9 Insane Facts About Instant Coffee You Never Knew

Instant coffee is not fake coffee. That jar is real brewed coffee, dried into powder in a factory—and nearly half the world’s coffee crop ends up in it. These nine facts will make you see it completely differently. In this video: 🧠 What instant coffee actually is—and why chicory is the real fake coffee 🕵️ The forgotten 1890 patent that changes who really invented instant coffee 🪖 How soldiers in WWI gave instant coffee its nickname: 'a cup of George' ❄️ The freeze-drying process originally developed for blood plasma and penicillin 🌍 The shocking share of the world's coffee crop that ends up as instant coffee 👇 Drop a comment: Which of these instant coffee facts surprised you most—and would you now defend instant to a friend? 👉 Subscribe for the stories, science and history behind the coffee you drink every day. — There's more in your cup than you think. Stock media: Ddg (ddg), Pexels (https://www.pexels.com), Wikimedia (https://commons.wikimedia.org). Wikimedia Commons photos: • William Strang (Public domain) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Savile Lumley / Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd. / Adam Cuerden (Public domain) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Wikimedia contributor (CC BY 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • C. D. Arnold (Public domain) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • SouthlandInfo (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 3.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Schriever, James B., photographer (Public domain) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Jamesallain85 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Beshiri (CC0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • GeorgeWashingtonInn (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... …and 5 more Commons images (see links above). ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:40 1. Powder Is Real Coffee 1:56 2. Creator Of Instant Coffee 3:14 3. Instant Coffee For Soldiers 4:22 4. Instant Coffee Industry Begins 5:48 5. Coffee Dried Two Ways 7:20 6. Robusta Beans Taste Bitter 8:19 7. Instant Has Less Caffeine 9:25 8. Britain Prefers Instant Coffee 10:03 9. Instant Uses Half Beans 🔑 KEYWORDS (SEO) instant coffee facts, what is instant coffee, how is instant coffee made, instant coffee history, david strang instant coffee, satori kato instant coffee, george washington coffee, red e coffee, nescafe history, maxwell house instant coffee, freeze dried coffee, spray dried coffee, chicory coffee, robusta vs arabica, caffeine in instant coffee, instant coffee vs brewed coffee, is instant coffee real coffee, instant coffee myths, british instant coffee, world war coffee, soldier coffee, instant coffee production, instant coffee crystals, instant coffee powder, cup of george, coffee surplus brazil nestle, instant coffee uk, half of coffee beans instant #coffee #coffeelover #coffeefacts #coffeehistory #coffeescience #instantcoffee #freezedriedcoffee #robustacoffee #chicorycoffee