Bantam Coffee Co
From Graces Guide
of Bantam Works, Farnley, Leeds
- 1903 Although the first attempts to create an instant coffee were made in the 19th century, it was not until 1903 that Dr Satori Kato, a Japanese-American chemist working in the United States, patented a process for soluble coffee powder.
- 1920s Other developers followed and in the 1920s, as a result of prohibition, coffee sales soared.
- 1922 British Industries Fair Advert for Bantam coffee. "The World's finest coffee in its most handy form. It is made in a minute - and is then as perfect as good coffee can be. Requires no coffee pot or elaborate preparation, and straining is unnecessary. Bantam Coffee is ideal for expeditionary enterprises, one pound being equivalent to ten pounds of ordinary roasted coffee. It is the most portable of all brands of coffee, natural or essence." (Stand No. B.13) [1]
- By 1940 the United States was importing 70% of the world's coffee crop and American soldiers were issued with instant coffee in their rations during World War II.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1922 British Industries Fair Advert xxiii; and p5