HISTORY OF INSTANT COFFEE
The first instant coffee was invented in 1901 by a Japanese chemist - Satori Kato -but the first person to make instant coffee to actual mass production is George Washington.
1771: "Instant coffee" was first performed in Britain. It was called a "coffee compound" and was granted a patent by the British government.
1853: The first instant coffee of America was created. During the civil war, experimental "cakes" of instant coffee was sent to testing soldiers.
1901: Dr. Sartori Kato - a Japanese chemist in Chicago, Illinois - developed successfully the first method of creating a coffee powder which can be dissolved in a stable manner - also known as instant coffee, you just add water and use. Initially, Kato developed faster techniques to make tea, and then applied it to coffee. In 1903 he was granted a patent for this method.
1909: For the first time, instant coffee was mass produced by George Constant Louis Washington (1871-1946, who immigrated from Belgium) in America, and it was granted a patent. But many reviewers were not satisfactory with the taste.
Washington named it "Red E Coffee" and began marketing it in 1909.
An American soldier wrote this letter from the trenches: “I am very happy despite the rats, the rain, the mud, the draughts [sic], the roar of the cannon and the scream of shells. It takes only a minute to light my little oil heater and make some George Washington Coffee…Every night I offer up a special petition to the health and well-being of Mr. Washington.”
1914-1918: Instant coffee became widely popular, especially with the US military. During World War I the soldiers called it "cup of George" and when they were demobilized they still wanted to continue using the product.
1930: Brazilian Coffee Institute requested the Chairman of Nestlé creating a soluble coffee product to help Brazil cope with the coffee residue, and also to increase coffee sales to this country. Some liquid and crystallized coffee products are available at this time but their flavors are considered very inferior Nestlé started to research in high aptitude in several years to solve the problem.
1937: A scientist of Nestlé - Max Morgenthaler - developed a technique to make the new instant coffee in the laboratory research centers of Nestlé in Switzerland. The new product was named Nescafé. This name came from the combination of Nestlé and café.
1938: On 1st April, Nestlé started to sell Nescafé in Switzerland, and also in 1938 they started to build their plant in London. The US military became their major customers.
1939-1945: During World War II, instant coffee was very popular with soldiers. Nescafé brand and other instant coffee brand provided for a large number of developing markets. In the war, the US military bought more than one million cases of Nescafé - their entire annual output of the Nestlé U.S plant.
1943: George Constant Washington’s company was sold to American Home Products, shortly before Washington was dead. George Washington coffee brand continued until 1961.
1950: Instant coffee was the favorite drink of teenagers listening to rock and roll at the coffee shop.
1954: Nescafé developed a method to produce instant coffee using only coffee, having previously added carbohydrates for stabilization. The following year they introduce Nescafé Blend 37.
1960: A better discovery for instant coffee was developed using a process called agglomeration, involves steaming coffee beans so that they stick together in clumps. Unfortunately, the second heating/drying cycle further hindered the taste of coffee. As the method improved, freeze-drying method became the preferred method of making instant coffee.
1961: Nestlé ushered in a new era in corporate design with their renowned brown tin. Over the next ten years the tins were lowly phased out.
1964: Nestlé further improved their Nescafé product to retain a finer aroma.
1970: Nestlé began selling their instant coffee in a clear glass jar.
1972: Nescafé introduced their “Fine Blend,” a milder instant coffee.
1986: Nestlé introduced a decaffeinated instant coffee. Instant cappuccino drinks and blended ice drinks continued to be used by the military.
1984: Nestlé introduced freeze-dried coffee called Gold Blend, boasting of its new smoother, richer flavor. The product was quickly followed by ultra premium freeze dried coffee in 1985, and then in 1986 Nestlé introduced a smooth, mild after dinner coffee called Cap Columbie (made from Columbian coffee beans) and the full-bodied Alta Rica, made from top grade Latin American coffee beans.
1996: Nestlé introduced the light-roasted Kenjara which was said to have a “light, delicate but lively flavor.”
Source: Internet
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