The factory that cooks the beans, maybe (probably yeah). However the factory that processes the freshly picked beans reeks of fermented coffee berries. The pulp of the berry gets tossed while the beans are dried then roasted.
Its amazing how we can grow enough coffee to satisfy the worlds needs. It only grows in certain climates and each plant only produces a limited amount of beans, for a limited time each year. Chocolate is the same way.
Because you can only consume a limited amount per day. Else you would go crazy. Same with chocolate. They're stimulants, natural drugs. Mainly used to beat feelings of hunger when you have to concentrate.
I like it because I can't handle normal brewed coffee it's too acidic for me, Nescafe Tasters Choice is my go to. It tastes amazing and hits the spot every time
@@orion5813 the most common & simple method that has been used for years is to make a HUGE vat of percolated coffee , evaporate the water out of it & then mix in a small amount of food starch ( EG corn , rice , potato ) so that it's able to be handled / transported.
They probably did it like powdered milk where it went through the dehydrator and then heated up to turn it into a powder. It probably didn't maintain the flavor as well.
Instead of sublimation, they used evaporation, spraying the coffee into a stream of hot air. The coffee would turn into powder, but it had much less flavor.
I worked for a coffee Co. the Vice Pres. told me instant coffee is only the essence of the coffee bean . If you want real coffee fresh grind coffee beans and pour boiling water through it for excellent coffee . ( French Press ) I was a Lab Tech . ( wait 4 minutes before pushing down on the French press ) use bottled water if you have hard water .
Instant coffee was made popular because it was provided in soldiers rations in both WW1 and WW2. It fell out of favor after the 1970’s. You may not know it, but instant coffee is back.... rebranded and in the K-cups that go in Keurig machines and similar devices.
(2:45) - This phenomenon of a solid *_"melting "_* straight into a gas is called: *sublimation.* It is achieved here, by placing the granulated frozen coffee paste into a vacuum chamber, while the temperature is held at slightly above freezing. This ensures that the water content of the granules is removed as a gas, the frozen water being denied its liquid phase by the low pressure, vacuum conditions. Thi is why your instant coffee granules appear so delicate and light. After the water is removed, the initial structure of the granule is maintained. Imagine a dried tomato. It's a sorry fraction of its old self, right ? All wrinkled and much smaller than it was before.. If a tomato underwent the same process as this coffee paste, it too would maintain its size. You'd have a same-sized tomato that was light as a feather. >
I have a whole new appreciation for any instant coffee I have. I prefer brewed but instant will do in a pinch. One way to make instant coffee taste better is to put it in a bit of cold water first to make a slurry. Then add the hot water. It really helps
This is amazing! I love learning how these food/drink items are made. We take fir granted how these items just exist in the grocery shelves. Very cool.
I lived nearby one of Nestles factories. Whenever they made cooffe it smelle amazing. The opened a huge chimney and blasted the area. But whenever they made cocoa powder it smelled like rotten chocolate milk.
Nestle is one of the evil companies that does not care about environment and local folk around their factories. Pls be careful about your air and tap water.
True but its pretty obvious how it works, you add hot water. Done. Lol im glad this was more of a how its made its a lot more complex than how it works
I was drinking instant coffee while watching this. Now I know why it tastes so different than freshly ground and brewed. Nonetheless, convenience comes at a price
I like how the narrator specifically mentioned the freezer was -50 degrees centigrade, however when he mentioned -40, he didn't specify the unit. -40C is equal to -40F.
+John Calderaio I looked at a thermometer... -40 degrees centigrade is equal to -40 degrees fahrenheit. You can also check a conversion table: www.rapidtables.com/convert/temperature/celsius-to-fahrenheit.htm#table
MaximRecoil the internet was actually invented in England.. the PC was invented in Germany the first operating system was built by students in Manchester... So you are wrong do some fact check next time
>the internet was actually invented in England.. No, it wasn't, dumbass. Both the precursor to the internet (ARPANET) and the internet were invented in the United States: "The first TCP/IP-wide area network was operational on January 1, 1983, when the United States' National Science Foundation (NSF) constructed the university network backbone that would later become the NSFNet. This date is held as the "birth" of the Internet." >the PC was invented in Germany No, it wasn't, simpleton: "The Kenbak-1 is officially credited by the Computer History Museum to be the world's first personal computer which was invented in 1971 by John Blankenbaker." John Blakenbaker is an American from Oregon, who currently lives in Pennsylvania. "the first operating system was built by students in Manchester.." No, it wasn't, numbnuts: "OS/360 officially known as IBM System/360 Operating System based on batch processing system developed by IBM for their then-new System/360 mainframe computer, announced in 1964, was the first operating system that was developed." >So you are wrong No, I'm not, moron. >do some fact check next time ^^^Comical Irony Alert^^^ LOL @ you, by the way.
Now we understand why some instant coffee's are healther for us to be drinking rather than the bagged ground coffee maker stuff. Graet video, good job!
Ahhh. I was wondering how the instant coffee dissolve in the water and freshly ground doesn’t. It’s because instant is actually brewed and then turned into a freeze dried powder. Makes sense.
@@SugomA22 Interesting thought, but most certainly not flour. You'd have celiac people struggling with every sip, or at the very least a label would have to let people know it was made with possible contamination of wheat. I know this comment is over 2 years old, but there are a few reasons as to why you'll not see flour be used. Another immediate thought is that flour would not dissolve in the hot water in the same way instant coffee does.
@@cl9826 Theres nothing better than a cup of instant coffee when you're backpacking. Waking up at dawn, boiling water, adding 2 packs of instant and sugar. By yourself in the middle of nowhere, getting ready for another 15 miles....coffee never tasted so good.
My instant coffee taste better than the coffeehouse that I used to get every morning which cost around $5. Now I have jars that make 100 cups so I'm saving big money! Thank goodness for these great minds for giving us great alternatives! ☕️
@@VeronicaSywakI've been using great value colombian instant for the last year and it's way better than any regular instant ive tried. Like ground colombian coffee the colombian instant has alot bolder taste. Cost more but its worth it
thank you for sharing this. now i know why instant coffee easy to melt in room temperature. i my self drink coffee 5 to 8 cup a day. my opinion is if you are a coffee lover, you will find a way to make you own coffee tasty, either instant coffee or bean coffee. that's my joy of drinking coffee.
Coming from Puerto Rico and seeing how fresh coffee is made there everyday, by first cooking the beans till they crisp, then using a wood material to crush it into powder, then its brew. I ask how is instant coffee made, this is a mayor work ,thank God for those machines that does everything.
Dude I know where it’s made . I just meant what kind of human being and how brilliant their mind had to be to come up with such a way to make it all happen . Just imagine if u never had instant coffee before and had no idea about it before this . IMO it’s really fantastic , the way those individuals think and how they perceive the world around them . Do u think if someone reset the world to the Stone Age and we have to go all the way again , all these amazing inventions would happen again? Who knows maybe we do better this time :)
@@booshveg my guess is someone forgot their coffee and then added hot water to the reduced stuff in the mug to not waste anything. Then they tried around how concentrated they could get the stuff without making it to disgusting. Germans were always great at inventing mechanisms, like book print. Maybe I'm biaswd but as a German, the instant coffee isn't as impressiv as other things we invented
I wanted to know how they come to this concentrated paste. What is the temperature, the volume of the liquid coffee at the beginning And I was thinking that to lyophilisated something it's not the heat which is used but the very cold temperatures (- 40 to -60) under high vacuum condition (freeze-dried !!!) Can someone confirm that for instant coffee they use heat instead of cold ?
Did you speak about it? Like "Man, I wonder how they make instant coffee..."? Then your phone listened to you, UA-cam is owned by Google, the recommender system showed you this video.
I've tasted instant that was better than some brewed and vise-versa. Just comes down to the brand and how you dress it up. Personally I like a little bit of coffee with my creamer and sugar :)
we like this video much better than the new version of this one. This one provides talking information which is much more useful to us. Great for homeschool lesson. we enjoy freeze dried, more flavorful, over spray dried. Many usrs for instant coffee.
Wow that's a wild protocol for making instant coffee! So cool. Instant coffee is highly contaminated with high levels of fluoride from the water fluoridation brews concentrated, so I myself don't enjoy it but it's definitely a awesome invention. We just need the USA to stop water fluoridation so it's not in our food and beverages in high doses.
People have tested this for flouride concentrations and they were found to be anywhere from 0.0 - 0.1 PPM .. no cause for alarm :) you'd get a considerably higher dose in most toothpastes which are very good for your teeth, albeit not ingestion!
This reminded me the time I dealt with space bearings. What is used here as a beneficial process (sublimation of water from frozen coffee) was a problem there (how to prevent our grease from sublimating in very low pressure conditions?) :)
You buy a jar of Folger's Crystals, you put it in the cupboard, you forget about it. Then later on when you need it, it's there. It lasts forever. It's freeze-dried. Freeze-dried Crystals.
I recently switched to only drinking instant coffee. It's cheaper (no waste), efficient, and doesn't make my stomach ache like some fresh brewed coffees do.
I always get ignorant people tell me that instant coffee is no good for you because they think they make it using by using "chemicals", whatever that means. It's no use trying to argue either. I don't drink instant, but I will still defend the truth.
Can someone tell me why instant is half the price of regular coffee? You figure all the machines and energy in this process would make it more expensive...maybe the yield is greater?
OR Bonds Because the demand is less. The freeze drying process also removes most of the caffeine, and the fresh brewed taste along with it. There is a brand called Voila that claims it’s the best in the world. They say it tastes just like fresh brewed. I want to try it. I know this was an old post but I was bored😀
I drink one (16 ounce) coffee a day that I roast (15-20 minutes for a week's supply) and grind myself (about 8 seconds daily). What's depicted here is interesting but sadly typical of our modern world. For me, real coffee is a tremendous gift from God Almighty the Creator.
Basically all they do is brew cofee, then they heat it up to a paste, then they freeze it to a crisp, grind it up, pour the powder in a tub and sell it for $7.99.
I have thought about how did they make it and then imagined it in my mind bafore watch the documentary and my imagination was exactly right! I started to think that I am a genious 😂.
i tried my first instant coffee today i usually use ground coffee and make it fresh in mornings for now on i may have a cup of instant in the morning more stronger to wake me up but i will always still use fresh
I think instant coffee is good for going hunting or if the power goes out and you don't want to open the fridge much for creamer, just put the kettle on and grab some powdered creamer and your good to go
I'm reading a lot of negativity in the comments about instant coffee. People, it's all about the right brand. You find the right brand (varies by person), and you will be blown away by how good it tastes. Not kidding! If you buy a cheap brand, like Walmart instant coffee (even the Folgers instant isn't that good), you're going to develop a negative opinion about instant coffee that doesn't represent the entire field. This is like test driving a cheap POS car and assuming all cars drive that poorly. Coffee makers have had over a century to perfect and improve the taste of instant coffee. Some have achieved perfection. Others just don't care.
Nescafe instant coffee sachets are about as bitter and bad-tasting as you can get, but I recently tried their Lampung robusta version and it is very tasty. So it's not just about the brand but I got your general point.
I drink instant coffee, non-instant coffee, cafe's coffee, and black coffee. Here the snobbery usually come from those who drink black coffee, claiming that those sugar and creamer / milk make coffee not coffee. I only snob to starbucks cause they are sugar with coffee. But even that, it is a joke I say to other coffee shops that do it 'right'.
I am not a coffee drinker but I recently began drinking instant coffee. The coffee market seems to be a lot like the wine market, as Laith pointed out. A lot of snobbery. Hey, I just want a tasty cup of coffee. Yes, tell me what you think is the best but don't condemn those who don't get as wrapped up in it as some "experts." Pretty funny, actually.
there isn't really a best but there is definitely a higher or lower quality version of something, hence all the elaborate measures they go through in this video. also while i love instant coffee, there is definitely a much lesser variety out there than fresh. and yes, coffees DO taste wildly different depending on beans and level of roasting.
Not all instant coffee brands were born equal, just like not all brewed coffee brands taste great. It's all about the beans and process! Our mission is to bring the instant back with the best tasting instant coffee. We even received outstanding ratings from professional coffee reviewers. Don't believe us? Google our name. The best part? We donate 4% of our proceeds to support clean water initiatives to 26 countries around the globe through our "add water, give water" program.
Brewing tip:1) Pour the hot water into the cup. 2)Tap the spoonful of instant coffee so that it floats on the surface of the water. 3)Wait until the coffee granules sink. 4) stir. I couldn't believe the difference.
I live in Brazil and I heard somewhere that here in the third world countries local people only have the "waste" of good coffee beans, which are exported to the rest of the world. This may explain why I can't drink regular coffee anymore, I just drink instant coffee, it has a special flavor to it. But now seeing this video, it seems to make sense, since the "sublimation" process is aimed at "keeping the original flavor to the beans", which explains instant coffee tasting better. But probably if I drink some NEXT LEVEL SHIT coffee beans it will taste better than instant coffee. Someone had this experience?
+FeelingShred I've heard that too. That in places where the actual coffee is harvested, the people there can't even afford to drink their own product. That's so crazy. I've also heard the same about cocao/chocolate farmers. They harvest it, but it's too expensive for them to eat. Insane.
+FeelingShred I have roasted my own beans ( and flavored them ) It is great, but how finely you ground them up before having high pressure steam go through also has a big impact on the flavor of the coffee. If the beans are "sweaty" or have a thin layer of fat on them they are top class and fresh and full of flavor. Many roasterias roast the beans too quick or too hard, but this is also how they get the different coffee flavors. I think coffee is best enjoyed in the italian espresso form but I also drink my share of instant.
+FeelingShred In Vietnam, for eg, they roast all the beans dark. That's kinda stupid because dark roasted coffee get most of the flavors from the roast, not the coffee. Only after I moved overseas and have a chance to buy really good medium roasted coffee, I found the true taste of good coffee. Fucking hell it's good.
+FeelingShred That's true, not only for coffee but all "exportable" commodities from third world country. Not to mention the shit they add to coffee, like blood, bird crap, etc to sell to local consumer. Speaking of other commodities, I can buy Brazil nuts in USA, CHEAPER and much higher quality than in Brazil, my own country.
@@bigbirb1679 " Instant could taste better than expensive beans." - lol good one, how is that? Explain that nonsense. Instant is made from lower quality beans in the first place, it's coffee that has been brewed, then dried, then made into liquid again. Not to mention that I can go sleep after drinking instant coffee...
@@theonetojump like he said, people have different opinions. Some people prefer instant ramen to home cooked noodles. I for one hate all coffee equally
@@charley6799 I don't think it should be an opinionated thing, making something fresh should always be the choice for quality like for example frozen veg, its lacking in flavor even tho they claim to lock in freshness. There are still good instant coffees and bad fresh coffee it's about the depth of flavors that get lost through these processes
@@didid0000 yeah, but flavor is always opinionated, something higher quality can taste better or worse to different people, you can't make a food that is objectively better than another.
Oh my god I love this video so much! I think about it every time I drink a mug of instant coffee (which is everyday haha) and it makes me unbelievably happy! So so happy:) i just love The machines, The whole thing, its better than God The allmighty prais his name🙏
That factory must smell amazing
Bilal Patel bruh faxx
The factory that cooks the beans, maybe (probably yeah). However the factory that processes the freshly picked beans reeks of fermented coffee berries. The pulp of the berry gets tossed while the beans are dried then roasted.
I scrolled down to leave that comment. Turned out to be the top one. :p
Yes, that is a german factory. German factories are amazing with awesome machines. And german awesome machines do german things. Thats how we roll.
@@AntiMensch88 Are you a fan of coffee or just caffeine?
Its amazing how we can grow enough coffee to satisfy the worlds needs. It only grows in certain climates and each plant only produces a limited amount of beans, for a limited time each year. Chocolate is the same way.
I've had the same thought "What if we run out of coffee?'
@@Malfoy1594 someone is on her high horse all high and mighty I see...
Just like supplying the world with rubber,. I was surprised Trump didn't tariff it.
Christina Reynolds There are still billions that do.
Because you can only consume a limited amount per day.
Else you would go crazy.
Same with chocolate.
They're stimulants, natural drugs.
Mainly used to beat feelings of hunger when you have to concentrate.
I'm so grateful for instant coffee. My cheap homemade lattes just wouldn't be the same.
Something about instant coffee just hits different..
I've kind of developed a taste for instant coffee. Fresh brewed coffee just tastes weird to me.
I like it because I can't handle normal brewed coffee it's too acidic for me, Nescafe Tasters Choice is my go to. It tastes amazing and hits the spot every time
In Italian, 'latte' means 'milk'.
I wonder what you mean by “my cheap homemade lattes”. All you need is good coffee and milk to make a very good latte.
A long awaited curiosity finally put to rest.
This is actually only one of 2 methods used for making instant coffee...
M T What is the other ?
I'm having a cup right now. Love coffee.
@@orion5813 the most common & simple method that has been used for years is to make a HUGE vat of percolated coffee , evaporate the water out of it & then mix in a small amount of food starch ( EG corn , rice , potato ) so that it's able to be handled / transported.
I marvel at the mechanical engineers who create all the machinery to automate the process!!! How was it made prior?
It wasn't lol
Hard work
They probably did it like powdered milk where it went through the dehydrator and then heated up to turn it into a powder. It probably didn't maintain the flavor as well.
Instead of sublimation, they used evaporation, spraying the coffee into a stream of hot air. The coffee would turn into powder, but it had much less flavor.
@@S0rceress0 Maxwell House original isn't freeze dried
I worked for a coffee Co. the Vice Pres. told me instant coffee is only the essence of the coffee bean . If you want real coffee fresh grind coffee beans and pour boiling water through it for excellent coffee . ( French Press ) I was a Lab Tech . ( wait 4 minutes before pushing down on the French press ) use bottled water if you have hard water .
Thank you for the tip! ☕️
0:51 *They're stirred constantly to make sure they're evenly roasted without burning.*
Pretty much sums up UA-cam comments section.
Daaaaaaaaamn son.
That was some gourmet shit right there!
You are awesome
Best comment I've read today 😂
Fantastic work ma man, really good work.
Instant coffee was made popular because it was provided in soldiers rations in both WW1 and WW2. It fell out of favor after the 1970’s. You may not know it, but instant coffee is back.... rebranded and in the K-cups that go in Keurig machines and similar devices.
(2:45) - This phenomenon of a solid *_"melting "_* straight into a gas is called: *sublimation.*
It is achieved here, by placing the granulated frozen coffee paste into a vacuum chamber, while the temperature is held at slightly above freezing.
This ensures that the water content of the granules is removed as a gas, the frozen water being denied its liquid phase by the low pressure, vacuum conditions.
Thi is why your instant coffee granules appear so delicate and light.
After the water is removed, the initial structure of the granule is maintained.
Imagine a dried tomato.
It's a sorry fraction of its old self, right ?
All wrinkled and much smaller than it was before..
If a tomato underwent the same process as this coffee paste, it too would maintain its size.
You'd have a same-sized tomato that was light as a feather.
>
thank yoh my brother
@@whyismynameherethis comment is for the smart
thanks mate
Intriguing...
I have a whole new appreciation for any instant coffee I have. I prefer brewed but instant will do in a pinch. One way to make instant coffee taste better is to put it in a bit of cold water first to make a slurry. Then add the hot water. It really helps
This is amazing! I love learning how these food/drink items are made. We take fir granted how these items just exist in the grocery shelves. Very cool.
3:57 Confirmed?
I love my "Instant Coffee", didnt know the process is so complicated, even freeze dried. Appreciate it even more
Loving the 1990’s documentary aesthetics
I drunk instant coffee to this video in March 2023, it was great I feel full of energy!
I lived nearby one of Nestles factories. Whenever they made cooffe it smelle amazing. The opened a huge chimney and blasted the area. But whenever they made cocoa powder it smelled like rotten chocolate milk.
Nestle is one of the evil companies that does not care about environment and local folk around their factories. Pls be careful about your air and tap water.
yea, chocolate factory smells bad.
i used to live around 200 meter away from a heineken brewery. 100% a reason to move away from there, the stink is mind boggling lol
@@murfad a bit late but I drove around a factory that makes medical grade alcohol once. It smelled like farts
Well... part of the process of making chocolate is fermenting the cacao beans.
There’s no excuse to not stay awake in this workplace. 🤣
almost spit my coffee out laughing when I saw the coffee being made is the exact same brand that I'm drinking
Same.
This is more like “how it’s made” rather than “how it works”
I would have to agree!! Lol
@Christina Reynolds "How it works" implies how to prepare the instant coffee. I.e. stirring a teaspoon into a cup of hot water.
@@daniellechandler8023 Thanks, you should really consider making videos. lol
This is how it works ---> O_O
True but its pretty obvious how it works, you add hot water. Done. Lol im glad this was more of a how its made its a lot more complex than how it works
Just had a cup of coffee.
UA-cam: can I interest you with a video of how instant coffee is made?
Literally what happened with me unbelievable
Lol I looked it up
I was drinking instant coffee while watching this. Now I know why it tastes so different than freshly ground and brewed. Nonetheless, convenience comes at a price
@@3Faidonas3 I think he meant that you spent less time not money
@@seancody3308 Frankly, I have no idea what I meant with my comment lol
I like how the narrator specifically mentioned the freezer was -50 degrees centigrade, however when he mentioned -40, he didn't specify the unit. -40C is equal to -40F.
+John Calderaio
I looked at a thermometer...
-40 degrees centigrade is equal to -40 degrees fahrenheit.
You can also check a conversion table: www.rapidtables.com/convert/temperature/celsius-to-fahrenheit.htm#table
>>>Because only Ameritards still use retarded units like Fahrenheit
MaximRecoil the internet was actually invented in England..
the PC was invented in Germany
the first operating system was built by students in Manchester...
So you are wrong
do some fact check next time
>the internet was actually invented in England..
No, it wasn't, dumbass. Both the precursor to the internet (ARPANET) and the internet were invented in the United States:
"The first TCP/IP-wide area network was operational on January 1, 1983, when the United States' National Science Foundation
(NSF) constructed the university network backbone that would later
become the NSFNet. This date is held as the "birth" of the Internet."
>the PC was invented in Germany
No, it wasn't, simpleton:
"The Kenbak-1 is officially credited by the Computer History Museum to be the world's first personal computer which was invented in 1971 by John Blankenbaker."
John Blakenbaker is an American from Oregon, who currently lives in Pennsylvania.
"the first operating system was built by students in Manchester.."
No, it wasn't, numbnuts:
"OS/360 officially known as IBM System/360 Operating System based on batch processing system developed by IBM for their then-new System/360 mainframe computer, announced in 1964, was the first operating system that was developed."
>So you are wrong
No, I'm not, moron.
>do some fact check next time
^^^Comical Irony Alert^^^
LOL @ you, by the way.
MaximRecoil like I said...do some actual fact checking next time...your sources are shit
If you love coffee, no matter what kind and brand, let us just enjoy every cup. That is all that matters! ☕️
Ruining our adrenals for a millennia
This is exactly the sort of stuff they made us watch at primary school in the 80s.
I drank it everyday and didn't know how it's made but now I know, thanks..
Now we understand why some instant coffee's are healther for us to be drinking rather than the bagged ground coffee maker stuff. Graet video, good job!
Production levels in that factory must be off the charts
Ahhh. I was wondering how the instant coffee dissolve in the water and freshly ground doesn’t. It’s because instant is actually brewed and then turned into a freeze dried powder. Makes sense.
Despite i see the steps for making instant coffee, but i am suspicious about the real fact in my mind, that it is flour+artificial color and essence
@@SugomA22 Interesting thought, but most certainly not flour. You'd have celiac people struggling with every sip, or at the very least a label would have to let people know it was made with possible contamination of wheat. I know this comment is over 2 years old, but there are a few reasons as to why you'll not see flour be used. Another immediate thought is that flour would not dissolve in the hot water in the same way instant coffee does.
He sounds like the kurzgesagt narrator
CozmicK G I’ve been thinking that for a while. I love Kurzgesagt!!
he is
@@bnlhu Source? He kind of sounds like a younger version of the guy. And given that this video is old, it might as well be him for real.
Ya
He did say in an interviews that he worked for TV programs and commercials before Kurzgesagt
I love my soluble coffee... To me it tastes better than the regular brew I make at home.
Same. Been drinking nothing but instant coffee for last 10 years so anytime I drink regular coffee it doesn't taste right
And this process was developed in 1901? Impressive
@Matthew Telle ~People back then used the outdoors in the winter
No he said instant coffee was invented in 1901 but obviously they used a different process. I'm sure it sucked even more than it does now
@@cl9826 Theres nothing better than a cup of instant coffee when you're backpacking. Waking up at dawn, boiling water, adding 2 packs of instant and sugar. By yourself in the middle of nowhere, getting ready for another 15 miles....coffee never tasted so good.
@Thystaff Thywill use your own brain asshole. Scaling a process to a commercial level is impressive.
@Thystaff Thywill How do you dry out coffee without freezing it?
My instant coffee taste better than the coffeehouse that I used to get every morning which cost around $5. Now I have jars that make 100 cups so I'm saving big money! Thank goodness for these great minds for giving us great alternatives! ☕️
Coffee shop coffee is ridiculously overpriced
Hi - what brand of instant coffee if your go-to choice? I'm looking to make the switch but only to a good quality brand.
@@VeronicaSywak HI Veronica. Folgers Noir dusk, Nescafe classico are a good place to start.
@@VeronicaSywakI've been using great value colombian instant for the last year and it's way better than any regular instant ive tried. Like ground colombian coffee the colombian instant has alot bolder taste. Cost more but its worth it
thank you for sharing this. now i know why instant coffee easy to melt in room temperature. i my self drink coffee 5 to 8 cup a day. my opinion is if you are a coffee lover, you will find a way to make you own coffee tasty, either instant coffee or bean coffee. that's my joy of drinking coffee.
This is soo true mate
so its basically pre-brewed coffee that's been freeze dried🤔
Yes. Yes it is.
Did they didnt add anything that isnt coffee?, Like corn with the same proccess
Not so bad after all..
they never did "brew" it; it was extracted by steam.
@John Patriot eagle freedom boner he didn't say that corn was in it. They do add things to corn.
Coming from Puerto Rico and seeing how fresh coffee is made there everyday, by first cooking the beans till they crisp, then using a wood material to crush it into powder, then its brew. I ask how is instant coffee made, this is a mayor work ,thank God for those machines that does everything.
Yahya
bet working their everyday just smells amazing!
Working their what? What is their in that working?
I thought the same thing ! Delicious smell all day !
I wonder who designs these machineries and mechanism . Who thought about doing something like this for the first time and why ?
Who? Who knows. Some engineer probably. Why? Money of course.
Look at the sign of the door. Germans of course.
Dude I know where it’s made . I just meant what kind of human being and how brilliant their mind had to be to come up with such a way to make it all happen . Just imagine if u never had instant coffee before and had no idea about it before this . IMO it’s really fantastic , the way those individuals think and how they perceive the world around them . Do u think if someone reset the world to the Stone Age and we have to go all the way again , all these amazing inventions would happen again? Who knows maybe we do better this time :)
@@booshveg my guess is someone forgot their coffee and then added hot water to the reduced stuff in the mug to not waste anything. Then they tried around how concentrated they could get the stuff without making it to disgusting. Germans were always great at inventing mechanisms, like book print. Maybe I'm biaswd but as a German, the instant coffee isn't as impressiv as other things we invented
Am drinking a lovely cup of Tea whilst watching this.
When was this recorded? I'm working at the plant and i want to know this. Btw. this plant is located in "Elmshorn, near Hamburg in Germany. Greets
Looks pretty old, as its in 4:3 ratio and not 16:9 which is what most camera have nowadays.
Hah, what a surprise to look at the comments here...
I wanted to know how they come to this concentrated paste. What is the temperature, the volume of the liquid coffee at the beginning
And I was thinking that to lyophilisated something it's not the heat which is used but the very cold temperatures (- 40 to -60) under high vacuum condition (freeze-dried !!!) Can someone confirm that for instant coffee they use heat instead of cold ?
Dachte ich mir doch dass es in Deutschland ist
looks like dehydrated the brewed coffee, some preservative added, fresh coffee is best choice
I've always wondered what the process of freeze drying actually is. neat!
I'm drinking instant coffee as I watch this.
lol me too
haha. Me neither.
Spirit Alight me too:)
Spirit Alight me too haha
same- feeling wired!
I just thought about this yesterday. Dont tell me government can read minds now
Did you speak about it? Like "Man, I wonder how they make instant coffee..."? Then your phone listened to you, UA-cam is owned by Google, the recommender system showed you this video.
This happens to me all the time. Creepy af
lmao this happens to me all the time, but I try not to think anything of it......
So when we drink instant coffee, it's actually the one already brewed at past time and then brewed again. That explains the taste.
😋💕thx. 4 the video, I always wondered how it's made, I had 2 look it up .
Well, that answers that question!
instant coffee is amazing time saver coffee ready in 10 sec 🥰
I've tasted instant that was better than some brewed and vise-versa. Just comes down to the brand and how you dress it up. Personally I like a little bit of coffee with my creamer and sugar :)
I didnt know it was so complicated to make instant coffee. Minus 50 degrees is amazing!
we like this video much better than the new version of this one. This one provides talking information which is much more useful to us. Great for homeschool lesson. we enjoy freeze dried, more flavorful, over spray dried. Many usrs for instant coffee.
Wow that's a wild protocol for making instant coffee! So cool. Instant coffee is highly contaminated with high levels of fluoride from the water fluoridation brews concentrated, so I myself don't enjoy it but it's definitely a awesome invention. We just need the USA to stop water fluoridation so it's not in our food and beverages in high doses.
I agree
People have tested this for flouride concentrations and they were found to be anywhere from 0.0 - 0.1 PPM .. no cause for alarm :) you'd get a considerably higher dose in most toothpastes which are very good for your teeth, albeit not ingestion!
After all this it still ends up being relatively inexpensive to purchase! Economies of scale is amazing!
Capitalism
I've never tasted freeze dried coffee that tasted as good as fresh brewed.
This reminded me the time I dealt with space bearings. What is used here as a beneficial process (sublimation of water from frozen coffee) was a problem there (how to prevent our grease from sublimating in very low pressure conditions?) :)
You buy a jar of Folger's Crystals, you put it in the cupboard, you forget about it. Then later on when you need it, it's there. It lasts forever. It's freeze-dried. Freeze-dried Crystals.
I recently switched to only drinking instant coffee. It's cheaper (no waste), efficient, and doesn't make my stomach ache like some fresh brewed coffees do.
Maybe you were just drinking too much coffee, and that made your stomach ache.
NeonsStyle
Doubt it, I rarely have more than a cup, two at the most.
Simon i believe its some of the oils that coffee beans carry and i believe they lose them when it goes through the process to make it instant
Indominus Rex That could be why. Thanks and 'Jurassic World' was awesome, great YT name.
bah it was all thx to you and your company
Mr Simon Masrani
Oh wow! What an amazing process👏
My grandmom used to drink instant coffee I drank it a couple times liked the taste of it
An actual British documentary about coffee? ☕
Now that's something you don't see everyday. 🤔
I've long avoided instant coffee for I wasn't sure how it's made
hand me my instant coffee instantly!
I think rumours spread without factual basis and many shy away from instant coffee. Video here is proof it's good coffee.
So you rather avoided it for years than taking a few minutes to learn about it?
Oh my God,. WoW! super delicious extracts of the rich planet.👑👑👑
Just gained a new appreciation for instant coffee
I always get ignorant people tell me that instant coffee is no good for you because they think they make it using by using "chemicals", whatever that means.
It's no use trying to argue either.
I don't drink instant, but I will still defend the truth.
Mrs. Olson would just pull out a can of Folgers and let that Mountain Grown Flavor do the talking.
Can someone tell me why instant is half the price of regular coffee? You figure all the machines and energy in this process would make it more expensive...maybe the yield is greater?
OR Bonds Because the demand is less. The freeze drying process also removes most of the caffeine, and the fresh brewed taste along with it. There is a brand called Voila that claims it’s the best in the world. They say it tastes just like fresh brewed. I want to try it. I know this was an old post but I was bored😀
Diesel fuel is much cheaper to refine than gasoline. It costs almost a dollar more per gallon. Just about supply and demand I guess.
I drink one (16 ounce) coffee a day that I roast (15-20 minutes for a week's supply) and grind myself (about 8 seconds daily). What's depicted here is interesting but sadly typical of our modern world. For me, real coffee is a tremendous gift from God Almighty the Creator.
the molten coffee....looks beautiful
it's an amazing process!
Nice factory. It's possible that is producing most of the instant coffee in Europe. The package is different, the factory is the same.
So basically it brewed coffee that's freeze dried...
You telling me you never read your coffe jar and put 2 and 2 together? Smh
not brewed; it was extracted by steam.
@@watchgoose So, brewed
I know that brand tastes like muddy water !
What i dont get is instant is way cheaper than regular coffee
I don't even like instant coffee but I went and made one while watching this.
Basically all they do is brew cofee, then they heat it up to a paste, then they freeze it to a crisp, grind it up, pour the powder in a tub and sell it for $7.99.
Haha
Is this Steve Taylor from Kurkezagt that is narrating?
Árni mind blown!!
Woah I wonder if it really is. Sounds JUST like him!
I WAS THINKING TH EXACT SAME THING
The best Italian cappuccino or caffe e latte is done with milk and instant coffee in my house
Strong rich flavor.
A hot briosce would be perfect
thank god... I got the concept of this... i Was looking for long
Oh my, now brewing coffee! YUM.
Hi. May i know about the best method for brewing?
I have thought about how did they make it and then imagined it in my mind bafore watch the documentary and my imagination was exactly right! I started to think that I am a genious 😂.
Instant coffee doesn’t taste like regular coffee it doesn’t really ever taste good but I still love drinking it.
Sunshine Love it tastes the same to me lol. the regular coffee is more satisfying though, because of knowing it’s been freshly brewed.
i tried my first instant coffee today i usually use ground coffee and make it fresh in mornings for now on i may have a cup of instant in the morning more stronger to wake me up but i will always still use fresh
Ground coffee the winner every time ☕
I think instant coffee is good for going hunting or if the power goes out and you don't want to open the fridge much for creamer, just put the kettle on and grab some powdered creamer and your good to go
What I wanna know is, how do they take coffee and make something out of it that doesn't taste like coffee at all?
Some brands are quite good! I like nescafe gold.
Thank you, now I understand.
It is a mesmerising process! I have just added a trailer on my channel from my first production farm visit
I'm reading a lot of negativity in the comments about instant coffee. People, it's all about the right brand. You find the right brand (varies by person), and you will be blown away by how good it tastes. Not kidding! If you buy a cheap brand, like Walmart instant coffee (even the Folgers instant isn't that good), you're going to develop a negative opinion about instant coffee that doesn't represent the entire field. This is like test driving a cheap POS car and assuming all cars drive that poorly. Coffee makers have had over a century to perfect and improve the taste of instant coffee. Some have achieved perfection. Others just don't care.
Nescafe instant coffee sachets are about as bitter and bad-tasting as you can get, but I recently tried their Lampung robusta version and it is very tasty. So it's not just about the brand but I got your general point.
@@jjryan1352 get the asian kinds that shit is good
or i could continue to just grind and brew my coffee before i drink it.
I drink instant coffee, non-instant coffee, cafe's coffee, and black coffee. Here the snobbery usually come from those who drink black coffee, claiming that those sugar and creamer / milk make coffee not coffee. I only snob to starbucks cause they are sugar with coffee. But even that, it is a joke I say to other coffee shops that do it 'right'.
I am not a coffee drinker but I recently began drinking instant coffee. The coffee market seems to be a lot like the wine market, as Laith pointed out. A lot of snobbery. Hey, I just want a tasty cup of coffee. Yes, tell me what you think is the best but don't condemn those who don't get as wrapped up in it as some "experts." Pretty funny, actually.
there isn't really a best but there is definitely a higher or lower quality version of something, hence all the elaborate measures they go through in this video. also while i love instant coffee, there is definitely a much lesser variety out there than fresh. and yes, coffees DO taste wildly different depending on beans and level of roasting.
Im not a coffee drinker im the coffee drinkers son im only drinking coffee til the coffee drinker comes
Mate instant coffee is disgusting, the only snobbery is that the coffee should be straight from the beans, even if they’re shit beans.
@@jyessiterriaynt1131 try nescafe, it's pretty damn good for something that only takes a couple of seconds to make
nachos I remember actually enjoying it when I had it, I might try again sometime.
Not all instant coffee brands were born equal, just like not all brewed coffee brands taste great. It's all about the beans and process! Our mission is to bring the instant back with the best tasting instant coffee. We even received outstanding ratings from professional coffee reviewers. Don't believe us? Google our name. The best part? We donate 4% of our proceeds to support clean water initiatives to 26 countries around the globe through our "add water, give water" program.
i bet that place smells sooo good!
TL;DR: extremely concentrated coffee is freeze dried on a very large scale.
So to summarize...Instant coffee is real coffee freeze-dried
Brewing tip:1) Pour the hot water into the cup. 2)Tap the spoonful of instant coffee so that it floats on the surface of the water. 3)Wait until the coffee granules sink. 4) stir.
I couldn't believe the difference.
coming full circle by watching this video while sipping on a fresh cup of coffee from instant grains :-)
morning sweet cheeks! hows ya coffee? ☕☕☕
what...
I live in Brazil and I heard somewhere that here in the third world countries local people only have the "waste" of good coffee beans, which are exported to the rest of the world. This may explain why I can't drink regular coffee anymore, I just drink instant coffee, it has a special flavor to it. But now seeing this video, it seems to make sense, since the "sublimation" process is aimed at "keeping the original flavor to the beans", which explains instant coffee tasting better. But probably if I drink some NEXT LEVEL SHIT coffee beans it will taste better than instant coffee. Someone had this experience?
If brewed correctly fresh beans are great.
+FeelingShred I've heard that too. That in places where the actual coffee is harvested, the people there can't even afford to drink their own product. That's so crazy. I've also heard the same about cocao/chocolate farmers. They harvest it, but it's too expensive for them to eat. Insane.
+FeelingShred I have roasted my own beans ( and flavored them ) It is great, but how finely you ground them up before having high pressure steam go through also has a big impact on the flavor of the coffee. If the beans are "sweaty" or have a thin layer of fat on them they are top class and fresh and full of flavor. Many roasterias roast the beans too quick or too hard, but this is also how they get the different coffee flavors. I think coffee is best enjoyed in the italian espresso form but I also drink my share of instant.
+FeelingShred In Vietnam, for eg, they roast all the beans dark. That's kinda stupid because dark roasted coffee get most of the flavors from the roast, not the coffee.
Only after I moved overseas and have a chance to buy really good medium roasted coffee, I found the true taste of good coffee. Fucking hell it's good.
+FeelingShred That's true, not only for coffee but all "exportable" commodities from third world country. Not to mention the shit they add to coffee, like blood, bird crap, etc to sell to local consumer. Speaking of other commodities, I can buy Brazil nuts in USA, CHEAPER and much higher quality than in Brazil, my own country.
Wow . Neat . good to know it is indeed actually coffee
Enjoyed that.
"I WILL DRINK THIS COMMONER COFFEE!!" -Tamaki Sough 2006
Wilson Shallows lmao
I was looking for this comment.
Is this talking about Tamaki from ouran high school host club lmaoo
I love the anime reference to Ouran Highschool Host Club
If I worked there I would have the energy to actually do something
Wow, fascinating
Love that it’s just COFFEE. I was worried there was some crazy added chemical or something, hahaha! (Takes sip of instant coffee.) 😊
coffee extract using steam and pressure? so basically instant coffee is just really low quality de-watered espresso?
Just a different form of making coffee. People have different opinions. Instant could taste better than expensive beans.
@@bigbirb1679 " Instant could taste better than expensive beans." - lol good one, how is that? Explain that nonsense. Instant is made from lower quality beans in the first place, it's coffee that has been brewed, then dried, then made into liquid again. Not to mention that I can go sleep after drinking instant coffee...
@@theonetojump like he said, people have different opinions. Some people prefer instant ramen to home cooked noodles. I for one hate all coffee equally
@@charley6799 I don't think it should be an opinionated thing, making something fresh should always be the choice for quality like for example frozen veg, its lacking in flavor even tho they claim to lock in freshness. There are still good instant coffees and bad fresh coffee it's about the depth of flavors that get lost through these processes
@@didid0000 yeah, but flavor is always opinionated, something higher quality can taste better or worse to different people, you can't make a food that is objectively better than another.
From Kurzgesagt?
ahhh interesting... often wondered how that was done.
Oh my god I love this video so much! I think about it every time I drink a mug of instant coffee (which is everyday haha) and it makes me unbelievably happy! So so happy:) i just love The machines, The whole thing, its better than God The allmighty prais his name🙏