Why You Should Care About Instant Coffee

I'm sure many will roll their eyes at the mere thought of this subject matter, but I implore you to watch the video the whole way through before commenting! Excited for a lively discussion in the comments and hope roasteries, manufacturers, and the coffee community at large will take part. LINKS TO PAPERS: Sebastian Humbert, "Life cycle assessment of spray dried soluble coffee and comparison with alternatives" 2009 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652609001474 H.A. Hassard, "Product carbon footprint and energy analysis of alternative coffee products in Japan" 2009. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652614001474?via%3Dihub Piya Gosalvitr, "An environmental and economic sustainability assessment of coffee production in the UK" 2023 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894723015243#b0080 --Should be noted this one assumes instant with a 250g glass jar as well as more green making up a dose, which are odd assumptions to make that elevate greatly the number shown for instant. A big appeal to instant is, in fact, the high extraction needing *less* green. Here’s how your cup of coffee contributes to climate change https://theconversation.com/heres-how-your-cup-of-coffee-contributes-to-climate-change-196648 --This presents the research from the following article in a more digestible way. Andrea L. Hicks, "Environmental Implications of Consumer Convenience: Coffee as a Case Study" 2017 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.12487 Here is a link to Swift: https://www.swiftcoffee.com/ Black and White: https://www.blackwhiteroasters.com/collections/specialty-instant-coffee Luminous: https://www.loveluminous.coffee/ Leuchtfeuer: https://www.leuchtfeuer.coffee/en-in/products/specialty-instant-coffee-brasilien The Barn: https://thebarn.de/products/instant-ethiopia Others named that are now closed: Sudden Coffee, Voila Coffee LINKS __________________ Join my Patreon community at: https://www.patreon.com/lancehedrick Find me on IG at: https://www.instagram.com/lancehedrick Find me on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/lancehedrickcoffee My storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/lancehedrick My SECOND Channel: Lance Hedrick Unfiltered https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvNpZQzurSNZQ8e2QNGNXsA __________________ TIME CUES: 0:00- Overview 0:50- Hot Spray Evaporation 3:37- Freeze Dry Sublimation 6:54- Sustainability and Specialty 10:05- New Turn? 11:40- Blind Taste Test 16:49- An Instant Future?