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Coffee plants grew wild in East Africa, and sometime before 1000 AD, the people who lived in Ethiopia, in East Africa, began to mash up the red coffee berries and mix them with fatty meat (like bacon) to make an energy bar.
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In 1822, the first espresso machine was made in France.
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In 1901, just-add-hot water "instant" coffee was invented by Japanese American chemist Satori Kato of Chicago.
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In 1901, just-add-hot water "instant" coffee was invented by Japanese American chemist Satori Kato of Chicago.
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1906, English chemist George Constant Washington, invented the first mass-produced instant coffee. Washington was living in Guatemala and at the time when he observed dried coffee on his coffee carafe, after experimenting he created "Red E Coffee" - the brand name for his instant coffee first marketed in 1909.
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1933, Dr. Ernest Illy invented the first automatic espresso machine.
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Melitta Bentz was a housewife from Dresden, Germany, who invented the first coffee filter.
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1938, Nescafe or freeze-dried coffe was invented