Talk:Nescafé

Move

• Support I think this can be safely moved to the more correct Nescafé. Gryffindor 16:34, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

U.S. unavailability

The article is pretty thin as it is, but it should also be mentioned that Nescafé was not sold in the United States for a number of years, with Nestlé using the Tasters Choice brand instead.

I recall the mention of Nescafé in the R.E.M. song "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" being taken as a retro reference in the U.S. at the time (1991). ProhibitOnions 17:54, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

I seem to recall that Nescafé in the U.S. was a brand of instant iced tea. Since R.E.M. is Southern, I always assumed he was talking about iced tea... Wait, I remember now that it was Nestea. Oh well, never mind. Katr67 03:35, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Brand Genericization

In many countries (e.g. Egypt, Iran Persian, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey), "Nescafe" is commonly used to refer to any instant coffee through brand genericization.[citation needed] This is simply not true for Serbia where Nescafe is most popular instant coffee brand, widely used and featured in most cafes. I don't have information about other countries so I only excluded Serbia from the list, although I recommend further checkup of this unverified claim. 89.216.110.188 (talk) 17:30, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

• I grew up in Romania being hungarian and knowing instant coffee as "nescoffee" (translated), it is still called that way. I don't have source though, but brand genericization was definately there. Tordail (talk) 10:49, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

No Mention Of "The Gold Blend Couple" ?

What ? No mention of the adverts for Nescafe Gold Blend that aired during the early 1980s ?
A cultural icon, referenced and parodied in equal measure, and starring Anthony Head in the days years before he became a Watcher...
86.25.121.75 (talk) 13:56, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

I agree this needs to be added, it's actually what I came to this article for. Will do some research and add info.  :-) leevclarke (talk) 13:30, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

HELP. As an American male between the ages of 25 and 35 I have no idea what the mention of the gold blend couple has to do with nescafe. I feel this belongs more as a "see also" matter. Or elaborate as to why it was such a great advertisement that it explains the tie to Nescafe. :) much love from across the pond. Temet Nosce (talk) 11:03, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Controversy?

The "controversy" section of the article seems unfitting. There isn't really a controversy that surrounds Nescafé, but rather the Libyan government. I personally believe that Gaddafi's comments are irrelevant to this article and should be removed. --Delta1989 (talk/contributions) 12:12, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

I deleted it without giving the thing a second thought. The addition was unsourced and as you noted not a "controversy" about anything unless a reliable source wants to claim Nescafé paid Gaddafi for a product placement in his rant. :-) --Marc Kupper|talk 09:49, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't think they should be removed. This was mentioned internationally, so it gave the product notoriety. --Sovietia|talk —Preceding undated comment added 14:28, 30 March 2011 (UTC).

I agree with the removal, having just taken it out for the same reasons before coming to the talk page. At this point, it should only be re-added if a consensus forms (which seems awfully unlikely). -Phoenixrod (talk) 16:34, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

I have re-removed the addition. It was a non-notable WP:ONEVENT mention which did not get widespread media coverage. It seems the coverage was in

• Feb 24, 2011 3:54pm GMT Reuters' Cairo bureau by Peter Millership and Edmund Blair who reported as Gaddafi speaking by telephone to state television and gives "Their ages are 17. They give them pills at night, they put hallucinatory pills in their drinks, their milk, their coffee, their Nescafe" as a direct quote. It's not clear if Gaddafi's talk was broadcasted within Libya but we'll assume so. Note that the highlight at the top of the article has "Muammar Gaddafi blamed a revolt against his rule on al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on Thursday, and said the protesters were fuelled by milk and Nescafe spiked with hallucinogenic drugs, in a rambling appeal for calm."
• Feb 24, 2011 4:32pm GMT Reuters' highlights by Dina Zayed. About 30 minutes after the Reuters Millership/Blair article Zayed filed a very similar article that repeated the quote that mentioned Nescafe. Zayed called it a "telephone interview with Libyan state television" and the Nescafe mention is in the first quote of the article.
• February 24, 2011 Sky News by an unknown author. This appears to be independent of the Reuters articles and reports it as "Gaddafi called in to a television studio and spoke over the phone to a presenter."
• All three of the previous articles highlighted the quote that mentions Nescafe.
• 24 February 2011 The Scotsman by Nick Eardley mentions the Nescafe but does not highlight it.
• March 1, 2011 National Post commentary by Matt Gurney which compares Gaddafi with Charlie Sheen which included the Nescafe quote as point #1 which is a section titled "They both have a problem with drugs."

That's it - Four articles on Feb 24, 2011 and an opinion column on March 1. Had Gaddafi made Nescafe one of his regular talking points, and it received continued coverage, then it's possible there would have been sufficient continued coverage that we could use this in either the Gaddafi or Nescafe articles. For example, former U.S. President Ronald Reagan is mentioned on the Jelly Belly article. In that case, Reagan talked about the candy at times, had a jar in the oval office and Air Force One, and even had some sent into space as a surprise for the shuttle astronauts.

Two days before his Feb 24 comment with the Nescafe mention Gaddafi made this televised appearance which has a comment very similar one he made on Feb 24 but does not mention Nescafe. Thus it seems he used Nescafe once and apparently has either dropped that topic entirely or does not mention Nescafe when discussing the Libyan rebels. --Marc Kupper|talk 21:47, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

I realized I should have done a broader search. Before, I'd searched for "pills at night, they put hallucinatory pills in their drinks, their milk, their coffee" but that missed articles that used a different transliteration or did not include a direct quote. This search is for (Gaddafi OR Gadhafi OR Kadhafi OR Qaddafi) AND (Nescafé OR Nescafe) which finds 47 articles/blogs for February/March 2011. The current news search result finds 24 articles/blogs though many of those are in March. Exclude Nescafé/Nescafe and there are 20,900 articles published in February, 33,500 articles in March, and 26,125 in March/April. This means the Nescafé mention was covered in 0.086 percent of the articles that mention Gaddafi in February/March and in 0.092 percent for the current news results. While there has been coverage it's been a small fraction of the total coverage.

While the coverage is small, it seems Gaddafi's use of Nescafé in a phone interview has exposed him to some ridicule. I'm not sure if that's worth mentioning in this article.

• Mar 16, 2011 New York Times by David d. Kirkpatrick. This article has what looks like a direct quote deep in the body but it's not the same wording as other quotes.
• Mar 21, 2011 New York Times by Michael Slackman. First sentence starts with "With his brutal military assault on civilians, and his rantings about spiked Nescafé, ..."
• Apr 3, 2011 The Telegraph by Nick Meo. Nescafe mention is deep in the article but shows that the Gaddafi comment is being remembered by his own people "Frightened-looking men showing signs of being beaten have owned up to the most outlandish behaviour, in confessions carefully tailored to fit the Colonel's propaganda rants; prisoners have admitted taking Nescafe spiked with hallucinogenic drugs and joining al-Qaeda, and apologised for their foolishness in joining the uprising against the Brother Leader."
• Apr 8, 2011 Mail & Guardian Percy Zvomuya opionion column includes direct quote. --Marc Kupper|talk 00:22, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

I don't think a passing (or "deep") quote in an article is enough. There ought to be an article that devotes significant attention to the connection, or is even entirely about it, for us to include it here. -Phoenixrod (talk) 01:51, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Nescafé Xpress

Another notable product would be Nescafé Xpress: [1], [2]. It's a cold, strong espresso (although but one of the different flavors is actually called espresso, the caffeine dosage is higher in all of them than in usual coffee, while it's highest in the flavor called espresso) with milk and a lot of sugar, sold all over Europe in tincans, and particularly bottled in Germany. It's usually sold at gas stations and drugstores. --79.242.222.168 (talk) 22:21, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

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“Nescafé Frappe Attack” Chess Opening

https://www.chess.com/openings/Benko-Gambit-Half-Accepted-Zaitsev-Nescafe-Frappe-Attack-7...d6-8.Bc4

not sure if this would be relevant in the influence section 128.220.159.216 (talk) 00:21, 6 December 2023 (UTC)