How to: MAKE INSTANT COFFEE TASTE BETTER

I've been trying to fix my sleeping pattern since I've been on school holidays so I've been sleeping at ridiculous times. This is my least favourite part of the holidays since a) I feel gross for a few days whilst I'm trying to fix my sleeping pattern and b) it signals the end of the holidays which is why I need to be waking up at a decent time.

The way I fix my sleeping patten is to sleep at the time I've been sleeping at, so after 2am, then set an alarm for 9:30am and gradually make it earlier to the time I need to wake up for school. This results in getting a very small amount of sleep for a few days while trying to adjust but it does work since you're so exhausted you sleep earlier which in turn makes you wake up earlier. Then voila! You're up at sociable times again.

This means that I have to drink coffee to stay up in order to not mess up my sleeping pattern again however, we only have instant coffee at home since my mum doesn't want to pay for a coffee maker or nicer coffee. Fair point to her since she earns the money but that just means I complain a lot then she snaps at me for being ungrateful, you know typical teenage stuff.

I usually buy an americano from starbucks which is just black coffee diluted with hot water, an espresso is concentrated black coffee. However, black instant coffee tastes too gross to be drinkable so I like to add some soy milk and vanilla extract to make it taste better. Another thing is to drink it when its in the hot to warm stage since the coffee tastes worse and worse the cooler it gets.

I used to prefer mochas since black coffee was too bitter for me and an easy way to do this would be to add an equal quantity of hot chocolate powder and instant coffee, a drop of vanilla, then stir in the milk first and top up with hot water. If you want a slightly more authentic coffee shop taste you could use hot milk instead of hot water but this is a lot higher in calories.

What are your views on instant coffee? and what do you like to add to make it taste a little better?