by Amber Salisbury
If you grew up with instant coffee, you probably remember it as bitter, thin, and something you had to doctor up just to get it down.
That reputation wasn’t accidental.
For decades, instant coffee was nothing more than a caffeine delivery system. A utility made for speed and shelf life, not for flavor and certainly not for health. Lower-grade beans. Aggressive processing. Zero attention to what actually ends up in your cup.
The result was a product that technically contained caffeine but delivered almost none of the health benefits that quality coffee can provide.
We made something different.
Sacred Cups Instant is a bit of a unicorn.
It’s not just great-tasting instant coffee.
It’s not just convenient.
It’s coffee where every decision, from sourcing to roasting to testing, is made based on health.
We avoid the bad stuff.
We maximize the good stuff.
And we prove it with lab testing.
This might be the best and healthiest instant coffee you’ve ever tasted.
The Coffee and the Process
Most instant coffee starts with commodity beans bought on price alone.
We start with specialty-grade, single-origin coffees scored 84+ by the Specialty Coffee Association. These are the same quality beans we offer as whole bean coffee.
But we go further.
We select beans based on their antioxidant potential, specifically chlorogenic acids (CGAs), the compounds responsible for many of coffee’s researched health benefits. Not all specialty coffee is high in CGAs.
We test before we buy.
Then we protect what matters.
Freeze-dried, not spray-dried.
Gentle freeze-drying preserves aroma, sweetness, and antioxidant content. Spray-drying destroys them.
Roasted to maximize health benefits.
Our roast curves are designed to preserve chlorogenic acids, not accidentally destroy them like most roasters do.
Carefully extracted.
We capture smooth, sweet notes without harshness or bitterness.
Dissolves cleanly.
No grit. No residue. No film. Just coffee worth drinking.
We Test for Things Other Coffee Companies Don’t
Coffee is one of the most heavily pesticide-sprayed crops in the world.
Mold and mycotoxins can develop during storage and shipping.
Most companies don’t test for any of this.
We do things no other coffee company does.
Sacred Cups Instant is third-party tested for:
Mold and mycotoxins, including ochratoxin A and aflatoxins
Pesticide residues
Heavy metals
But here’s what truly sets us apart.
We don’t stop at avoiding the bad stuff.
We also test for antioxidant levels and design our entire process to maximize them.
Most “clean” coffee companies focus on what is not in the coffee.
We focus on what is in it.
The compounds that actually benefit you.
When Instant Makes Sense
If you have time, a grinder, and your favorite brewing method, whole bean coffee will always be the peak experience.
We’re not pretending instant replaces that.
But life isn’t always set up for a pour-over.
Instant makes sense when you’re traveling.
When your morning is chaos.
When you’re outdoors.
When you need an afternoon reset.
When you’re caring for someone and your time isn’t your own.
In those moments, the choice isn’t “instant vs. pour-over.”
It’s “instant vs. nothing” or “instant vs. bad coffee.”
We wanted to make that choice easy and healthy.
How to Use It
Hot
One sachet + 8–10 oz hot water. Stir. Done.
Iced
Dissolve in 4 oz of cold water, then add ice.
With milk
Dissolve in a small amount of hot water first, then add your milk.
Each sachet makes one cup.
No measuring. No guessing.
Just tear, pour, stir.
What We Do Every Morning
Before we look at our phones, before the day starts asking things of us, Andrew and I hold our cups, breathe, and do what we call the Sacred Cups Blessing.
It only takes a few minutes.
We honor someone or something from our past.
We appreciate what’s good right now.
We remember forward, one dream for ourselves and one for future generations.
It sounds simple.
It is simple.
And it changes everything.
We travel constantly, and I kept noticing that the days we most needed grounding were the days we had the least time for it.
Sacred Cups Instant was born from that tension.
Not because we wanted to make instant coffee, but because we wanted to protect a practice that matters, wherever life takes us.
Learn about the Sacred Cups ritual and how to practice it →
What You’re Getting
Sacred Cups Instant — 6-Pack | $20
Single-serve sachets
Specialty-grade, single-origin coffee
Freeze-dried for flavor and antioxidant preservation
Roasted to maximize chlorogenic acids
Third-party tested for mold, mycotoxins, heavy metals, and antioxidant levels
Works hot or cold
No equipment required
The Bottom Line
If you’ve written off instant coffee as a compromise, we understand.
Most of it deserves that reputation.
This doesn’t.
P.S. Already a Purity subscriber? Add Sacred Cups Instant to your next order. New to us? This is a good place to start.
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