[HN Gopher] A brief history of instant coffee
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       A brief history of instant coffee
        
       Author : admp
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2026-04-04 10:00 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | MikeTheGreat wrote:
       | Thanks for posting this!
       | 
       | I started using instant coffee in hot chocolate as a quick DIY
       | mocha, mainly because the cost-caffeine ratio was sooooo much
       | better than beans (ground or whole) and the mix of ingredients
       | that doesn't trigger any reflux (unlike the 400 mg / serving
       | powdered energy drink I had been guzzling).
       | 
       | Which is to say - this is a fun and interesting article about
       | something I had just been taking for granted. It's really neat to
       | learn about the trials and tribulations that folks went through
       | to figure it out.
       | 
       | Thanks for posting it! :)
        
       | firefax wrote:
       | it's never instant because boiling water takes sooooo longgggg.
       | apparently uk teakettles are faster due to voltage differences? i
       | want to look for a usb-c solution sometime
        
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