Lavazza Prontissimo

Love love love this coffee. It is all I will drin now that barista coffee costs $6+ for usually a cup of expensive disappointment. But only the "Intenso" as the other one is absolutely disgusting as some reviews say. Intenso! Intenso! Intenso! Is the way to go. I can't rate it highly enough and I tell everyone about it. It is lovely rounded, strong and a delayed chocolatey after taste. Divine. Please sir I want some more!!! Show details

Is this even coffee? – What fresh hell is this? I can't believe they even call this coffee. It is the absolute worst instant coffee I've ever had. I won't say it makes Moccona seem good because, honestly, I'd rather drink swamp water over either of them. It's always on special because it's so very incredibly bitter. Don't waste your money. There are much better alternatives, including store brands.

2 types I rate, Intenso 4½⭐ and Espresso 5⭐, both great! – Do NOT use boiling water! I think those that do are the ones leaving bad reviews. Why else would anyone rate these Lavazzas so low? Believe me, I've tried so many different brands and blends of Nescafes, Mocconas, Coles Organic, blah blah and for my taste buds Lavazza beats them all (I like their roasted ground beans too). Pricey, yes, but I only… Read more

buy them on special 5 or 6 dollars or so at Woolies or Coles (instead of $11). The Espresso is great in the morning and I enjoy the stronger Intenso later in the day. There's a third one I haven't encountered, Classico, and judging by the first two I have no reason to suspect it is a poor instant coffee.

To each their own, I guess, it's good we have a choice - speaking of which, I don't agree with Choice rating Coles Fairtrade Organic Freeze Dried the best. To me it's the same as most popular brands. We all know freshly ground is the best but for instant coffee I find Lavazza tops. By the way, the Espresso is powdered and froths up and has 5% ground beans; the Intenso is freeze dried and has 10% grounds. Delightful taste, aroma and so smooth!

I only have 2-3 cups a day so maybe hard-core coffee addicts find it too mellow - hence some low ratings.

Great flavour and aroma for instant – Came across as on special.this is a great coffee.great flavour.heat me milk add coffee n water.son tried very impressed.full flavour.try a couple times before judge.keep eye out as regularly on special Show details ·  2

Not a fan of instant but this product sold me – Surprising to see so many reviews at the extreme ends. It makes you wonder if people use terms like "if feels that ash that's been swept off the floor". Do they think that people will take them seriously? Anyway as I indicated I don't like instant coffee, however I came across this product recently and I absolutely love it. Better than the… Read more ·  1

Nespresso capsules. It is a full flavoured, strong coffee, without the aftertaste (make sure you follow instructions, do not use boiling water otherwise you burn the coffee). I definitely recommend this product for anyone who likes their coffee full of flavour and strong.

Bland – Forget about the disgusting Maccona, bitter ALDI's classic, rubbish Vittoria & bland Nescafe blend 43. This Northern beaches Instant coffee from Woolworths is a well balanced & bold flavour freeze dried from Vietnam. The best instant coffee I tasted & 1 kg tin makes 200 cups.

Yuck! – I do like Lavazza pod coffee, but this instant stuff is terrible. Lavazza Premium Instant Coffee Intenso tastes like burnt plastic. I would never buy it again. I'm glad it was on a half price special, because if I'd paid full price I would really feel ripped off.

Nasty – After using a Lavazza coffee machine for many years, I’ve lost the taste for instant coffee and always chose tea instead. My machine recently died and I was so pleased to see Lavazza made an instant, as it had to be good right? Wrong! It wasn’t smooth and left a nasty bitter aftertaste. There was actually sediment left in the cup. So it’s back to tea for now. Show details

A surprising find – I usually use one of those Italian coffee pots that have volcanic pressure but while away on a camping trip I felt a need to have coffee and spotted this in Cairns. I cook, so am a flavour queen, and so I was cautious about instant. Moccona Nescafe? Bleahhh. But this is rich, flavoursome with great complexity and smoothness. Better than the stuff I make in my coffee pot. Trouble is its hard to find in Brisbane. Show details

Love it – I find this instant coffee tastes better than other instant coffee and a lot of ‘ Barista made coffee ‘ it has a deep rich taste . I do prefer the Espresso brand. Show details

Really, it's just instant coffee – I bought the 'Espresso' variety and have to say I was underwhelmed. Really, it's just instant coffee. Nothing remarkable or special at all. Bearable if you mix it with lots of milk. Stick with Nescafe. Show details

Horrid, I thought Lavazza was “premium” – I’ve had the distinct displeasure of having to wade through two tins of this mud. (Wife bought the second tin as it was “on special”, I can see why).....I drink a lot of coffee, instant, pod and plunger, and this is the worst, well done Lavazza! Show details

Some coffee from plunger and espresso doesn't taste this good – There are so many 1 star reviews on this site, not 1.5 or 2, which usually leads me to believe that they are bots or paid to leave bad reviews. Especially when they don't tackle valid flavour notes. If you check this product on any other side you will see consistently high reviews, so that should tell you something about the validity. Most… Read more

instants finish on very bitter or what some might consider burnt taste. This doesn't. One of the biggest tastes I find in instant coffee; every brand from nescafe to moccona has a flavour that is akin to wheat. Its a slight cereal flavour that must be a biproduct of the freeze-dried treatment after the concentrated brewing that these are made from. This coffee does not manufacture that flavour. It is quite subtle and smooth yet suitably strong and easy to drink. I would say this is the closest product to buy if you didn't grind beans and extract the coffee the proper way. It has a high price point, but its worth having a can in the pantry for when your plunger or espresso machine is on the fritz.

Tastes Vile – This coffee tastes truly revolting to me. Thankfully I've never tasted poison, but I imagine that it tastes something like this. It smells odd too, not much like coffee at all, more like chemicals.

Love this product – A really good alternative to Plunger coffee. Full flavour. Goes well with Almond Milk. Only problem is that our local Coles and Woolworths have not had it on their shelves for some weeks.  Show details

Best instant coffee, hands down – I started drinking this coffee a couple years back, expensive, but great flavour. Strong and bold, not for weak. If you know your coffee, and love the taste of coffee (not all you Melbournians drinking Melbin Magik's like its actually coffee flavoured) then this is the coffee for you! So disappointed Woolworths stopped stocking. Show details

Very Intense, but my Dad's Favourite – This is a strong, bold instant coffee. My Dad drinks about 10 coffees a day and he uses two loaded teaspoons in each cup and drinks it black, no sugar. He must be in the minority of coffee drinkers, because every time he finds an instant coffee he likes, it gets deleted a year or two later. This is his latest discovery and it is the only thing… Read more

strong enough in flavour for him.

If you are looking for a smooth, delicate coffee, this is not the coffee for you. I notice most of the negative reviews here are comparing this to espresso machine coffee, but I am reviewing this as an instant. In comparison to most instants on the market, I think it is a good coffee. I drink the other option in this range as it is a lot smoother, but if I run out, I don't mind this one.

Best instant coffee – Highly recommended this product, i believe people that reviewed this product with one star, obviously don't understand a good coffee. To all coffee snobs this product will give you sensational experience. Show details

Tastes like burnt water – Well done to Lavazza for creating an instant coffee that simultaneously has no redeeming flavour and has a flavour profile of burnt dirt. Then having the audacity to charge $10 for a 95 gram tin and advertise being able to get 52 cups out of it. I strongly recommend not purchasing this product even at the special price of $6, as any money spent on this "coffee" will end up down the sink, literally. Show details

Tastes like something that was swept off the floor – Absolutely disgusting. Tastes like coffee crumbs that were swept off the floor. Please never call this a real Italian coffee. I could only drink 2 mouthfuls. Dont waste your money. Show details

Great Instant coffee first impressions – I have always drunk instant coffee at home and have tried every brand from the supermarket. In my opinion this coffee is top of the ranks. It's flavour diversity is bold and has good depth. I just completed the 95g coffee tin. I would mainly drink Maccona espresso with a strength rating of 10 or a 7, 8 or 9 strength rating Maccona as I have to… Read more

change it up as I get displeased with drinking the same coffee for too long.

If you don't regularly drink instant coffee than your expectations will not meet the desired flavour as it's still instant coffee.

If you drink instant coffee on a daily basis I highly recommend buying it and trying it. If you do not like the coffee feel free to return it to the supermarket.

And it you didn't know add the milk to the coffee first before adding the hot water and it will taste better :)

My favourite instant coffee – I love this instant coffee. Some of the reviews surprise me. It is the only instant coffee I can buy in Australia that does not taste like maybe liquorice flavour and plastic mixed together. I hope it continues to be available so I can make a decent instant coffee for guests and friends. Maybe because I and mine are Italian. Show details

Tastes like Chemically Ash – If the ash from an ashtray fell on a petrol station floor, I think this is what it would taste like. It's going back to the store for a refund. It's undrinkable.

Don't buy it – Very disappointing. Purchased as a backup while coffee machine out of action. No flavour, no pleasant coffee smell even when first opened, weak as. Thought Lavazza would do better than this. This is being returned to Woolworths. Does not match the advertising hype. Mocona a far better option for when you cant use your coffee machine.