"it's just sweetener; no actual sugar" I'll let you in on a secret: if it had a sweetener in it, it would have to say so in the ingredients. Which it doesn't. That's why it isn't sweet at all. They've taken really cheap instant coffee, added really cheap synthetic flavourings of flavours that _need_ to be sweet in order to actually _be_ that flavour, and that's it.
Plus, there would be carbs/sugar/sugar alcohol content in Nutrition Facts, instead of 0.1g per serving like here. They’re 100% relying on people adding sugar/sweeteners after the fact to make it palatable.
@@TheXGamer969 I purchased this coffee myself before even finding this video and experimented with multiple variations of milk, sugar and coffee ratios - you really can't get any flavour out of these things. For the price it's also a massive con.
I think the idea is it's coffee with flavouring added rather than sweetner added....as my girlfriend who actually seems to like them was shouting at the reviews. Ingredients: Instant coffee, Flavourings. You add augar or sweetner to taste it seems.
"why do you make your mugs so big!?" "So you can fit more liquid in it" I dunno how such a smart ass response can be so accurate, funny and amusing at the same time.
@@hypotheticaltapeworm i dont understand how anyone can claim that artificial sweeteners taste the same as real sugar. i notice the horrible difference instantly.
@@hypotheticaltapeworm Nah. If you want to make a sugarfree food that is supposed to taste like something sweet, then put artificial sweeteners in it. It tastes different from real sugar, but it doesn't taste bad to me.
I'm continuously annoyed that companies are allowed to get away with incomplete ingredients on packaging. "flavourings", "herbs" is another you see frequently...that's a vague description, not an ingredient. They might as well just put - Ingredients: Food stuffs.
Capitalism. The companies want to keep their secret ingredients a secret (which sometimes means lab-created flavorings) and don't want anyone to replicate their recipes.
Thank you for the post, Ashens. I lost my 13 year old puppy today and I was in need of something to cheer me up. Your videos are the perfect distraction from the heartbreak and pain. Thank you
@@jammpp969 I suppose we're not supposed to eat their meat either, then? No shit humans aren't supposed to drink animal milk. if we were supposed to drink it then that wouldn't make us a human, it would make us a calf or whatever young animal it is. We aren't supposed to drink their milk, but we do; it's not harmful and contains all essential proteins. So what's your point lmao.
Stuart! As a huge fan of these coffees, I can fully recommend popping in 3 sweeteners (or sugars). The best ones are the festive flavours and the chocolatey ones 😊 I'd fully recommend the Skinny Co flavoured coffees over these, mainly because they have a stronger flavour without having to add sugar
Yes another Beanies fan. I find most of them are palatable and some are really lovely. But one or two are horrible. But overall a good brand of instant coffee.
I like Beanies coffee too. My favourite flavour is the Hazelnut flavour and my partner’s favourite is .. yes.. the Cookie dough flavour! I add dark brown sugar and whole milk to ours. I’m not fond of the Irish cream flavour
Given how old and beat up the brown couch is, I don't think it would work well as an actually couch for sitting. Like if I remember correctly, the back of the couch is completely missing as the fabric was cut up into squares and given away as a kickstarter reward.
There's an episode by another UA-camr showing the office building that the three sets of UA-camrs rent together. Yes Ashens films this in an office and has done for a few years as this isn't their first place.
Lidl here in Ireland were selling Beanies stuff recently. Someone gave me a jar of the mint flavoured coffee. Managed to drink about half a mug before I dumped it down the sink. It tasted like someone dunked an after 8 mint in 5 gallons of water.....just the vaguest hint of a mint taste. Edit..... Just checked and it was mint chocolate flavour. Well, it said that on the label but there was zero chocolate taste at all. Interestingly, there was no mention of it being sugar free!
Most of them smell unpleasant enough to trigger the gag reflex in me - and I have cleaned up in an abattoir with a steam cleaner, and the various sights and sounds in there didn't make me gag.
I had some of these: Chocolate orange, mint, and one I forgot. I only tried the chocolate orange one. I didn't hate it, but the smell stuck around for a while somehow.
I bought the cookie dough one, aside from very very faint after taste it was literally cheap coffee, which was disappointing as mine smelt very potently of cookie dough when opening the packaging
@@khoo7732 true I bought the Very Vanilla flavor and it smells wonderful when I open the bottle. But after brewing it taste really crappy and you can't taste any vanilla at all. It's a surprise the entire product range reviewed highly on the online store I bought it from.
They all smell fantastic. The taste, however... Not so much. I'd describe it as 'grim', too. And that's every flavour. The family member who bought them tried several, and binned them after attempting one cup. I rescued the jars, tried them, and returned them to the bin. Horrid.
Adding boiling water to instant coffee burns the beans and makes it taste horrible and bitter regardless of the quality, I'd recommend doing the test again with water around the 70°C mark and seeing if the flavour improves.
I did not know this. Is there anyway to mark how hot it might be through with out a thermometer? Like, would simmering the water get it closer to a temp that doesn't burn the granules?
Instant coffee is made with Robusta beans (as opposed to Arabica), which are cheaper and easier to grow with high yields. The downside is that Robusta beans make bad coffee, and indeed (burnt) rubber and wood are frequently the main tasting notes. Robusta does have a higher concentration of caffeine though, so instant coffee is mainly a "insert caffeine into body" thing, not a "i want to enjoy a cup of coffee" thing. Can't imagine how bad it'd taste with a bunch of artificial flavourings and sweeteners in. 😖🤢
@@CaitiffPrimogen - Yeah there are some very rare exceptions to the rule. I know of Voila and Swift Cup. But they're all like $20+ for 5-6 cups. 😅 Are you sure that Percol's is 100% Arabica? Because the one I just found says "Finely ground Arabica" on the packaging, but in the description clearly states: _"95% instant coffee infused with 5% finely ground Arabica coffee."_ 🤔
@@TheMrVengeance From their website: "The majority of our coffee is made from 100% Arabica beans, however certain products - such as our Intense Espresso range - are a mix of Arabica and Robusta, as this is much better suited to an espresso blend. Arabica coffee has less caffeine than Robusta, but almost twice the amount of lipids and naturally occurring sugars, meaning it often tastes a lot better."
@@CaitiffPrimogen - Yeah, that "majority" is about their ground and whole bean coffee. Their instant is one of those "certain products" that is a mix. The mix being 95% Robusta and 5% Arabica. They even advertise the "PACKS A CAFFEINE PUNCH" on the instant (ie. it contains a lot of Robusta). Pretty misleading unless you know what you're looking for. 😕
I'm guessing it's like in every cheap horrible food video Ashens makes, there's always at least one comment from some who genuinely thinks they're the best thing they've ever tasted. It makes me worried about their lives, if I'm honest.
I was given a christmas selection of these in sachets by my auntie. I kept my girlfriend entertained by tasting a different one each evening over facetime and ranking them. All of them were disgusting, in different ways. Some had pleasant smells, but tasted vile, some were just bland, some smelled of vomit and tasted worse. I haven’t encountered a single “beanies” that is actually nice, but they always serve to make me chuckle when i see them in Home Sense or another store. A nice memory.
Seeing these fancy flavoured ones always make me wish I didn't despise coffee. After seeing this, Im once again comfortable with my coffee hatred. Sounds like they'd be better as potpourri.
@@Liofa73 yeah, a lot of people say that when they find out I don't like it. But I don't even like coffee flavoured chocolates, or anything that smells or of it, so it might just be it isn't for me.
I love these Beanies flavoured coffee's, they're amazing 😁 I couldn't believe it when I first saw them in Aldi, as on the official Beanie's website the jars are £2.50 each.
Been drinking these for a few years. living in the North East I just realised that they may not have had full distribution. Bought them from the Metrocentre if any northers care,
I found your channel recently, I knew about it for a long time after reading your article in a Guinness World Record Gaming Edition on terrible games a while back. Glad I rediscovered it because it's so wholesome
We actually tend to put a glottal stop in the word water, so it’s more like ‘wau- er’, basically I’d a word had a ‘t’ in the middle we probably won’t pronounce it. Also, don’t get too mad about Americans pronouncing ‘aluminium’ wrong, it’s a different word with a different spelling and I believe the original, but most of the word decided to love to ‘aluminium’ I’m saying this, yet I’m like you and much prefer the british pronunciation, but I am british so that’s possibly why.
I haven't watched an ashens video in a while (have been watching since the first poundland specials!), but this came on my feed and I clicked it. I'm so irrationally happy that your whole setting hasn't changed, it's almost comforting. Thanks for the laughs!
Those jars were like a quarter empty... how much coffee do you use?!?!? I've had various flavours of these, and I do quite enjoy some! Pumpkin spice is quite decent if you like that sort of thing.
Same. I'm a fan of proper coffee but I do actually like these. Protip: you can prepare an overall much nicer cup from them if you disregard the instructions completely and make a latte with them. Brew an espresso-esque shot using 1.5 - 2 teaspoons of Beanies and maybe half an inch or so of boiling water in the bottom of a medium-sized mug, stir well to ensure it's dissolved, and top with hot frothed / steamed milk (requires a milk frother or steam arm, but you could also heat it up on the hob and use an Aerolatte for basically the same results for cheap... which also works amazingly for hot chocolates while we're at it). The sweetness of a more milky drink complements the rather unsweet coffee and brings out a surprising level of flavour. Some are better than others though. Cinder Toffee is my favourite that I've tried so far, and yes the Pumpkin Spice one was good too!
GreenMantaray Funny you should mention it, I believe Nescafé recommends 3-4 teaspoons pr. cup which, imo, makes it insanely strong. 1-2 seems more appropriate.
@@shiboomi2249 That's exactly how I do it too! I'm a big fan of "real" coffee too (although usually cold brew heated up with a dash of milk because if I did anything remotely elaborate in the morning I would accidentally burn down the house). My New Year's Resolution last year was to find my favourite coffee bean/ground coffee, and needless to say it's spilled into this!
I imagine the DYKG team walking into work only to see Ashens smiling behind a table with plastic cups filled with mysterious liquids and feeling waves of dread and fear wash over them.
Beanies is pretty good, honestly. The irish coffee and the hazelnut flavours are lovely. But if you want cheap, delicious flavoured coffee, Littles is your best bet, it's hard to find in shops though - it's like what beanies WANTS to be, but Littles actually hits.
Because 4AM UK time is 8PM LA time, and evening in most of the US. Where UA-cam's biggest audience is. Also Ashens isn't posting, it's just scheduled to go live.
I buy Beanies in Sainsburys. Sold as a premium instant! The amaretto flavoured one is great at Christmas but I mixed it with a plain coffee as it is quite strong.
I remember having these for Christmas a few years ago. From what I remembered the jars did kinda smell of what they said on the label but they taste exactly like cheap burnt instant coffee with no hint of other flavour. Never tried it with milk fortunately though.
Ashens: This is a weak start. Me: Oh boy oh boy are you going to be surprised when you try the other 'flavours'! Such flavours include: Bland, bland, tasteless, bland and, i swear i drank this one a minute ago! Edit: There are a load more flavours than this, you can buy a mini tasters pack with something like 7 different flavours
"The taste doesn't really match up with the smell of it" So, exactly like every tea free fruity/herb tea. Ooh it's Ginger and lemon, it smells amazing...and tastes exactly like hot water you haven't put a tea bag in.
My co-workers have the mint and the toffee one. I've had the toffee one. It was cheap instant coffee (I should know, I used to drink the Asda Smart Price one) with a vague Starbucks-sweet flavour over it.
"I'd probably drink that and be like.." "I wish I hadn'a drunk that." LMAO! That is exactly how I feel about instant coffee. Now when I am at my Gran's and she makes me a cup, OF-BLOODY-COURSE I'll drink it and ask for a second because she's my GRAN! But ANYONE else wants me to drink that instant shit I tell them to FUCK OFF!
I worked at a factory that had a bunch of instant coffee break open and get wet. The stuff that dripped on the concrete floor solidified and we had to get a shove to try and break it off. We ended up breaking the shovel and barely dented the crystallized instant coffee.
Actually modern sugar free hard candies aren't terrible. I have diabetic parents and they make me try their bizarre fake foods. I've had off brand full sugar candies that were worse
If you can't have high levels of sugar why would you eat sweets? Anyway they are probably full of artificial sweeteners, which have been shown to make you crave sugar.
Not even remotely true :P. Liquid sucralose is amazing. In cream cheese it's basically cheese cake. Essentially the same flavor without the calories from refined sugar. Just the glorious fat. Recommend using a real cream cheese brand though, like Philadelphia. Not a cheap store brand. That stuff has added starch. Almond flour, some fat and liquid sucralose is lowcarb cake or flatjacks, etc etc.
I like to mix the Beanies Gingerbread flavour with the Beanies Irish Cream flavour and then sweeten it with some Jordan's Skinny Syrup Smores plus a drop of almond milk. You definitely need a sweetener to bring out the flavour with Beanies coffee and some of the flavours are hit and miss but because it's low carb it's a nice treat for me while I'm on the keto diet.
“It tastes of wet” is the best description I’ve ever heard for a drink
I really need to steal it.
Reminds me of an old german joke:
"I know why the british drink so much tea. I tasted their coffee..."
"it's just sweetener; no actual sugar" I'll let you in on a secret: if it had a sweetener in it, it would have to say so in the ingredients. Which it doesn't. That's why it isn't sweet at all. They've taken really cheap instant coffee, added really cheap synthetic flavourings of flavours that _need_ to be sweet in order to actually _be_ that flavour, and that's it.
and charged ridiculous amount s for it
Plus, there would be carbs/sugar/sugar alcohol content in Nutrition Facts, instead of 0.1g per serving like here. They’re 100% relying on people adding sugar/sweeteners after the fact to make it palatable.
@@TheXGamer969 Even though they boast about having no sugar. Friggin' marketing.
@@TheXGamer969 I purchased this coffee myself before even finding this video and experimented with multiple variations of milk, sugar and coffee ratios - you really can't get any flavour out of these things. For the price it's also a massive con.
Wait, so if you added your own artificial sweetener or real sweetener, the flavors might actually come out?
I think they meant "attempted delightful flavor" rather than "a tempting..."
attempting delightful flavour
@@velazquezarmouries and failing miserably
@@BandEater indeed
the auto-captions actually say attempted lmao
I think the idea is it's coffee with flavouring added rather than sweetner added....as my girlfriend who actually seems to like them was shouting at the reviews. Ingredients: Instant coffee, Flavourings. You add augar or sweetner to taste it seems.
"why do you make your mugs so big!?"
"So you can fit more liquid in it" I dunno how such a smart ass response can be so accurate, funny and amusing at the same time.
Big mugs are the future
I'd have said the mugs are overclocked for more performance
"smells a bit more petrol-y than the other one"... Always a good sign.
I bet Ashens was 'gassed' about it..
I look for that in coffee - does it smell of petrochemicals? If it does, 👍
Alex B oh, quit fueling around
That's actually a good description. I've had other shitty instant coffee before and I could remember the taste when he said that.
Caramel is literally melted sugar, and yet there's no sugar in it
Nani!??
Makes you think what the hell they're putting in it then. The real question is who the hell wants popcorn flavored coffee?
@@OnTheArchipelago who's nani
@@girlsdrinkfeck my dad
@@Richter-89 I like popcorn flavored jellybeans, but not popcorn flavored coffee.
This was just an excuse to show off your cool mugs, wasnt it
Well, look at them and then ask yourself if you can blame him.
The street Fighter 2 mug didn't have scane lines so i wasn't that impressed! XD
Ashen is a great gauge for bad tasting stuff considering he, and I quote: "I ate a funny egg once".
Said funny egg probably scarred him for life
The best bit was that it was an out of date funny egg.
@@BobMonkeypimp I think he, and his stomach would disagree with that!
His friend Barry had an in date one and it was apparently fine.
Imagine the jokes it would tell if it could speak.
@@BobMonkeypimp Out of date by, like, a 1000 years.
@@DrNoxin If your ancient Chinese delicacies come shrink wrapped in plastic you might just have been duped.
There are no sweeteners in them - it's not in the ingredients which is why when you taste them there's no sweetness.
why even mention that on the packaging, its just confusing
Honestly, better than if they had just used sugar substitutes, which taste of death.
@@hypotheticaltapeworm i dont understand how anyone can claim that artificial sweeteners taste the same as real sugar. i notice the horrible difference instantly.
@@guguigugu the only "sugar free" thing I'll ever choose over the alternative is gum.
@@hypotheticaltapeworm Nah. If you want to make a sugarfree food that is supposed to taste like something sweet, then put artificial sweeteners in it. It tastes different from real sugar, but it doesn't taste bad to me.
"I made you some coffee!"
"Oh boy what flavor?!"
"Coffee flavored."
Daaad, I'm hungry!
*intense guitar music*
Hi Hungry, I'm Dad!
I want some coffee flavored coffee!
*little coffee mug jumps out the big one*
Beanies coffee is a renowned aphrodesiac, often resulting in what we call "Beanie Babies"
Well played, my friend. Had me hook, line and sinker.
Get out.
Say Beanies Beanies Beanies Beanies Beanies fast. It will sound like you are saying Penis Penis Penis Penis.
I laughed so hard at MaxWell House, they told me to leave!
“We’ve got all these stupid flavours for jelly beans, anything else we can stick them in?”
“Some of them could go in cheap coffee.”
"Some of them could make cheap coffee worse...and yet sell better!"
Coffee flavoured jellybean flavoured coffee?😁
To clarify, that's cheap in quality, NOT in price. Apparently it's pretty expensive.
I'm continuously annoyed that companies are allowed to get away with incomplete ingredients on packaging. "flavourings", "herbs" is another you see frequently...that's a vague description, not an ingredient. They might as well just put -
Ingredients:
Food stuffs.
Capitalism. The companies want to keep their secret ingredients a secret (which sometimes means lab-created flavorings) and don't want anyone to replicate their recipes.
@@WaywardSpirited well, I doubt anyone is going to want to replicate *these* recipes, judging by how they went down!
"It tastes like burning!" =Ralph Wiggum=
I eated the purple berries
all of the classis ralph quotes... many of them work.
Stephen Tumlin I start fires
@@kingjames4886 Thanks Super Nintendo Chalmers.
I bent my wookie
"this smells..of burnt rubber. tremendous"
WHAT A START
Thank you for the post, Ashens. I lost my 13 year old puppy today and I was in need of something to cheer me up. Your videos are the perfect distraction from the heartbreak and pain. Thank you
♥
condolences
@@slaughterround643 thank you
@@michellemcknight4185 thank you so much.
My thoughts are with you 💖 rip
"Ooh, it can." Is the darkest roast that coffee ever got.
Poor coffee, always getting roasted :c
We are all awake at 4am and watching ashens...thanks youtube
Yep. This is the peak of humanity.
Insomniacs UNITE!🥱😆
Yuppp. Can't beat abit of ashens in the night
I enjoy these pre-covid times
I'm from County Durham and I did the obligatory "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey" for you.
Why aye.
Nimmo1492 --- Pop down to Beanies and tell them Ashens has just destroyed their business. ;)
Same here Nimmo1492
Same here man haha
Same lel
THAT WAS A MISTAKE, DO NOT PUT MILK IN IT.
Is that a review of every Kardashian born ever? 🤣
@@user-yv2cz8oj1k I'm not wanting to sound cliched but you win the internet for today.
but why
Is there some sort of chemical reaction or something? Why not add milk
@@sandow8575 Not entirely sure haha, I imagine it may have come with some sort of powdered milk already in it.
The fact it insists do not add milk would be enough for me to give it a swerve, what the heck is in it to react bad with milk
I mean, I've drank these a few times over the months and always added milk. Never been a problem
@@Inexpressable same
It probably doesn't taste nice with milk... Well in this case it probably tastes worse with milk lol
You act like humans are meant to drink the milk of other animals lol
@@jammpp969 I suppose we're not supposed to eat their meat either, then? No shit humans aren't supposed to drink animal milk. if we were supposed to drink it then that wouldn't make us a human, it would make us a calf or whatever young animal it is. We aren't supposed to drink their milk, but we do; it's not harmful and contains all essential proteins. So what's your point lmao.
The next food video should be called "Ashens' Food Poisoning Special"
Stuart! As a huge fan of these coffees, I can fully recommend popping in 3 sweeteners (or sugars). The best ones are the festive flavours and the chocolatey ones 😊
I'd fully recommend the Skinny Co flavoured coffees over these, mainly because they have a stronger flavour without having to add sugar
Yes another Beanies fan. I find most of them are palatable and some are really lovely. But one or two are horrible. But overall a good brand of instant coffee.
I like Beanies coffee too. My favourite flavour is the Hazelnut flavour and my partner’s favourite is .. yes.. the Cookie dough flavour!
I add dark brown sugar and whole milk to ours.
I’m not fond of the Irish cream flavour
6:53
Let loose the Gordon Ramsay memes!
"THIS WATER IS BURNT, YOU DONKEY!"
"Your coffee is bad, and you should feel bad!" - Zoidberg
I always assumed this couch was in stuart's living room, this video shows otherwise
Given how old and beat up the brown couch is, I don't think it would work well as an actually couch for sitting. Like if I remember correctly, the back of the couch is completely missing as the fabric was cut up into squares and given away as a kickstarter reward.
There's an episode by another UA-camr showing the office building that the three sets of UA-camrs rent together. Yes Ashens films this in an office and has done for a few years as this isn't their first place.
At one point he said it was in his dad's house, but that was years ago.
@@user-yv2cz8oj1k what video was this?
@@dyljaymac a video by nostalgia nerd, I believe.
The hazelnut one is so chemically and potent it's genuinely stomach churning.
I like it 🤷♀️
I find the hazelnut one benefits from half a spoon of sugar, I normally dont bother with sugar in my coffee though ^^'
I love hazelnut coffee and I agree. It is gross.
Every flavour is 100% shite. Fact.
Lidl here in Ireland were selling Beanies stuff recently. Someone gave me a jar of the mint flavoured coffee. Managed to drink about half a mug before I dumped it down the sink. It tasted like someone dunked an after 8 mint in 5 gallons of water.....just the vaguest hint of a mint taste.
Edit.....
Just checked and it was mint chocolate flavour. Well, it said that on the label but there was zero chocolate taste at all.
Interestingly, there was no mention of it being sugar free!
Clearly it's the homeopathic flavouring method.
@@mastermarkus5307 best comment
thought the title said "Beanies Sugar-free Flavourless Coffees"
probably closer to the truth...
I've always thought that instant coffee has always had strange "meaty" notes.
Its almost gravy on the cheaper end of things
Like offbrand bacon substitute flavor
Almost a bouillon flavor right? I get that. What the fuck is that?!?!
@@suddenfootloss1337 are you sure you didn't pick up some gravy granules? The jars can be rather similar.
cheap coffee always does
I’m imagining sending these to James Hoffmann and seeing his wonderful reactions to these anything-but-wonderful coffee concoctions…
Please do send it to him I’d love to see those videos!
I love how Ashens uploads videos for night owls like me and others!
15g of protein? How!? Where does it come from??
my dick. i made the coffee.
over there
Every container of coffee gets a thick splattering of my jism straight from the factory
That explains the horrible taste
Crushed up mice
"Tinder Coffee! Swipe,for the love of God!" I came for the algorithm, i stayed for the brand new sentences...
Finally, a person on the internet besides me who loves Turkish delight!
I think this is one of the best coffees around, love the Irish Cream flavour!!
I've tried afew of these, the gingersnap flavour literally smells and tastes like vomit! If it had chunks I could of sworn it was actual sick
Most of them smell unpleasant enough to trigger the gag reflex in me - and I have cleaned up in an abattoir with a steam cleaner, and the various sights and sounds in there didn't make me gag.
Exact same goes with the brandy snap flavour.
@@brianartillery Don't be ridiculous
@@brianartillery The chocolate orange one smells nice. Just smells like, well, chocolate orange.
I watched this guy when I was 8 YEARS OLD! I love you Ashens you are the toy review god.
I had some of these: Chocolate orange, mint, and one I forgot. I only tried the chocolate orange one. I didn't hate it, but the smell stuck around for a while somehow.
hey
I also tried the orange one. It was vile and my flatmates hated it even more than me so I had to chuck it out.
Watamote is great.
Mint flavoured coffee sounds like an abomination
I thought is had not much of a orange or chocolate flavour
Proper British review of every flavour:
"It's not tea. 0 out of 10."
Nyeh, ashens is one of the most British men in the Internet, but he doesn't consume leaf flavored water
Indeed, he does not like tea ;-)
That makes him the least British most British man on UA-cam. Not liking tea here in the UK is classed as a hate crime.
@@BobMonkeypimp no that's Ireland, the average Irishman drinks six cups a day, while the average Englishman only drinks 4
@@Crusader1089 that's to counteract the cold
FINALLY!!! We've waited sooo long for another Ashens video!
Watching as an accounting apprentice with an art degree...
Sounds like I need find that accounting firm and join!
Cookie dough flavoured sugar free food is the equivalent of having beef flavoured vegan sausages
Except that would probably taste kinda ok.
Well most beef flavoured crisps have been vegan friendly for decades. It was the non meat flavours that tended to be non vegan. 🤣
L wait really like what sour cream and chives or honey soy how can ya mess that up?😂
Except substitute beef tastes like beef.
jeb bryant underrated comment.
"A tempting delightful flavour." Think they might've missed a 't' there...
I don't get it.
@@HeadsetHistorian if you replace the space with a T, you get the word 'attempting'.
@@ashtonhoward5582 oh, that was well done. Thanks!
A tempting delightful flatvour?
@@TiberianFiend do you know how to read, friend?
I bought the cookie dough one, aside from very very faint after taste it was literally cheap coffee, which was disappointing as mine smelt very potently of cookie dough when opening the packaging
They smell so much better than they taste.
@@khoo7732 true I bought the Very Vanilla flavor and it smells wonderful when I open the bottle. But after brewing it taste really crappy and you can't taste any vanilla at all. It's a surprise the entire product range reviewed highly on the online store I bought it from.
I got the cookies and cream one and it tastes grim tbh
They all smell fantastic. The taste, however... Not so much. I'd describe it as 'grim', too. And that's every flavour. The family member who bought them tried several, and binned them after attempting one cup. I rescued the jars, tried them, and returned them to the bin. Horrid.
Adding boiling water to instant coffee burns the beans and makes it taste horrible and bitter regardless of the quality, I'd recommend doing the test again with water around the 70°C mark and seeing if the flavour improves.
Dead men tell no tales 1914 alright expert
@@joe-yj1bw This is common knowledge. There's always one moron that's afraid of self improvement through constructive criticism.
I did not know this. Is there anyway to mark how hot it might be through with out a thermometer? Like, would simmering the water get it closer to a temp that doesn't burn the granules?
I tried the 'Double Chocolate' flavor, it wasn't bad. Tasted like average instant coffee with a whiff of chocolate. Inoffensive, at the very least
Imagine if Ashens took a sample of every icky thing he'd ever tasted and mixed it all together. Would it prove lethal?
Considering a lot of those things were rotten... yes.
Instant coffee is made with Robusta beans (as opposed to Arabica), which are cheaper and easier to grow with high yields. The downside is that Robusta beans make bad coffee, and indeed (burnt) rubber and wood are frequently the main tasting notes. Robusta does have a higher concentration of caffeine though, so instant coffee is mainly a "insert caffeine into body" thing, not a "i want to enjoy a cup of coffee" thing. Can't imagine how bad it'd taste with a bunch of artificial flavourings and sweeteners in. 😖🤢
Percol's fairtrade instant uses 100% Arabica. The Columbian is very nice. I didn't like the Kenyan though
@@CaitiffPrimogen - Yeah there are some very rare exceptions to the rule. I know of Voila and Swift Cup. But they're all like $20+ for 5-6 cups. 😅
Are you sure that Percol's is 100% Arabica? Because the one I just found says "Finely ground Arabica" on the packaging, but in the description clearly states: _"95% instant coffee infused with 5% finely ground Arabica coffee."_ 🤔
@@TheMrVengeance From their website: "The majority of our coffee is made from 100% Arabica beans, however certain products - such as our Intense Espresso range - are a mix of Arabica and Robusta, as this is much better suited to an espresso blend. Arabica coffee has less caffeine than Robusta, but almost twice the amount of lipids and naturally occurring sugars, meaning it often tastes a lot better."
@@CaitiffPrimogen - Yeah, that "majority" is about their ground and whole bean coffee. Their instant is one of those "certain products" that is a mix.
The mix being 95% Robusta and 5% Arabica.
They even advertise the "PACKS A CAFFEINE PUNCH" on the instant (ie. it contains a lot of Robusta).
Pretty misleading unless you know what you're looking for. 😕
They make the best coffee! May I recommend the sticky toffee pudding?
No. I've tried it, and it made me retch, it was so foul tasting.
I'm guessing it's like in every cheap horrible food video Ashens makes, there's always at least one comment from some who genuinely thinks they're the best thing they've ever tasted.
It makes me worried about their lives, if I'm honest.
5:47 you made Pac-man cry, this is sin
I was given a christmas selection of these in sachets by my auntie.
I kept my girlfriend entertained by tasting a different one each evening over facetime and ranking them.
All of them were disgusting, in different ways. Some had pleasant smells, but tasted vile, some were just bland, some smelled of vomit and tasted worse.
I haven’t encountered a single “beanies” that is actually nice, but they always serve to make me chuckle when i see them in Home Sense or another store. A nice memory.
I was about to be deeply offended that there was an ashens food video that I had not seen and then realized this came out 45 min ago. Yay crap coffee
When they invent "Random Sandwich" flavour drink I am in. Otherwise, oomph.
My favourite time: When Ashens uploads!
1:11 "Welcome to the sofa".
POV: You are a girl on Ashen's brown casting couch.
Seeing these fancy flavoured ones always make me wish I didn't despise coffee. After seeing this, Im once again comfortable with my coffee hatred. Sounds like they'd be better as potpourri.
You'd really just be better off making normal coffee and buying flavored coffee syrups.
Yeah, the Syrups would be your best bet.
Ziggy Coxon --- You've probably only ever had bad quality coffee. Compared with today's teas, it's much more flavourful.
Seeing this video makes me glad that I despise coffee. 🥴🤐
@@Liofa73 yeah, a lot of people say that when they find out I don't like it. But I don't even like coffee flavoured chocolates, or anything that smells or of it, so it might just be it isn't for me.
And here people thought this was a video about coffee. But in actuality it's a video about coffee mugs.
"Let's give it a huff"
You owe Eli some money for that
"It Smells Better Then It Taste" - Applies to all coffee ever.
um, no? are you 12?
@@kingjames4886 Nope, full grown adult that has never found a coffee that has tasted good.
@@MC-uc6ie have you tried a good espresso latte? coffee shouldn't taste like a donkeys ballsack...
@@kingjames4886 Why do you know what a Donkey's Ballsack taste like?
@@Dessan01 I like lattes. Caffeine and calcium in one fell swoop. If the coffee's good, it doesn't even need flavor or sweetener.
the christmas pudding and mulled wine beanies coffees are so disgusting and the taste sticks around for a g e s. i actually wanted to die.
I'm watching this while eating chocolate covered coffee beans
But crunchy but you can definitely taste the coffee
@@gordon_shumway Not me
Try chocolate covered kidney beans.
Lucky Dan, managed to escape this bane. Has he got a "get out of Ashens free" card that he pulled for this?
Being vegan?
I love these Beanies flavoured coffee's, they're amazing 😁 I couldn't believe it when I first saw them in Aldi, as on the official Beanie's website the jars are £2.50 each.
I had planned on getting some of these. I will now not proceed with said plan.
you should think more before you plan things...
Been drinking these for a few years. living in the North East I just realised that they may not have had full distribution. Bought them from the Metrocentre if any northers care,
I found your channel recently, I knew about it for a long time after reading your article in a Guinness World Record Gaming Edition on terrible games a while back. Glad I rediscovered it because it's so wholesome
is that why he's so damn popular while other english youtubers who review crap went to the wayside?
I love how the British pronounce water. "WhoaTah, I barely pronounce my R's and have a fit when Americans skip the "i" in aluminium."
We actually tend to put a glottal stop in the word water, so it’s more like ‘wau- er’, basically I’d a word had a ‘t’ in the middle we probably won’t pronounce it.
Also, don’t get too mad about Americans pronouncing ‘aluminium’ wrong, it’s a different word with a different spelling and I believe the original, but most of the word decided to love to ‘aluminium’ I’m saying this, yet I’m like you and much prefer the british pronunciation, but I am british so that’s possibly why.
“i’m trying to understand it” 💀💀💀😂
I haven't watched an ashens video in a while (have been watching since the first poundland specials!), but this came on my feed and I clicked it. I'm so irrationally happy that your whole setting hasn't changed, it's almost comforting. Thanks for the laughs!
Those jars were like a quarter empty... how much coffee do you use?!?!?
I've had various flavours of these, and I do quite enjoy some! Pumpkin spice is quite decent if you like that sort of thing.
Same. I'm a fan of proper coffee but I do actually like these.
Protip: you can prepare an overall much nicer cup from them if you disregard the instructions completely and make a latte with them. Brew an espresso-esque shot using 1.5 - 2 teaspoons of Beanies and maybe half an inch or so of boiling water in the bottom of a medium-sized mug, stir well to ensure it's dissolved, and top with hot frothed / steamed milk (requires a milk frother or steam arm, but you could also heat it up on the hob and use an Aerolatte for basically the same results for cheap... which also works amazingly for hot chocolates while we're at it). The sweetness of a more milky drink complements the rather unsweet coffee and brings out a surprising level of flavour. Some are better than others though. Cinder Toffee is my favourite that I've tried so far, and yes the Pumpkin Spice one was good too!
GreenMantaray Funny you should mention it, I believe Nescafé recommends 3-4 teaspoons pr. cup which, imo, makes it insanely strong. 1-2 seems more appropriate.
@@shiboomi2249 That's exactly how I do it too!
I'm a big fan of "real" coffee too (although usually cold brew heated up with a dash of milk because if I did anything remotely elaborate in the morning I would accidentally burn down the house). My New Year's Resolution last year was to find my favourite coffee bean/ground coffee, and needless to say it's spilled into this!
@@Gasoline85 1-2 seems much more sensible! Especially when you're trying to detect flavours. A little dilution isn't always the enemy!
I love Beanies coffee. I like the Hazelnut flavour... My partner likes this one .. the cookie dough flavour
I imagine the DYKG team walking into work only to see Ashens smiling behind a table with plastic cups filled with mysterious liquids and feeling waves of dread and fear wash over them.
Beanies is pretty good, honestly. The irish coffee and the hazelnut flavours are lovely. But if you want cheap, delicious flavoured coffee, Littles is your best bet, it's hard to find in shops though - it's like what beanies WANTS to be, but Littles actually hits.
Why is ashens posting at nearly 4am uk time?
IDK, but I'm awake for it
Maybe he's being considerate to us Aussie's? It's about 3:30pm right now.
What a nice bloke.
Cos he wants to hit the kids in the US before they go to bed
Because that's when the gaming pc needs a rest before it overheats!
Because 4AM UK time is 8PM LA time, and evening in most of the US. Where UA-cam's biggest audience is. Also Ashens isn't posting, it's just scheduled to go live.
Ashens and his sofa have been the only constant in my life
17:01 Ashens.exe has stopped working and needs to be restarted.
I buy Beanies in Sainsburys. Sold as a premium instant! The amaretto flavoured one is great at Christmas but I mixed it with a plain coffee as it is quite strong.
I was thinking "i wonder what happen to ashens" 5 seconds before this video and then this happens
"Don't blame the coffee on that, that was just a generic cough" - genuinely laughed out loud :)
Those coffees give me some petrochemical vibes...
I remember having these for Christmas a few years ago. From what I remembered the jars did kinda smell of what they said on the label but they taste exactly like cheap burnt instant coffee with no hint of other flavour. Never tried it with milk fortunately though.
"I'm going to go drink something more pleasant" cue Liquid Filth remix
"Because I'm trying to understand here" LMAO
Ashens: This is a weak start.
Me: Oh boy oh boy are you going to be surprised when you try the other 'flavours'!
Such flavours include: Bland, bland, tasteless, bland and, i swear i drank this one a minute ago!
Edit: There are a load more flavours than this, you can buy a mini tasters pack with something like 7 different flavours
Btw aldi have their own generic version of beanies which they sell as well hazelnut and Irish cream is nice
Ive bought a few of these or ones similar, they aint bad.
If it tastes burnt, is that because you are using boiling 100deg water? Coffee should use 96deg water as any higher burns it.
"The taste doesn't really match up with the smell of it" So, exactly like every tea free fruity/herb tea.
Ooh it's Ginger and lemon, it smells amazing...and tastes exactly like hot water you haven't put a tea bag in.
sounds like really cheap tea or youre not leaving it in enough
My co-workers have the mint and the toffee one. I've had the toffee one. It was cheap instant coffee (I should know, I used to drink the Asda Smart Price one) with a vague Starbucks-sweet flavour over it.
There was an aldi caramel coffee that smelt like vomit :) made new years really fun.
just found some on sale here in Norway. And I can't wait to try them out. If they're not good, we'll offer them to SLEPP
the one I tried was hazelnut flavor and tasted like cheap coffee and ashtray
"I'd probably drink that and be like.."
"I wish I hadn'a drunk that."
LMAO! That is exactly how I feel about instant coffee. Now when I am at my Gran's and she makes me a cup, OF-BLOODY-COURSE I'll drink it and ask for a second because she's my GRAN! But ANYONE else wants me to drink that instant shit I tell them to FUCK OFF!
I worked at a factory that had a bunch of instant coffee break open and get wet. The stuff that dripped on the concrete floor solidified and we had to get a shove to try and break it off. We ended up breaking the shovel and barely dented the crystallized instant coffee.
Sugar free sweets are like non-alcoholic beer: absolutely foul.
Actually modern sugar free hard candies aren't terrible. I have diabetic parents and they make me try their bizarre fake foods. I've had off brand full sugar candies that were worse
Although considering hard candy is literally just sugar, it's quite disturbing to wonder what it's made of
If you can't have high levels of sugar why would you eat sweets? Anyway they are probably full of artificial sweeteners, which have been shown to make you crave sugar.
@@user-yv2cz8oj1k I would think diabetics are already addicted to sugar. Probably why they use artificial sweeteners.
Not even remotely true :P. Liquid sucralose is amazing. In cream cheese it's basically cheese cake. Essentially the same flavor without the calories from refined sugar. Just the glorious fat. Recommend using a real cream cheese brand though, like Philadelphia. Not a cheap store brand. That stuff has added starch. Almond flour, some fat and liquid sucralose is lowcarb cake or flatjacks, etc etc.
I like how Stuart has spent so long eating disgusting rotten shit that his reaction to anything disgusting is a nonchalant "Ooh, that's horrible."
Every time I watch these videos I have a picture of a bald man with a beard in my head afterwards.
Is this normal?
Just don't sub to him.
Yes. Accept him into your heart.
It's Mentski I believe
Soon you will succumb.
Considering Ashens is bald now...
Oh wait you mean the other one. Yes.
I like to mix the Beanies Gingerbread flavour with the Beanies Irish Cream flavour and then sweeten it with some Jordan's Skinny Syrup Smores plus a drop of almond milk. You definitely need a sweetener to bring out the flavour with Beanies coffee and some of the flavours are hit and miss but because it's low carb it's a nice treat for me while I'm on the keto diet.