Every year, the world celebrates July 24 The birthday of instant coffeebecause it was on this day in 1938 that the Nestle company began large-scale production of this drink.

The story of the birthday of instant coffee

In 1909, an American chemist named George Louis Washington created a technology for making instant coffee and opened his own enterprise. Instant coffee gained great popularity thanks to the military, because the method of preparing such a drink is very simple and fast.

Later, Washington’s idea was continued by the Nestle company, specifically the chemist Max Morgenthaler. He perfected the taste of instant coffee and invented the method of obtaining granules.

The popularity of instant coffee in the world

Today instant coffee is in particular demand in the USA and many European countries. The consumption of this drink prevails over the consumption of coffee beans on the planet.