You know how there's this really rare and delicious kind of coffee that is made from beans that have been fermented in the digestive tract of a civet cat? Well, UCC Blend 117 tastes like the manufacturers didn't bother to wait for the beans to drop.*
Mind you, UCC drip coffee tastes fantastic. But as far as instant goes, Japan's going to have to dig deep to top Mocha Kenya, Moccona Classic or Nescafe Gold. (There is a "Nescafe Gold Blend" available in Japan, but it's just not the same.)
*Pablo. That's what it tastes like. Pablo. Probably great for smuggling cocaine through Customs, but nobody in their right mind actually drinks the stuff.