instant is shit you have to have freeze dried freeze dried is shit you have to use drip filter makes it taste bad you have to have french press french press is low pressure you have to have pod machine pod machine is lame you have to use a moka pot moka pot sucks you need an espresso machine your espresso machine will never be good because your grounds are in the fridge your grinder is burning the beans you need a cold grinder your cold ground beans are stale you need freshly roasted beans no no this is shit, you need single origin shade grown beans from the hinterlands of mount everest serenaded from seed by nightingales nourished by the piss of tibetan monks
Find what you like. Borrowing from the Whiskey Tribe guys, the best coffee is coffee that you like, made the way you like.
I run most of the gambit. My daily driver is a locally roasted light, ground about 30 seconds before I start my pour over. I used to drink an entire pot every day, but when we got sent home for the holocoof, the wife and I were drinking even more, and decided that we would drink less, better coffee. So I went from Sam's Club columbian in drip to the locally roasted pour over. Already had a grinder, so the capital costs were minimal, and we spend about the same amount of coffee (for less overall.)
But there's a place for all of it. I have a Nespresso that I bought on prime day that we use for decaf espresso at night. I would love to have an actual full pressure espresso machine, but I don't love the $500 outlay for one. So we use this. I keep instant in my EDC and my survival bags. If I'm going car camping, I'll bring a camp perc and ground coffee. If I'm backpacking, I'll bring instant.
Figure out where your comfort level is, figure out the best way to meet that level, and stop worrying about it. I like my coffee. I don't turn my nose up at drip or instant.
You forgot the tears of displaced rain forest farmers.
obKrieger quote: I like my coffee like I like my women -- black, bitter, and preferably fair trade.
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