[andrewaylett]

I'm given instant sufficiently infrequently that it always comes as a shock -- I'll decline if I know it's going to be instant coffee, so I am indeed in the state of taking a mouthful of something that I expect to be regular coffee and discovering to my distaste that it's actually instant.

And I'm definitely not a coffee snob. But I can tell you that bog standard Tesco "house blend" coffee tastes nicer in a Philips Solimo machine than in an Aeropress, and nicer in the Aeropress than in a cafetière. And Amazon branded Solimo sachets aren't quite as nice as the ground coffee in the machine, but are good enough for every-day use.