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Hills Bros. starts to pack roast coffee
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Japanese-American chemist Satori Kato of Chicago invents the first soluble instant coffee.
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“Sanka” was invented by the researchers of the German coffee importer Ludwig Roselius.
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The first mass-produced instant coffee was invented by George Constant Washington, an English chemist living in Guatemala.
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As the Prohibition starts in the United States, coffee sales rise.
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Nestle company invented freeze-dried coffee as a method for Brazil to keep its coffee surpluses.
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The US imports 70 percent of the world coffee crop.
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During W.W.II, American soldiers get instant Maxwell House coffee in their ration kits while at the home front uncontrolled hoarding coerced government to ration coffee.
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In Italy, Achilles Gaggia perfects his espresso machine.
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Starbucks opens its first store in Seattle's Pike Place public market.
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Coffee is the world’s most popular beverage. More than 500 billion cups are consumed each year. It is one of the world’s most traded commodities, second in value only to crude oil.