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Instant coffee is a dried brewed extract

Factories brew coffee strongly, then remove the water from the resulting liquid Industrial extraction passes hot water through columns of ground coffee to produce a concentrate far stronger than a cup. That liquid is then either sprayed into hot air, forming a fine powder, or frozen and dried under vacuum, which keeps more aroma. Freeze dried granules are chunkier and usually cost more than spray dried powder. It sits in Mondo's food collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Factories brew coffee strongly, then remove the water from the resulting liquid. The figure is taken from Science History Institute, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a food fact?: Yes. It sits on the Food shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.