Now that's Instant!

Probably one of the weirdest things thus far about Korea is their under-appreciation for coffee. I have yet to see people walking around with take out coffees or a store that sells hot coffee to go (probably why I don't see people with take out).

With the exception of Starbucks.

There is plenty of canned cold coffee by Maxwell House and various Korean brands and prepackaged cold cappucinos, lattes, frappucinos, etc. but a cup of hot cofee is next to impossible to find.

Yesterday morning I ran out of my instant coffee brought from Canada. On my way to work I stopped at the 7/11 and grabbed a canned cold coffee, which is good but not 'real' coffee or hot.

With a few hours to go in the school day I was dragging my feet and showing even less tolerance for kids than normal (second kid in the corner!). During break I went to the foyer of the school and grabbed one of the instant coffee packets, which I have previously avoided due to the fact that there is no sign of milk anywhere to add to it; however, I was desperate. To my surprise I added hot water and it mixed together looking like it had milk in it, oh yes, their instant coffee has coffee, powdered creamer, and sugar already mixed in. And it tasted great!

Korea vs Canada? 1-0