm in Britain, so boil water with an electric kettle. Should I pour just off the boil, or let it wait a bit to cool down?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-02-20. Score: 11

There's an answer to this question at [Seasoned Advice](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/): see [What water temperature should be used for instant coffee?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/q/36290/25286)

A brief summary, taken from [@PatrickSebastien's answer](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/a/36356/25286):

* Use water at whatever temperature you like to drink your coffee at, or
* Use water just below boiling, around 95-99 degrees Celsius (~205-210 F).

Other articles [like this one from WikiHow](http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Better-Tasting-Instant-Coffee) also recommend using filtered water that is just off the boil.

See also that same SA answer, and [this question](https://coffee.stackexchange.com/q/411/262), for a discussion and additional context about how instant coffee powder is produced.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Good find; thanks for finding and posting that SA question and the other link. Your WikiHow link was broken, and some other things weren't clear; I took the liberty of trimming your answer down to the essentials. I hope you don't mind. +1 for the good find.  
> **username_3**: Personal experience - Using _just_ off the boil led to bitterness with a new style of instant coffee (https://www.suddencoffee.com), which is prepared differently than traditional instant coffee.  The combination of dissolving the instant grounds in a few tsp of cold water, then adding hot water _1 minute_ off the boil was much better.  

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