instant coffee
nounUK /ˌɪnstənt ˈkɒfi/
1
Usually A beverage in the form of a powder, granules, or concentrated liquid, made from coffee and able to be quickly reconstituted by adding water.
- She put a spoonful of instant coffee into the water still bubbling in the cup, stirred it and then she sipped it, flavorless and synthetic as the retreat she had tried to make out of the small apartment.1970, Wally Ferris, Across 110th, page 221: