Made byAjinomoto AGFGunma and Mie, Japan
AGF Blendy Stick Espresso Au Lait Lightly Sweet 8 x 5.8g
An instant café au lait powder in eight single-cup sticks that you stir into hot water, and it tastes of coffee and milk with a light sweetness, neither sugary nor bitter.
Regular price $6.37AUD
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Why we say this
Blendy Stick, the range this café au lait belongs to, was the top brand by sales value and cups in Japan's single-serve stick-drink market every year from August 2010 to July 2026 (AGF, from Intage, a Japanese retail sales tracker).
Product information
About
An instant café au lait powder in eight single-cup sticks that you stir into hot water, and it tastes of coffee and milk with a light sweetness, neither sugary nor bitter. Buy it if most latte sticks are too sweet for you but you still want a little sweetness; if you want a real espresso or a coffee with no sweetness at all, this is the wrong product.
On the pack: エスプレッソ・オレ 微糖 (es-pres-so oh-reh bee-toh, "espresso au lait, lightly sweetened"), under the Blendy stick logo.
What you're getting
- Espresso names the kind of instant coffee in it; the drink is a milky café au lait, not an espresso shot.
- The light sweetness comes from a little sugar plus two sweeteners, aspartame and acesulfame K.
- Each stick has close to double the caffeine of the barely sweet Blendy café au lait stick.
- The milkiness comes from creamer powder and skim milk powder, not fresh milk.
- Allergens: milk. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.
- Also on the label: it contains aspartame, a source of phenylalanine, so anyone with phenylketonuria (PKU) should skip it.
Ingredients
Creaming powder (contains milk) (made in Japan), instant coffee, sugar, skim milk powder, salt
pH regulator, milk protein, flavouring (milk-derived), seasoning (amino acids etc.), sweeteners (aspartame-L-phenylalanine compound, acesulfame K), emulsifier, silicon dioxide.
For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.
Allergens
- Contains
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- Milk
- Dietary notes
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One of its sweeteners is aspartame, a source of phenylalanine, so anyone with phenylketonuria (PKU) should avoid it.
For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.
Details
- Maker
- Ajinomoto AGF · Gunma and Mie
- Made in
- Japan
- Net contents
- One box: 46.4 g, eight sticks of 5.8 g
Our guide
How to eat it
- For a hot café au lait, tip one stick into a mug.
- Pour in about 180 mL of hot water, AGF's usual amount for its sticks.
- Stir until no powder is left floating on top.
Good to know
- If it tastes weak, use a little less water next time, or make it with hot milk instead of water.
- For an iced one, dissolve the stick in about 90 mL of hot water first, then add five or six ice cubes and stir until cold.
In their own words
What Japanese buyers say
- What they like
Not too sweet and not too bitter, so it's soothing when I'm tired!
甘すぎず苦すぎずで疲れたときに飲むとホッとします！
from monolog, a Japanese review site
- What they grumble about
Is this really espresso?
エスプレッソ、なのか？
from monolog
- What they like
For breakfast. Lightly sweet, just right.
朝食用。甘さ控えめでちょうどよい
from monolog
- What they like
The sweetness isn't strong, so it's easy to drink.
甘みが強くなくて飲みやすい
from monolog
- What they grumble about
I mostly drink black coffee, so even this lightly sweetened one feels too sweet.
大体プラックが多いから 微糖でも甘すぎる感じがする
from monolog
- What they like
This range is just right for work, and I keep buying it.
このシリーズは職場用にちょうど良くリピしてます
from monolog
- What they grumble about
It's tasty, but the sweetener in it bothers me!
美味しいのですが、甘味料が入っているのが気になります❗（泣）
from monolog
- What they like
For me, the strength and the milkiness are just right.
個人的に濃さやミルク感がちょうど良いです。
from monolog
- What they like
Lately I like making it with milk and hot water.
最近はミルクとお湯で割るのが好きです。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
For me there isn't enough espresso bitterness, so I add instant coffee powder (any brand; lately Nescafé).
個人的にエスプレッソの苦味が足りないので、インスタントコーヒーの粉（メーカー問わず。最近はネスレ）足してしまいます。
from mognavi, a Japanese food and drink review site
- What they like
I thought it was a bit bitter, but it goes brilliantly with cake!
少し苦いかなと思ったけど、ケーキとの相性抜群！！
from monolog
- What they like
Even with a bit too much water, it doesn't go disappointingly thin, which is good.
多少お湯多くなっても、さほど薄い残念感が無いのが○。
from mognavi
- What they grumble about
My usual cup holds about 200 mL, so one stick makes a bit too little.
普段使っているカップだと200mlくらいなので、スティック1本では量が少し少ないかな。
from monolog
- What they like
I usually drink black coffee, so one with just a hint of sweetness tasted good to me.
普段ブラックを飲んでるので少し甘さを感じるくらいの微糖が美味しいと思いました。
from monolog
- What they like
I made it as an iced coffee and it was really good.
アイスコーヒーにして飲んだらとってもおいしかった
from monolog
- What they grumble about
It's sweeter than I expected.
思っていたよりも、甘さがあります。
from mognavi
- What they like
I don't usually drink coffee and espresso sounds bitter, but it wasn't that bitter, and not too sweet either. Just right.
普段コーヒーは飲まないしエスプレッソって苦そうな感じがしますがそんなに苦くなくでも甘すぎずちょうどよかったです。
from mognavi
- What they like
Pleasantly sweet and delicious!
程良い甘さで美味しい！
- What they grumble about
I bought it because it's lightly sweetened, but I'd have liked it a bit sweeter.
微糖なので購入したがもう少し甘い方が好みでした。
from monolog
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The maker
Where it comes from
- Ajinomoto AGF
- Gunma and Mie
Ajinomoto AGF is the coffee and drinks company of the Ajinomoto group, and Blendy Stick is its range of single-cup drink sticks. This one is made at its plants in Gunma and Mie.
Product facts here are checked against the maker's own page: agf.ajinomoto.co.jp (opens in a new tab)
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