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    #instant coffee#instant#wartime#shelf life#patented#earliest

    When was instant coffee first invented? How did instant coffee become popular?

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    Jack posted on 2024/09/30
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    staple

    US /ˈstepəl/

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    UK /ˈsteɪpl/

    • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
    • Main food of a particular community
    • A basic food that is eaten all the time
    • Transitive Verb
    • To pin together using a machine and bent wire
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    version

    US /ˈvɚʒən, -ʃən/

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    UK /ˈvə:ʃən/

    • Noun
    • Different way that someone interprets something
    • New or different form of something
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    instant

    US /ˈɪnstənt/

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    UK /ˈɪnstənt/

    • Adjective
    • (Food) requiring very little preparation
    • Occurring immediately
    • Noun
    • A very short period of time
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    gain

    US /ɡen/

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    UK /ɡeɪn/

    • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
    • To increase in something, such as weight
    • To get something wanted, needed or valued
    • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
    • An increase in something, such as weight
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