So, what is instant coffee? Instant coffee is one type of coffee that can be easilly dissolved in water in a short period of time and, of course, served instantly. The reason why instant coffee is quickly dissolved in water is the fact that the manufacturers only brew, extract and retain the soluble substances of the coffee beans during the instant coffee manufacturing processes. The insoluble particles and wastes will be completely sorted out.

In Vietnam, when people talk about instant coffee, the common thought will think about 3 in 1 instant coffee mixes of instant coffee, sugarcane and creamer because 3 in 1 instant coffee is very popular in there. To make that clear, WSCAFE often uses the following names including ‘pure instant coffee’ or ‘1 in 1 instant coffee’ together with instant coffee.

How is the instant coffee made?

Simply saying, instant coffee is also one type of coffee and was invented to meet the demand of ‘quick coffee serving’ for busy consumers. And, here are the most common production processes.

Step 1: Loading green coffee beans.

Green coffee beans or, in other words, raw (unroasted) coffee beans, can be 100% robusta, 100% arabica variety or the blending between robusta and arabica. The green coffee beans most probably have been cleaned with no foreign matters.

Step 2: Roasting green coffee beans.

The unroasted coffee beans will be roasted at different roasting profiles upon customer’s requests.

Step 3: Grinding roasted coffee beans.

The roasted coffee beans will be ground as fine as possible to become extra-fine or micro-ground particles so that they are almost dissolvable.

Step 4: Extraction.

The ground coffee powder will be brewed with water and the extraction will be activated to extract the soluble substances.

Step 5: Filtration.

The brewed coffee will be filtered many times to sort out the insoluble particles and coffee residues.

Step 6: Concentration.

The soluble brewed coffee will be evaporated to become the coffee concentrate or coffee liquid.

Step 7: Drying.

The coffee concentrate will be dried to get rid of water to the very low moisture (which is lower than 5%). The outcome will be three different types including spray-dried, granulated (or agglomerated) and freeze-dried.

Step 8: Packaging.

The complete packaging usually is 10 kgs or 25 kgs per carton.

How many types of instant coffee are there?

The commercial instant coffee currently will be classified by two ways. One is classified by coffee variety, second is classified by the drying method.

From the variety of coffee, we have instant coffee made from (1) 100% robusta coffee; (2) 100% arabica coffee or (3) the blending between arabica and robusta at different percentage.

From the drying method, we have (1) traditionally made spray-dried coffee in powder form; (2) agglomerated/granulated instant coffee in granules and (3) freeze-dried instant coffee in which the coffee concentrate will be “dried” in freezers and the coffee will be formed like shaved (crushed) ice.

What are the applications of instant coffee products?

Being served as a “pick-n-go” drink.

Instant coffee is a truly instant espresso which is served instantly, saves time and effortless, and convenient. Instant coffee is not only the top of choice of coffee drinkers but also has a fast consumption growth in emerging markets.

The main ingredient for a world of food-n-drink mixtures.

Instant coffee is the base for instant coffee premixes such as 2in1, 3in1, 4in1, latte, cappuccino, more in 1 and any in 1 coffee mixes. It is featured with the world’s famous classic 3 in 1 coffee mixes, which is made from instant coffee powder, sugarcane and creamer.

The base for other food stuffs and confictioneries.

Instant coffee is widely applied in different food stuffs and confictioneries from coffee candies, coffee cakes to canned coffee, bottled coffee, etc.

WSCAFE supplies different types of instant coffee. Our strength is robusta-blended instant coffee which is remarked with strong and bold taste, high caffeinated with authentic Vietnamese coffee. The packaging is 10 kgs in craft bags or 25 kgs in cartons with PE liner.