Instant, or soluble, coffee is a dry extract, soluble in water, obtained exclusively from roasted coffee beans. The extraction process uses physical means and only pure water.Its origins date back to 1901, when it was invented by an American-Japanese chemist Satori Kato, from Chicago. Its mass commercialisation was not to come about for another forty years: 1938 ð Nestlé produce a soluble Powder, comprising 50% maltodextrins and50 % coffee extract. 1950 ð General Food manages to produce a 100% coffee powder. 1957 ð SEDA SOLUBLES launches its first Instant Coffee. 1960 ð The techniques for producing instant coffee are improved,incorporating Freeze-drying. 1968 ð Granules are introduced. 1970 ð SEDA SOLUBLES launches its first Instant Coffee Granules.