10 interesting facts about instant coffee

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="364" src="https://media.zenfs.com/ar_XA/News/GN4ME/392039.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.zenfs.com/ar_XA/News/GN4ME/392039.jpg" target="_blank">(Image Source)</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> 1. A form of instant coffee had been developed in England in 1771 but it had the problem of going rancid after a relatively short time.<br /> <br /> 2. David Strang also received a New Zealand patent for “soluble dry coffee powder” around 1890 but it may not have tasted very nice.<br /> <br /> 3. The first mass-produced instant coffee, called Red E Coffee, was produced in 1909 by Belgian-American George Constant Louis Washington.<br /> <br /> 4. During the First World War, US soldiers called their coffee “a cup of George”.<br /> <br /> 5. Nescafe, the first truly successful instant coffee, was launched by Nestlé in 1938.<br /> <br /> 6. Instant coffee accounts for 13 per cent of all coffee drunk worldwide.<br /> <br /> 7. Most instant coffee is made from Robusta beans grown in Vietnam.<br /> <br /> 8. In 2012, Canadian Masen Kankula claimed a world record by eating a tablespoon of Maxwell House granules in 8.61 seconds.<br /> <br /> 9. 74 per cent of UK adults drink instant coffee.<br /> <br /> 10. The world spent more than $30billion (£18billion) on instant coffee last year.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/fun/top10facts/497832/Instant-coffee-Top-10-facts" target="_blank">(Source)</a></div>

10 interesting facts about instant coffee

(Image Source) 1. A form of instant coffee had been developed in England in 1771 but it had the problem of going rancid after a relati...

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