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Instant coffee

Instant coffee is an easy and fast way to make coffee! It's like magic! When you want some coffee, you don't have to wait for a long time to make it, you can just use instant coffee!

Here's how it works: First, coffee beans are roasted to make them brown and give them a nice smell. Then, they're ground into tiny pieces.

To make instant coffee, hot water is poured over those tiny coffee pieces. Then, the water and coffee are sprayed into a big tank, and the water gets sucked out of the tank really fast, leaving behind just the coffee powder! It's like making tea, but instead of a tea bag, you're using coffee powder.

When you want to make a cup of instant coffee, all you have to do is add that powder to hot water and stir it up. Ta-da! Instant coffee!
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